Dec. 7, 2006 Beef Business Bulletin

America Has Spoken: Where Does That Leave Ag?  (11/9/2006)

Register Your Premises: It’s Never Been Easier  (11/9/2006)

New Rule on Price Reporting  (11/9/2006)

Time to Play Straight Up  (11/9/2006)

FDA Cloning Study Coming Soon  (11/9/2006)

It’s Crunch Time for Superfund Bills  (11/9/2006)

Ag Groups Watching Horse Processing Bill  (11/9/2006)

Chicago Merc and Board of Trade Want to Merge  (11/9/2006)

More Merc Trade Transactions Being Reported  (11/9/2006)

Smithfield to Build New Plant  (11/9/2006)

Electronic Options Trading  (11/9/2006)

Surge in Corn Prices Impacting Cattle Prices  (11/9/2006)

Marketings Are Slow  (11/9/2006)

Your PAC Contributions Help Industry Champions  (11/9/2006)

Five Nations Meeting Calls for Lower Tariffs  (11/9/2006)

Trade Update: Peru, Colombia  (11/9/2006)

Risk Management Proposals Sought  (11/9/2006)

Trade Update: South Korea, Mexico, Vietnam  (11/9/2006)

FMD Readiness Gets Examined  (11/9/2006)

Relief from EPA Dust Rule  (11/9/2006)

Input on Hay Regulations Sought  (11/9/2006)

John: Farm Bill Must Promote Free Market  (10/12/2006)

USDA Approves More Transparent Price Reporting  (10/12/2006)

Congress Considers Bill to Open Interstate Meat Shipment  (10/12/2006)

Dairy Heifers Can Go to Mexico  (10/12/2006)

Supply and Demand Still Make the Market Work  (10/12/2006)

Drought Drives Placements  (10/12/2006)

Checkoff Panel Proposals Face NCBA Policy Process  (10/12/2006)

Corn Prices Are Up This Year  (10/12/2006)

Cattle Washing Reduces E. Coli  (10/12/2006)

Summer Cattle Feeding a Tough Market  (10/12/2006)

North American Trade Is Normalizing   (10/12/2006)

Cull Cow Prices  (10/12/2006)

U.S. Beef Holds Up to Preference Test in Japan  (10/12/2006)

Applications Accepted for Vision Award  (10/12/2006)

FDA Clarifies Hay Regs for Farms  (10/12/2006)

Bring a Strong Message and Cattlemen Will Respond  (10/11/2006)

Peek Honored for Industry Work  (10/11/2006)

Tax Relief Extended for Drought Regions  (10/11/2006)

Superfund Bills Are Gaining Speed  (10/11/2006)

Proposals Seek to Improve Federal Lands Operations  (10/11/2006)

Forest Service Wants to Amend Prairie Dog Plans  (10/11/2006)

USDA Extends CRP Grazing, Reduces Payments  (10/11/2006)

Message to Washington: Drought Relief an Urgent Priority  (9/13/2006)

Opportunity Snags Two DC Staffers  (9/13/2006)

Horse Processing Bill Passes House  (9/13/2006)

NCBA Asks EPA to Clarify CAFO Rule  (9/13/2006)

Grass-Fed Beef Needs to be Defined  (9/13/2006)

South Korea Means Top Three Markets Are Back  (9/13/2006)

Japanese Buying U.S. Beef  (9/13/2006)

South American Trade Deals Hold Potential  (9/13/2006)

Four Recommendations from Checkoff Task Force  (9/13/2006)

Legislation Being Driven by Emotion, Not Facts  (8/16/2006)

Obituary - Lowell Wilson  (8/16/2006)

Senators Make Case for Drought Relief  (8/16/2006)

Pilot Test for Insurance Programs  (8/16/2006)

Conservation Donation Worth Tax Break  (8/16/2006)

Better ‘Working Lands’ Programs Needed in Farm Bill  (8/16/2006)

Market Experiencing More Price Swings  (8/16/2006)

June Placements Near Record  (8/16/2006)

NCBA Defends Property Rights Before U.S. Senate  (8/16/2006)

Agencies Hold Listening Sessions on Co-op Conservation  (8/16/2006)

Rate of Herd Expansion Slows Down  (8/16/2006)

BSE Testing Back to Normal  (8/16/2006)

EU Position Causes WTO Talks to Fail  (8/16/2006)

Time to Take a Hard Line on International Trade  (7/19/2006)

Farm Bill Hearings  (7/19/2006)

Cattlemen Plan for 2007 Farm Bill  (7/19/2006)

Keep Your Ranch Off Superfund List  (7/19/2006)

Retail Beef Prices Flatten  (7/19/2006)

May Placements Plunge  (7/19/2006)

Tough Spring for Feedyards  (7/19/2006)

NCBA Revisits Death Tax  (7/19/2006)

New Grazing Regulations Offer a Workable Solution  (7/19/2006)

With Friends Like These ... Anti-meat activist is not your advocate  (6/16/2006)

States Brace for Hurricane Season  (6/16/2006)

South Korea Delays U.S. Beef Exports  (6/16/2006)

This Year’s Big Summer Harvest Will Seem Large  (6/16/2006)

Cow Slaughter Up a Bit from ’05  (6/16/2006)

Is There a Doctor in the Barn?  (6/16/2006)

NCBA Supports House Appropriations Bill  (6/16/2006)

