Beef Magazine

Ag Spending Bill Approved by Senate Appropriations 

Jul 4, 2006

Senate fails on Death Tax 

Jul 1, 2006 - compiled by BEEF staff

For a second consecutive year, a move to permanently repeal the estate (or death) tax died in the U.S. Senate. The push now for anti-Death Tax proponents...

Instrument Grading 

Jul 1, 2006 - By Clint Peck Senior Editor

Put yourself in the shoes of a federal meat grader in a commercial packing plant. You have about 10 seconds to assign each beef carcass a yield and quality...

Senate Express Their Views on Japanese Sanctions 

Jun 30, 2006

Senate Approps Subcommittee Passes Ag Spending Bill 

Jun 23, 2006

Congress Passes Reduced Disaster Assistance Measure 

Jun 16, 2006

USDA Announces CRP Sign-Up 

Jun 10, 2006

EQIP Practices Completion Deadline Is Extended 

Jun 10, 2006

Uniform Food Safety Legislation Introduced 

Jun 6, 2006

House Ag Appropriations Committee Approves Bill 

May 20, 2006

FY 2007 Ag Appropriations Bill Passed 

May 7, 2006

Administration Opposes Disaster Assistance 

May 7, 2006

Sides Form Over Definition Of Manure 

Apr 9, 2006

USDA Issues Summaries Of Farm Bill Comments 

Apr 1, 2006

22 Districts Collect Over Half of Farm Payments 

Mar 18, 2006

Federal Procurement Of Biobased Products 

Mar 18, 2006

Ag Committee Holds Hearing On P&SA Management 

Mar 18, 2006

Fat Kids Will Be The Norm Within Four Years 

Mar 17, 2006

Ag Committees Call for No Additional Budget Cuts 

Mar 13, 2006

FSIS Offers Online Technology Info Table 

Mar 13, 2006

Senators call for hearings on GIPSA 

Mar 1, 2006

A bipartisan group of 12 U.S. Senators led by Tom Harkin (D-IA) wants the Senate Agriculture Committee to hold hearings on USDA's failure to enforce the...

Bill touches on animal contracts 

Feb 1, 2006

U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Russ Feingold (D-WI) introduced S. 2131, which seeks to prevent arbitration in livestock and poultry contracts unless...

Checkoff violations charged 

Feb 1, 2006 - compiled by BEEF staff

USDA is going after Lancaster, PA, livestock dealer Dennis Kolb for allegedly violating the Beef Promotion and Research Act and Order by failing to remit...

Budget cuts hit ag hard 

Feb 1, 2006 - compiled by BEEF staff

By a one-vote margin, the U.S. Senate passed an omnibus five-year budget reconciliation package cutting $39.7 billion from government programs over five...

Manure a toxic substance? 

Jan 1, 2006

Reps. Ralph Hall (R-TX) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) introduced H.R. 4341 last month, which would remove manure from a classification of toxic substances under...

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