The Nationwide Cattlemen’s Beef Affiliation (NCBA) praised the Home Appropriations Committee for advancing the Fiscal Yr 2024 Agriculture, Rural Improvement, Meals and Drug Administration appropriations invoice, which is able to present funding for important packages that assist cattle producers whereas defending in opposition to overreaching rules.
“We’re happy the Home Appropriations Committee confirmed such robust assist for quite a lot of cattle trade priorities, together with defending producers’ capacity to seize premiums by nullifying USDA’s overreaching Packers and Stockyards guidelines and decreasing cattle producers’ value burden in implementing animal illness traceability,” mentioned NCBA Senior Director of Authorities Affairs Tanner Beymer. “NCBA thanks Chairwoman Granger and Chairman Harris for his or her management and urge swift adoption of this invoice on the Home flooring.”
The invoice is a win for cattle producers and would defund the U.S. Division of Agriculture’s dangerous Packers and Stockyards guidelines. These guidelines would open cattle producers to frivolous complaints and lawsuits and, if applied, would hurt cattle producers’ capacity to seize premiums from their high-quality cattle.
Moreover, the invoice would supply $10 million for the acquisition of digital identification (EID) tags and associated infrastructure to assist the implementation of animal illness traceability. A number of different trade priorities are included within the laws resembling reviews on cell-cultured meat, the Cattle Contracts Library Pilot Program, and the Asian Longhorned Tick, and funding for the Nationwide Animal Well being Laboratory Community, feral swine eradication, and wholesome canine importation screenings.
The invoice now goes to the total Home of Representatives for consideration. NCBA is urging each the Home and the Senate to assist these key agricultural provisions.
