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      <title>Spring Legislative Conference</title>
      <link>http://www.beefusa.org/springlegislativeconference.aspx?id=7229</link>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="width: 368px; height: 224px;border: #c00000 4px solid;" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/Capitol.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHY: &lt;/strong&gt;Attending the NCBA Legislative Conference will provide the opportunity to meet with key congressional and agency influencers and articulate policy priorities of our industry for the future. A strong showing of NCBA members in Washington is vital to our association and to the beef industry.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHO:&lt;/strong&gt; We encourage you to bring young producers to this conference. Participation by future industry leaders is key to maintaining a strong position in Washington. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FUTURE MEETING DATES:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;April 8 - April 10, 2014&lt;br /&gt;
Washington Court Hotel&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
March 24 - March 26, 2015&lt;br /&gt;
Washington Court Hotel &lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <author>Beef USA</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:32:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <subject>Spring Legislative Conference</subject>
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    <item>
      <title>Spring Legislative Conference</title>
      <link>http://www.beefusa.org/springlegislativeconference.aspx?id=7229</link>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="width: 368px; height: 224px;border: #c00000 4px solid;" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/Capitol.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHY: &lt;/strong&gt;Attending the NCBA Legislative Conference will provide the opportunity to meet with key congressional and agency influencers and articulate policy priorities of our industry for the future. A strong showing of NCBA members in Washington is vital to our association and to the beef industry.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHO:&lt;/strong&gt; We encourage you to bring young producers to this conference. Participation by future industry leaders is key to maintaining a strong position in Washington. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FUTURE MEETING DATES:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;April 8- April 10, 2014&lt;br /&gt;
Washington Court Hotel&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
March 24- March 26, 2015&lt;br /&gt;
Washington Court Hotel &lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <author>Beef USA</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:29:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <subject>Spring Legislative Conference</subject>
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    <item>
      <title>2013 Spring Legislative Conference</title>
      <link>http://www.beefusa.org/springlegislativeconference.aspx?id=7229</link>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="width: 368px; height: 224px;border: #c00000 4px solid;" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/Capitol.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHY: &lt;/strong&gt;Attending the NCBA Legislative Conference will provide the opportunity to meet with key congressional and agency influencers and articulate policy priorities of our industry for the future. A strong showing of NCBA members in Washington is vital to our association and to the beef industry.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHO:&lt;/strong&gt; We encourage you to bring young producers to this conference. Participation by future industry leaders is key to maintaining a strong position in Washington. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHERE:&lt;/strong&gt; Most conference events will be held at:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Westin Washington DC City Center Hotel&lt;br /&gt;
1400 M Street NW&lt;br /&gt;
Washington, DC 20005&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To make hotel reservations please call (888) 627-9035 and reference &lt;em&gt;National Cattlemen&amp;rsquo;s Beef Association or NCBA&lt;/em&gt; to be placed in our group block and given our discounted hotel rate of $289 single/double, plus tax.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HOW:&lt;/strong&gt; Registration for this meeting is now open.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://ncba-web.ungerboeck.com/reg/reg_p1_form.aspx?oc=10&amp;amp;ct=STANDARD&amp;amp;eventid=5058" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/buttons/button_register.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you prefer to fill out the registration form and mail it to NCBA, please click &lt;a href="http://www.beefusa.org/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Meetings/Leg.%20Conference/LegislativeConferencePre-RegistrationForm.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NCBA Legislative Conference Tentative Agenda:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;Tuesday, April 16&lt;/u&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
4:30PM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Elanco Welcome &lt;br /&gt;
5:15PM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Issues Briefing&lt;br /&gt;
6:15PM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;New Holland Baler Membership Incentive Program Give-Away&lt;br /&gt;
6:30-7:30PM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Reception at Hotel &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;Wednesday, April 17 &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/u&gt;8:00AM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Breakfast &lt;br /&gt;
8:30AM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Speaker&lt;br /&gt;
9:00AM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Hill Visits (State Affiliates will set up meetings)&lt;br /&gt;
