Beltway Beef

This week's Beltway Beef podcast comes to you from Shelly's Back Room, an outdoors-themed restaurant and cigar bar in Washington, DC, where Ethan Lane takes the opportunity to discuss some of the issues facing ranchers when it comes to multiple use of America's public lands.

In this week's Beltway Beef podcast, NCBA's Kevin Kester and Allison Rivera join us from the Department of Transportation HQ in Washington, DC, where they participated in a public-listening session regarding a proposal to rewrite truckers' Hours of Service regulations.

In this week's Beltway Beef podcast, NCBA's Kevin Kester and Allison Rivera join us from the Department of Transportation HQ in Washington, DC, where they participated in a public-listening session regarding a proposal to rewrite truckers' Hours of Service regulations. (Music credit: "Turbo Tornado" by Admiral Bob, used via a Creative Commons license.)

In this week's Beltway Beef podcast, NCBA's Deputy Environmental Counsel Mary-Thomas Hart discusses two Supreme Court cases that were considered this week that could affect the private-property rights of cattle producers - and how Judge Brett Kavanaugh's pending confirmation could affect those cases.

In this week's Beltway Beef podcast, NCBA's Deputy Environmental Counsel Mary-Thomas Hart discusses two Supreme Court cases that were considered this week that could affect the private-property rights of cattle producers - and how Judge Brett Kavanaugh's pending confirmation could affect those cases. (Music credit: "Turbo Tornado" by Admiral Bob, used via a Creative Commons license.)

In this week's podcast, NCBA's Kent Bacus discusses this week's new trade agreement with South Korea, news that Japan and the U.S. will start bilateral trade talks, and gives us an update on NAFTA as a major deadline looms this weekend.

In this week's podcast, NCBA's Kent Bacus discusses this week's new trade agreement with South Korea, news that Japan and the U.S. will start bilateral trade talks, and gives us an update on NAFTA as a major deadline looms this weekend. (Music credit: "Turbo Tornado" by Admiral Bob, used via a Creative Commons license.)

In this week's Beltway Beef podcast, NCBA's Director of International Trade and Market Access, Kent Bacus, provides an update on the meeting and other trade developments from the International Beef Alliance's Annual Meeting in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

In this week's Beltway Beef podcast, NCBA's Director of International Trade and Market Access, Kent Bacus, provides an update on the meeting and other trade developments from the International Beef Alliance's Annual Meeting in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (Music credit: "Turbo Tornado" by Admiral Bob, used via a Creative Commons license.)

In this week's Beltway Beef podcast, Ethan Lane of NCBA and the Public Lands Council gives an update on efforts on Capitol Hill to modernize the Endangered Species Act and reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) as Congress tries to wrap up its business before hitting the campaign trail in a couple of weeks.

In this week's Beltway Beef podcast, Ethan Lane of NCBA and the Public Lands Council gives an update on efforts on Capitol Hill to modernize the Endangered Species Act and reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) as Congress tries to wrap up its business before hitting the campaign trail in a couple of weeks. (Music credit: "Turbo Tornado" by Admiral Bob, used via a Creative Commons license.)

In this week's Beltway Beef podcast, NCBA's Colin Woodall previews the issues facing Congress as they look to finish up their legislative work ahead of the looming 2018 mid-term elections. Unfinished business includes the Farm Bill, Hours of Service rules, and Endangered Species Act modernization.

In this week's Beltway Beef podcast, NCBA's Colin Woodall previews the issues facing Congress as they look to finish up their legislative work ahead of the looming 2018 mid-term elections. Unfinished business includes the Farm Bill, Hours of Service rules, and Endangered Species Act modernization. (Music credit: "Turbo Tornado" by Admiral Bob, used via a Creative Commons license.)

From a new NAFTA outlook to aid for agriculture, trade grabbed headlines this week. In this edition of Beltway Beef, NCBA's Director of International Trade Kent Bacus breaks down the latest trade developments for the beef industry and discusses NCBA's support for the Administration's long-term vision.

From a new NAFTA outlook to aid for agriculture, trade grabbed headlines this week. In this edition of Beltway Beef, NCBA's Director of International Trade Kent Bacus breaks down the latest trade developments for the beef industry and discusses NCBA's support for the Administration's long-term vision. (Music credit: "Turbo Tornado" by Admiral Bob, used via a Creative Commons license.)

In this week's podcast, NCBA's Chief Environmental Counsel Scott Yager explains why producers in 26 states are facing a "zombie" WOTUS and hits back against fear-mongering by radical environmental groups.

In this week's podcast, NCBA's Chief Environmental Counsel Scott Yager explains why producers in 26 states are facing a "zombie" WOTUS and hits back against fear-mongering by radical environmental groups. (Music credit: "Turbo Tornado" by Admiral Bob, used via a Creative Commons license.)

In this week's podcast, we talk to NCBA's Senior Director of Sustainability, Ashley McDonald, about NCBA's efforts to engage consumers and producers in the sustainability conversation and demonstrate “continuous improvement.” Ashley explains how the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef is at the forefront of that effort through the development of a sustainability framework, a draft set of resources for the entire beef community that recently underwent a 60-day public comment period.

In this week's podcast, we talk to NCBA's Senior Director of Sustainability, Ashley McDonald, about NCBA's efforts to engage consumers and producers in the sustainability conversation and demonstrate “continuous improvement.” Ashley explains how the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef is at the forefront of that effort through the development of a sustainability framework, a draft set of resources for the entire beef community that recently underwent a 60-day public comment period. (Music credit: "Turbo Tornado" by Admiral Bob, used via a Creative Commons license.)

On August 6, 1968, the Public Lands Council was officially established. Exactly 50 years later, Ethan Lane returns to the spot where the idea of PLC was first set in motion - the historic Old Ebbitt Grill in Washington - to discuss PLC's legacy and the group's upcoming 50th Annual Meeting in Park City, Utah. Visit www.PublicLandsCouncil.org to register.