national cattlemen's beef association

A new transgenic lime developed by USDA scientists can dramatically change the tint of your next margarita. Ready for purple? The NCBA voiced support to the Senate for the Livestock Regulatory Protection Act.

To help protect California’s $3.6 billion citrus industry from a new disease threat, ag officials want homeowners to sanitize their gardening tools before using them on citrus trees.

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is condemning the Meat and Poultry Special Investigator Act of 2022, approved by the House Ag Committee.

Highly contagious avian influenza has infected or killed wild and domestic birds in 29 states. Senate Ag Committee members heard from the beef industry regarding the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act.

California farmers and their beekeepers are dealing with a troublesome phenomenon: bee thefts. The trend of beehive theft from orchards seems to resurface every year at pollination time.

It’s pollination time for California almond growers, and beekeepers are moving some 2.5 million honeybee colonies into California orchards to pollinate 1.3 million acres of almond trees.

A La Niña climate pattern in the Pacific Ocean is threatening sustained drought conditions for next year, even with autumn storms in the forecast.

Rice plantings in California are at the lowest level since 1992, with farmers expecting to harvest 405,000 acres this year, down 21% from 2020.

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack is urging everyone to be informed about the devastation African swine fever can cause if it reaches the U.S. swine herd.

More than 6,000 cattle producers, industry partners and stakeholders gathered for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association annual convention.