5:30PM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Outback Reception- Rayburn Cafeteria, Rayburn House Office Building &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;Thursday, April 18 &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/u&gt;7:30AM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Breakfast &lt;br /&gt;
7:45AM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;NCBA-PAC &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/i&gt;8:00- 9:30AM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Panel on Immigration&lt;br /&gt;
10:30-2:30PM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Agency Visits (NCBA staff will set up meetings and members will sign up at registration)&lt;br /&gt;
3:00- 4:00PM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Wrap-up Session &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Join us early for the Public Lands Council (PLC) Legislative Conference starting Monday, April 15. For more information see PLC&amp;rsquo;s website, &lt;a href="http://www.publiclandscouncil.org/springconference.aspx" style="word-wrap: break-word;"&gt;publiclandscouncil.org/springconference.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <author>Beef USA</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:10:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <subject>2013 Spring Legislative Conference</subject>
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    <item>
      <title>2013 Spring Legislative Conference</title>
      <link>http://www.beefusa.org/springlegislativeconference.aspx?id=7229</link>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="width: 368px; height: 224px;border: #c00000 4px solid;" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/Capitol.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHY: &lt;/strong&gt;Attending the NCBA Legislative Conference will provide the opportunity to meet with key congressional and agency influencers and articulate policy priorities of our industry for the future. A strong showing of NCBA members in Washington is vital to our association and to the beef industry.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHO:&lt;/strong&gt; We encourage you to bring young producers to this conference. Participation by future industry leaders is key to maintaining a strong position in Washington. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHERE:&lt;/strong&gt; Most conference events will be held at:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Westin Washington DC City Center Hotel&lt;br /&gt;
1400 M Street NW&lt;br /&gt;
Washington, DC 20005&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To make hotel reservations please call (888) 627-9035 and reference &lt;em&gt;National Cattlemen&amp;rsquo;s Beef Association or NCBA&lt;/em&gt; to be placed in our group block and given our discounted hotel rate of $289 single/double, plus tax.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HOW:&lt;/strong&gt; Registration for this meeting is now open.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://ncba-web.ungerboeck.com/reg/reg_p1_form.aspx?oc=10&amp;amp;ct=STANDARD&amp;amp;eventid=5058" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/buttons/button_register.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you prefer to fill out the registration form and mail it to NCBA, please click &lt;a href="http://www.beefusa.org/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Meetings/Leg.%20Conference/LegislativeConferencePre-RegistrationForm.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NCBA Legislative Conference Tentative Agenda:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;Tuesday, April 16&lt;/u&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
4:30PM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Elanco Welcome &lt;br /&gt;
5:15PM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Issues Briefing&lt;br /&gt;
6:15PM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;New Holland Baler Membership Incentive Program Give-Away&lt;br /&gt;
6:30-7:30PM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Reception at Hotel &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;Wednesday, April 17 &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/u&gt;8:00AM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Breakfast &lt;br /&gt;
8:30AM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Speaker&lt;br /&gt;
9:00&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Hill Visits (State Affiliates will set up meetings)&lt;br /&gt;
5:30PM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Outback Reception- Rayburn Cafeteria, Rayburn House Office Building &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;Thursday, April 18 &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/u&gt;7:30AM &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Breakfast &lt;br /&gt;
7:45AM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;NCBA-PAC &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/i&gt;8:00- 9:30&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Panel on Immigration&lt;br /&gt;
10:30-2:30PM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Agency Visits (NCBA staff will set up meetings and members will sign up at registration)&lt;br /&gt;
3:00- 4:00&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Wrap-up Session &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Join us early for the Public Lands Council (PLC) Legislative Conference starting Monday, April 15. For more information see PLC&amp;rsquo;s website, &lt;a href="http://www.publiclandscouncil.org/springconference.aspx" style="word-wrap: break-word;"&gt;publiclandscouncil.org/springconference.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <author>Beef USA</author>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:41:43 GMT</pubDate>
      <subject>2013 Spring Legislative Conference</subject>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>2013 Spring Legislative Conference</title>
