By National Cattlemen's Beef Association August 02, 2017 | 6:42 am EDT The National Cattlemen's Beef Association, a contractor to the beef checkoff, has selected blogger and cattlewoman Anne Burkholder as the recipient of the inaugural Advocate of the Year award. The Advocate of The Year is selected by NCBA and state checkoff staff as the standout [...]

Bellows and bedlam echo across the valley as Rhonda and Kevin DalBalcon keep up a slow, steady pressure on the cows and calves they are moving. "C'mon, girls!" shouts Rhonda, her long braid flying as her horse deftly cuts off cows that balk, redirecting them to the herd. Good as they are at this work, [...]

WASHINGTON (July 17, 2017) -- The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association today said the Trump Administration’s overall goals for renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) are beneficial to the U.S. beef industry because they encourage the continuation of terms that have benefitted the industry for decades – specifically duty-free access and science-based sanitary and [...]

Six families were honored with regional Environmental Stewardship awards during the 2017 Cattle Industry Summer Business Meeting on July 13, 2017. The Environmental Stewardship Award Program recognizes the nation’s best cattle and livestock operation and their stewardship and conservation efforts. This year’s regional winners will compete for the national award, which will be announced during [...]

WASHINGTON (June 22, 2017) -- Craig Uden, president of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, and Dave Eliason, president of the Public Lands Council, today released the following statement in response to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's announcement that the Yellowstone Grizzly Bear is being delisted under the Endangered Species Act (ESA): "This is good news for [...]

WASHINGTON (June 27, 2017) – Kevin Kester, a fifth-generation California rancher and president-elect of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association – the oldest and largest national association of cattlemen - today testified in support of the market access that the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has delivered for America’s cattle producers, and warned against the [...]

WASHINGTON (June 27, 2017) - National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President Craig Uden and Public Lands Council President Dave Eliason today issued the following statements regarding the announcement that the Environmental Protection Agency has filed an official proposal to withdraw the 2015 Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule: "This is another great step in the [...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE3f86nDhc0 New Holland Agriculture, a brand of CNH Industrial (NYSE: CNHI /MI: CNHI), has set a new world record in soybean harvesting in the Bahia State of Brazil. The feat involved harvesting a massive 439.73 tons of soybean in eight hours with the brand's CR8.90 combine harvester. It was certified by independent adjudicator RankBrasil. The [...]

On April 14, 2017 Aaron Ivey went to check on his cattle on his ranch near Ituna, Saskatchewan when he noticed his herd of 150 heifers were all crowded around a beaver. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EURqkVn-suM