Student Day Is July 10  (6/16/2006)

Guest Editorial: Where Border Security Matters Most  (5/11/2006)

Get Ready for the ’07 Farm Bill  (5/11/2006)

Weed Management Tips  (5/11/2006)

Is South Korea Finally Ready to Resume Trade?  (5/11/2006)

Age Not Part of ID Program  (5/11/2006)

New Group Focuses On Prairie Dogs  (5/11/2006)

Supplies Keep Going Up  (5/11/2006)

BSE Education: We’ve Come a Long Way, but ...  (4/12/2006)

Gator Takes a Bite Out of Chores  (4/12/2006)

Cattlemen Gain Ground in Superfund Fight  (4/12/2006)

Congress Poised to Put Ban on Horse Processing  (4/12/2006)

EPA Review Keeps Farm Dust Issue Stirred Up  (4/12/2006)

NCBA Endorses Kempthorne  (4/12/2006)

China: Beef Talks  (4/12/2006)

Free Trade: Peru and Thailand  (4/12/2006)

NCBA Presses South Korea Trade Issues  (4/12/2006)

A First Timer’s View of the NCBA Spring Conference  (4/12/2006)

Middle Meats Slow to Rally  (4/12/2006)

Cattle Weights Up on Average  (4/12/2006)

Placements Surge, Marketings Lag  (4/12/2006)

The Truth Is the Death Tax Hurts Many People  (4/12/2006)

Cattlemen Enjoy Access to Top Federal Leaders  (4/12/2006)

Senate Working on Wildfire Relief  (4/12/2006)

Wildfires Scorch Texas  (4/12/2006)

Access is a Must-Have in Free Trade Deals  (4/12/2006)

Texas-style Barbecue in Hong Kong  (4/12/2006)

Cattle Learning Center Offers New Class Online  (4/12/2006)

Participation Will Determine If ID Is Mandatory  (4/12/2006)

Colombia, U.S. Agree on Free Trade Deal  (3/16/2006)

Salmonella Incidence on the Decline  (3/16/2006)

Clarifying Synchronization Protocols  (3/16/2006)

South Korea Seeks Free Trade Deal with U.S.  (3/16/2006)

Producers Asked to Share Their ESA Stories  (3/16/2006)

Sound Off with Cap Wiz  (3/16/2006)

Proposal to Regulate Dust Poses Serious Threat   (3/15/2006)

Spring Conference Returns to D.C.   (3/15/2006)

Death Tax Repeal is a Priority This Year  (3/15/2006)

Congress Talks About Trade Issues  (3/15/2006)

Norton Leaves Interior Post  (3/15/2006)

Animal ID Plan Moves Ahead  (3/15/2006)

USDA’s ’07 Budget Takes a Cut  (3/15/2006)

More Steps Taken to Assure Japanese   (3/15/2006)

Congress Reviews Beef Packaging  (3/15/2006)

National Bids to Buy Brawley  (3/15/2006)

McDonald Retires from TCFA   (3/15/2006)

Cattle Industry Summer Conference  (3/15/2006)

Weights Are Adding Up  (3/15/2006)

Feedyards Take Run of Heavyweight Cattle  (3/15/2006)

Feedlots Ran Red Ink  (3/15/2006)

Profiting from Change Takes Effective Leadership  (2/16/2006)

Foundation Scholarship to Honor W.D. Farr  (2/16/2006)

U.S. Talks Free Trade with South Korea  (2/16/2006)

Regs Take Aim Via Land and Air  (2/16/2006)

Johanns Working to Resolve Japanese Situation ‘Directly’  (2/16/2006)

Queen Testifies on Farm Bill  (2/16/2006)

Forums Discuss Farm Bill and ID  (2/16/2006)

Record Prices Lead to Expansion  (2/16/2006)

Cattle on Feed Up 4 Percent  (2/16/2006)

Inventory Up 2 Percent  (2/16/2006)

Inventory Up 2 Percent  (2/16/2006)

NCBA, KLA Meet with Japanese  (2/16/2006)

Members Set Direction  (2/16/2006)

Members Set Direction  (2/16/2006)

Florida Family Captures ESAP Award  (2/16/2006)

2006 Vision Award Winners Recognized  (2/16/2006)

‘Walk a Mile’ Expanded  (2/16/2006)

New Doors Reopen as Japan Closes  (2/16/2006)

USDA’s 12 Step Plan  (2/16/2006)

NCBA Wants a Stronger Checkoff  (2/16/2006)

Exclusive NCBA member discounts from John Deere  (2/16/2006)

Enviro Issues in Spotlight  (1/11/2006)

Don’t Miss the 2006 Cattle Industry Convention  (1/11/2006)

Great Year Caps NCBA’s First Decade  (1/11/2006)

CME Scholarship Winners Announced  (1/11/2006)

NCBA Pushing for Tax Cuts  (1/11/2006)

Do We Need More BSE Risk Reduction Measures?  (1/11/2006)

Market Stronger Than Expected in Fourth Quarter  (1/11/2006)

Animal ID Consortium Formed  (1/11/2006)

USMEF Relaunches U.S. Beef in Japan  (1/11/2006)

Idaho Will Manage Gray Wolf  (1/11/2006)

Long Range Plan Seeks to Create Profitability  (1/11/2006)

Take Part in PAC Events  (1/11/2006)