      <link>http://www.beefusa.org/springlegislativeconference.aspx?id=7229</link>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="width: 368px; height: 224px; border: 4px solid #c00000;" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/Capitol.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHY: &lt;/strong&gt; Attending the NCBA Legislative Conference will provide the opportunity to meet with key congressional and agency influencers and articulate policy priorities of our industry for the future. A strong showing of NCBA members in Washington is vital to our association and to the beef industry.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHO:&lt;/strong&gt;  We encourage you to bring young producers to this conference. Participation by future industry leaders is key to maintaining a strong position in Washington. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHERE:&lt;/strong&gt;  Most conference events will be held at:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Westin Washington DC City Center Hotel&lt;br /&gt;
1400 M Street NW&lt;br /&gt;
Washington, DC  20005&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To make hotel reservations please call (888) 627-9035 and reference &lt;em&gt;National Cattlemen&amp;rsquo;s Beef Association or NCBA&lt;/em&gt; to be placed in our group block and given our discounted hotel rate of $289 single/double, plus tax.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HOW:&lt;/strong&gt;  Registration for this meeting is now open.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;a href="https://ncba-web.ungerboeck.com/reg/reg_p1_form.aspx?oc=10&amp;amp;ct=STANDARD&amp;amp;eventid=5058" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/buttons/button_register.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you prefer to fill out the registration form and mail it to NCBA, please click &lt;a href="http://www.beefusa.org/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Meetings/Leg.%20Conference/LegislativeConferencePre-RegistrationForm.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NCBA Legislative Conference Tentative Agenda:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tuesday, April 16&lt;br /&gt;
4:30 PM &amp;ndash; Legislative Issues Briefing&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; Welcome Reception&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wednesday, April 17&lt;br /&gt;
AM &amp;ndash; Breakfast/Guest Speaker&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; Hill Visits&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; Outback Reception (Ends at 8:00 PM)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thursday, April 18&lt;br /&gt;
AM &amp;ndash; Breakfast/Guest Speaker&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; Regulatory Agency Visits&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Join us early for the Public Lands Council (PLC) Legislative Conference starting Monday, April 15. For more information see PLC&amp;rsquo;s website, &lt;a href="http://www.publiclandscouncil.org/springconference.aspx" style="word-wrap: break-word;"&gt;publiclandscouncil.org/springconference.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <author>Beef USA</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:20:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <subject>2013 Spring Legislative Conference</subject>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>2013 Spring Legislative Conference</title>
      <link>http://www.beefusa.org/springlegislativeconference.aspx?id=7229</link>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img width="355" height="234" alt="" style="width: 368px; height: 224px;border: #c00000 4px solid;" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/Capitol.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHY: &lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Attending the NCBA Legislative Conference will provide the opportunity to meet with key congressional and agency influencers and articulate policy priorities of our industry for the future. A strong showing of NCBA members in Washington is vital to our association and to the beef industry.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHO:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; We encourage you to bring young producers to this conference. Participation by future industry leaders is key to maintaining a strong position in Washington. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHERE:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Most conference events will be held at:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Westin Washington DC City Center Hotel&lt;br /&gt;
1400 M Street NW&lt;br /&gt;
Washington, DC&amp;nbsp; 20005&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To make hotel reservations please call (888) 627-9035 and reference &lt;i&gt;National Cattlemen&amp;rsquo;s Beef Association or NCBA&lt;/i&gt; to be placed in our group block and given our discounted hotel rate of $289 single/double, plus tax.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HOW:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Registration for this meeting is now open.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://ncba-web.ungerboeck.com/reg/reg_p1_form.aspx?oc=10&amp;amp;ct=STANDARD&amp;amp;eventid=5058" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/buttons/button_register.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you prefer to fill out the registration form and mail it to NCBA, please&amp;nbsp;click &lt;a href="http://www.beefusa.org/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Meetings/Leg.%20Conference/LegislativeConferencePre-RegistrationForm.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Meetings/Leg.%20Conference/LegislativeConferencePre-RegistrationForm.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NCBA Legislative Conference Tentative Agenda:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tuesday, April 16&lt;br /&gt;
