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Daily News Update, Dec. 14, 2007
Senate passes farm bill
Senate passed
the Farm Bill by a vote of 79-14 today. The bill will now head to
conference committee where House and Senate conferees will work out
differences between the two versions.
more
Department of Homeland Security
warns of eminent domain to build
border fence
In a written
ultimatum to South Texas landowners opposed to plans to build a
border fence, The Department of Homeland Security foreshadows the
possible use of eminent domain to buy land for border fence
construction.
more
USDA opens new
agricultural trade office in China
The U.S. Department of Agriculture
has opened a new agricultural trade office in Chengdu, the capital of
southwest China's province of Sichuan.
more
Cattlemen's Capitol Concerns, 12-13-07
Cattlemen's
Capitol Concerns is a weekly report from Washington, D.C. giving an
up-to-date summary of top policy initiatives concerning the cattle
industry.
Energy bill update
Senate committee looks at the Clean
Water Act
NCBA submits comments on SPCC rule for
farms and ranches
Don't miss NCBA's
Cattlemen to Cattlemen
Next week's episode airing Dec.
18-22 will showcase some of the best "Day In The Life" stories from
2007. Included are a visit to Duane Martin's operation in
California; the Cayuse Land and Cattle Company and the Bill Donald
Family in Montana; Dell and Nancy King's operation in Tennessee; and
a visit with the Groseta family in Arizona, where Andy Groseta is teaching
his daughter Anna how to work in the cattle industry. Finally,
there will be a visit with 2007 NCBA President John Queen at his
beautiful farm in North Carolina.
NCBA’s
Cattlemen to Cattlemen
on RFD-TV provides
weekly news and features for cattle producers across the country.
The show airs Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m. and is rebroadcast Wednesdays at
4:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., and Saturdays at 10 a.m. All times are
Eastern.
Calendar
Jan. 8-9―Beef
706, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
more
Jan.
10-11―Beef 706, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
more
Jan.
11-Feb.3―Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo, Will Rogers Memorial
Center, Fort Worth, Texas.
more
Jan. 12―South
Texas Ranch Rodeo Roundup, Hilton Palacio Del Rio on the San Antonio
Riverwalk. more
Jan. 15―International
Livestock Congress 2008, Denver, Colo.
more
Jan. 15-16―Blackland
Income Growth Conference, Convention Center, Waco, Texas.
more
Jan. 16―KOMA Beef Cattle
Conference, Washington County Fairgrounds, Dewey, Okla.
more
Jan. 16-17―Southwest Beef
Symposium, Convention Center, Roswell, N.M.
more
Jan. 18-19―Planning the
Return to the Farm/Ranch, Radisson Fossil Creek, Fort Worth, Texas.
more
Jan. 22-Apr. 15―Urban
Rancher Landowner Training, Brazoria County Cooperative Extension
Office, Angleton, Texas.
more
Jan.
31―Inaugural Distinguished Lectureships in Quail
Management, Roby Community Center, Roby, Texas.
more
Jan.
31-Feb. 17―San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, AT&T Center and
Freeman Coliseum grounds, San Antonio, Texas.
more
Feb. 6-9―National
Cattlemen's Beef Association Annual Convention and Trade Show, Reno,
Nev.
more
Feb. 17―South
Texas Ranch Rodeo Finals, Horse Barn No. 2, San Antonio stock show
grounds. more
Feb. 19-20―2008
Wind Energy Institute, Convention Center, Austin, Texas.
more
Feb. 22-23―Planning the Return to the Farm/Ranch Radisson
Fossil Creek, Fort Worth, Texas.
more
Mar. 3-22―Houston
Livestock Show and Rodeo, Reliant Park, Houston, Texas.
more
Mar.
14-17―Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association 131st
Annual Convention and Trade Show, Corpus Christi, Texas.
more
Mar.
31-Apr. 4―National Cattlemen's Beef Association 2008 Legislative
Conference, Holiday Inn on the Hill , Washington, D.C. (303)
694-0305.
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