Jun 01
BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPOINTS BILL DAVIS AS CEO Davis brings a wealth of credit and leadership experience to Oklahoma AgCredit. Since April 2022, Davis has offered agribusiness and farm business consulting services to agricultural financing institutions. Previously, Davis served as Executive Vice President of CoBank’s Farm Credit Banking Group since 2018. He was responsible for …
Jun 01
Josh Cooper is the newest addition to the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) accounting department. Having just finished his junior year at University of Missouri – Columbia, Josh is studying accountancy and will receive both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in the spring of 2025. While at school, Josh became a member of Theta Chi fraternity where he …
Jun 01
U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) has hired Luke Muller as Assistant Director of its West Coast Office in Portland, Ore. Muller, who began his new role on May 30, comes to USW with a broad set of skills and experience in agricultural research and economics. Raised on his family’s wheat, cotton, sorghum, canola, soybean and alfalfa …
Jun 01
Today, U.S. Senators Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) and Tina Smith (D-MN) introduced the bipartisan Promoting Regulatory Independence, Mastery, and Expansion (PRIME) for Meat Processing Act to foster greater Tribal control over meat processing operations in Indian Country. If passed, the bill would extend Tribal government’s self-governance authority to the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) at …
Jun 01
As the summer driving season picks up, consumers will benefit from uninterrupted access to higher ethanol blends at the pump thanks to recent action by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Consumers would have lost the choice of lower-cost, higher blends of ethanol, referred to as E15 and often marketed as Unleaded 88, beginning today; however, …
Jun 01
Today, Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association opened the application window for the 2024 National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s Young Cattlemen’s Conference. The Young Cattlemen’s Conference is hosted by National Cattlemen’s Beef Association in partnership with state affiliates. Nominees from across the U.S attend the 8-day day program, set for June 1-8, focused on developing young …
Jun 01
As part of an 18-state coalition, Attorney General Gentner Drummond is suing the Biden administration over its proposed new “Circumvention of Lawful Pathways” rule. “The Biden Administration’s continued lack of a responsible and coherent immigration policy along our southern border is having disastrous consequences,” Drummond said. “This would-be rule only serves to compound the problem …
Jun 01
Each week, Beltway Beef brings you the latest policy news affecting the U.S. cattle and beef industry. Hear from subject-matter experts, producers, and industry leaders on the topics that impact the business viability of farms and ranches across the country. On this episode, NCBA Chief Counsel Mary-Thomas Hart joins to discuss the Supreme Court’s unanimous …
Jun 01
NMPF strongly opposes legislation introduced today by Senators Mike Lee, R-UT, and Bob Menendez, D-NJ, and Representatives Adrian Smith, R-NE, and Don Beyer, D-VA, that would increase U.S. vulnerability to infant formula supply disruptions by increasing U.S. reliance on imported formula and formula inputs. The legislation would unilaterally and permanently remove tariffs and tariff rate …