4:30 PM &amp;ndash; Legislative Issues Briefing&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; Welcome Reception&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wednesday, April 17&lt;br /&gt;
AM &amp;ndash; Breakfast/Guest Speaker&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; Hill Visits&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; Outback Reception (Ends at 8:00 PM)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thursday, April 18&lt;br /&gt;
AM &amp;ndash; Breakfast/Guest Speaker&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; Regulatory Agency Visits&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Join us early for the Public Lands Council (PLC) Legislative Conference starting Monday, April 15. For more information see PLC&amp;rsquo;s website, &lt;a href="http://www.publiclandscouncil.org/springconference.aspx"&gt;http://www.publiclandscouncil.org/springconference.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <author>Beef USA</author>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:08:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <subject>2013 Spring Legislative Conference</subject>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>2013 Legislative Conference</title>
      <link>http://www.beefusa.org/springlegislativeconference.aspx?id=7229</link>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img width="355" height="234" alt="" style="width: 368px; height: 224px;border: #c00000 4px solid;" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/Capitol.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHY: &lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Attending the NCBA Legislative Conference will provide the opportunity to meet with key congressional and agency influencers and articulate policy priorities of our industry for the future. A strong showing of NCBA members in Washington is vital to our association and to the beef industry.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHO:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; We encourage you to bring young producers to this conference. Participation by future industry leaders is key to maintaining a strong position in Washington. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHERE:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Most conference events will be held at:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Westin Washington DC City Center Hotel&lt;br /&gt;
1400 M Street NW&lt;br /&gt;
Washington, DC&amp;nbsp; 20005&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To make hotel reservations please call (888) 627-9035 and reference &lt;i&gt;National Cattlemen&amp;rsquo;s Beef Association or NCBA&lt;/i&gt; to be placed in our group block and given our discounted hotel rate of $289 single/double, plus tax.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HOW:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Registration for this meeting is now open.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://ncba-web.ungerboeck.com/reg/reg_p1_form.aspx?oc=10&amp;amp;ct=STANDARD&amp;amp;eventid=5058" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/buttons/button_register.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you prefer to fill out the registration form and mail it to NCBA, please&amp;nbsp;click &lt;a href="http://www.beefusa.org/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Meetings/Leg.%20Conference/LegislativeConferencePre-RegistrationForm.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Meetings/Leg.%20Conference/LegislativeConferencePre-RegistrationForm.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NCBA Legislative Conference Tentative Agenda:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tuesday, April 16&lt;br /&gt;
4:30 PM &amp;ndash; Legislative Issues Briefing&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; Welcome Reception&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wednesday, April 17&lt;br /&gt;
AM &amp;ndash; Breakfast/Guest Speaker&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; Hill Visits&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; Outback Reception (Ends at 8:00 PM)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thursday, April 18&lt;br /&gt;
AM &amp;ndash; Breakfast/Guest Speaker&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; Regulatory Agency Visits&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Join us early for the Public Lands Council (PLC) Legislative Conference starting Monday, April 15. For more information see PLC&amp;rsquo;s website, &lt;a href="http://www.publiclandscouncil.org/springconference.aspx"&gt;http://www.publiclandscouncil.org/springconference.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <author>Beef USA</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:10:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <subject>2013 Legislative Conference</subject>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>2013 Legislative Conference</title>
      <link>http://www.beefusa.org/springlegislativeconference.aspx?id=7229</link>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img width="355" height="234" alt="" style="width: 368px; height: 224px;border: #c00000 4px solid;" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/Capitol.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHY: &lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Attending the NCBA Legislative Conference will provide the opportunity to meet with key congressional and agency influencers and articulate policy priorities of our industry for the future. A strong showing of NCBA members in Washington is vital to our association and to the beef industry.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHO:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; We encourage you to bring young producers to this conference. Participation by future industry leaders is key to maintaining a strong position in Washington. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHERE:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Most conference events will be held at:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Westin Washington DC City Center Hotel&lt;br /&gt;
1400 M Street NW&lt;br /&gt;
Washington, DC&amp;nbsp; 20005&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To make hotel reservations please call (888) 627-9035 and reference &lt;i&gt;National Cattlemen&amp;rsquo;s Beef Association or NCBA&lt;/i&gt; to be placed in our group block and given our discounted hotel rate of $289 single/double, plus tax.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HOW:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Registration for this meeting is now open. &lt;a href="https://ncba-web.ungerboeck.com/reg/reg_p1_form.aspx?oc=10&amp;amp;ct=STANDARD&amp;amp;eventid=5058"&gt;CLICK HERE TO REGISTER&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;If you prefer to fill out the registration form and mail it to NCBA, please&amp;nbsp;click the button below.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Meetings/Leg.%20Conference/LegislativeConferencePre-RegistrationForm.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="border: 0px solid;" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/buttons/button_printmail.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NCBA Legislative Conference Tentative Agenda:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tuesday, April 16&lt;br /&gt;
4:30 PM &amp;ndash; Legislative Issues Briefing&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; Welcome Reception&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wednesday, April 17&lt;br /&gt;
AM &amp;ndash; Breakfast/Guest Speaker&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; Hill Visits&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; Outback Reception (Ends at 8:00 PM)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thursday, April 18&lt;br /&gt;
AM &amp;ndash; Breakfast/Guest Speaker&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; Regulatory Agency Visits&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Join us early for the Public Lands Council (PLC) Legislative Conference starting Monday, April 15. For more information see PLC&amp;rsquo;s website, &lt;a href="http://www.publiclandscouncil.org/springconference.aspx"&gt;http://www.publiclandscouncil.org/springconference.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <author>Beef USA</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:05:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <subject>2013 Legislative Conference</subject>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>2013 Legislative Conference</title>
      <link>http://www.beefusa.org/springlegislativeconference.aspx?id=7229</link>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img width="355" height="234" alt="" style="width: 368px; height: 224px;border: #c00000 4px solid;" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/Capitol.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHY: &lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Attending the NCBA Legislative Conference will provide the opportunity to meet with key congressional and agency influencers and articulate policy priorities of our industry for the future. A strong showing of NCBA members in Washington is vital to our association and to the beef industry.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHO:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; We encourage you to bring young producers to this conference. Participation by future industry leaders is key to maintaining a strong position in Washington. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHERE:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Most conference events will be held at:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Westin Washington DC City Center Hotel&lt;br /&gt;
1400 M Street NW&lt;br /&gt;
Washington, DC&amp;nbsp; 20005&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To make hotel reservations please call (888) 627-9035 and reference &lt;i&gt;National Cattlemen&amp;rsquo;s Beef Association or NCBA&lt;/i&gt; to be placed in our group block and given our discounted hotel rate of $289 single/double, plus tax.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HOW:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Registration for this meeting is now open. &lt;a href="https://ncba-web.ungerboeck.com/reg/reg_p1_form.aspx?oc=10&amp;amp;ct=STANDARD&amp;amp;eventid=5058"&gt;CLICK HERE TO REGISTER&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;If you prefer to fill out the registration form and mail it to NCBA, please&amp;nbsp;click the button below.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Meetings/Leg.%20Conference/LegislativeConferencePre-RegistrationForm.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="border: 0px solid;" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/buttons/button_printmail.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHEN:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;PLC&lt;/b&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;Legislative Conference&lt;/b&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tentative Agenda:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Monday, April 15 &lt;i&gt;(all events this day are optional if purchased)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
AM&amp;nbsp; &amp;ndash; PLC Breakfast&lt;br /&gt;
AM &amp;ndash; PLC Board Meeting&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; PLC Lunch&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; PLC Addresses from Agency Personnel, Congressional Staff and Industry Experts&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; PLC/NCBA Executive Committee Reception&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;Tuesday, April 16&lt;br /&gt;
AM &amp;ndash; PLC Breakfast Fundraiser for Rep. Bob Bishop &lt;i&gt;(optional if purchased)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
AM &amp;ndash; PLC Capitol Hill Prep Session &lt;i&gt;(optional if purchased)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; PLC Hill Visits&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; PLC Congressional Addresses &lt;i&gt;(optional if purchased)&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NCBA Legislative Conference Tentative Agenda:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tuesday, April 16&lt;br /&gt;
4:30 PM &amp;ndash; Legislative Issues Briefing&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; Welcome Reception&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wednesday, April 17&lt;br /&gt;
AM &amp;ndash; Breakfast/Guest Speaker&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; Hill Visits&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; Outback Reception (Ends at 8:00 PM)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thursday, April 18&lt;br /&gt;
AM &amp;ndash; Breakfast/Guest Speaker&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; Regulatory Agency Visits&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <author>Beef USA</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:23:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <subject>2013 Legislative Conference</subject>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>2013 Legislative Conference</title>
      <link>http://www.beefusa.org/springlegislativeconference.aspx?id=7229</link>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img width="355" height="234" alt="" style="width: 368px; height: 224px;border: #c00000 4px solid;" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/Capitol.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;2013 NCBA Legislative Conference is Sponsored By:&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/Meetings/Elanco.jpg" /&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="width: 200px; height: 169px;" src="/CMImages/BeefUSA/Meetings/LegislativeConferenceLogo.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHY: &lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Attending the NCBA Legislative Conference will provide the opportunity to meet with key congressional and agency influencers and articulate policy priorities of our industry for the future. A strong showing of NCBA members in Washington is vital to our association and to the beef industry.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHO:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; We encourage you to bring young producers to this conference. Participation by future industry leaders is key to maintaining a strong position in Washington. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHERE:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Most conference events will be held at:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Westin Washington DC City Center Hotel&lt;br /&gt;
1400 M Street NW&lt;br /&gt;
Washington, DC&amp;nbsp; 20005&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To make hotel reservations please call (888) 627-9035 and reference &lt;i&gt;National Cattlemen&amp;rsquo;s Beef Association or NCBA&lt;/i&gt; to be placed in our group block and given our discounted hotel rate of $289 single/double, plus tax.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HOW:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Registration for this meeting is now open. &lt;a href="https://ncba-web.ungerboeck.com/reg/reg_p1_form.aspx?oc=10&amp;amp;ct=STANDARD&amp;amp;eventid=5058"&gt;CLICK HERE TO REGISTER&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;If you prefer to fill out the registration form and mail it to NCBA, please&amp;nbsp;click the button below.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="/CMDocs/BeefUSA/Meetings/Leg.%20Conference/LegislativeConferencePre-RegistrationForm.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="border: 0px solid;" src="CMImages/BeefUSA/buttons/button_printmail.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHEN:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;PLC&lt;/b&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;Legislative Conference&lt;/b&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tentative Agenda:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Monday, April 15 &lt;i&gt;(all events this day are optional if purchased)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
AM&amp;nbsp; &amp;ndash; PLC Breakfast&lt;br /&gt;
AM &amp;ndash; PLC Board Meeting&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; PLC Lunch&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; PLC Addresses from Agency Personnel, Congressional Staff and Industry Experts&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; PLC/NCBA Executive Committee Reception&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;Tuesday, April 16&lt;br /&gt;
AM &amp;ndash; PLC Breakfast Fundraiser for Rep. Bob Bishop &lt;i&gt;(optional if purchased)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
AM &amp;ndash; PLC Capitol Hill Prep Session &lt;i&gt;(optional if purchased)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; PLC Hill Visits&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; PLC Congressional Addresses &lt;i&gt;(optional if purchased)&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NCBA Legislative Conference Tentative Agenda:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tuesday, April 16&lt;br /&gt;
4:30 PM &amp;ndash; Legislative Issues Briefing&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; Welcome Reception&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wednesday, April 17&lt;br /&gt;
AM &amp;ndash; Breakfast/Guest Speaker&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; Hill Visits&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; Outback Reception (Ends at 8:00 PM)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thursday, April 18&lt;br /&gt;
AM &amp;ndash; Breakfast/Guest Speaker&lt;br /&gt;
PM &amp;ndash; Regulatory Agency Visits&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <author>Beef USA</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:20:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <subject>2013 Legislative Conference</subject>
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