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CALIFORNIA RANCHERS HELP NCBA SET POLICY AND PRIORITIES FOR FUTURE

From February 5 through February 7, thousands of ranchers from across the country descended upon San Antonio, Texas for the annual Cattle Industry Convention & National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Trade Show. Among the attendees were nearly 200 ranchers and allied industry representatives from the Golden State.

On Thursday, February 6, NCBA members gathered in committee meetings for informational updates and to debate NCBA policy. On February 7, the NCBA Board of Directors voted on the committees’ policy proposals, establishing interim policy which will be considered and potentially ratified at the 2020 Summer Business Meeting in July.

New policies adopted by NCBA membership include international trade policy reaffirming NCBA’s support for voluntary origin labeling and its support for USDA oversight and verification of such voluntary labels; property rights and environmental management policy seeking to minimize the impacts upon agriculture of emergent federal regulations of chemicals called Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS); and federal lands policy supporting “off-season targeted grazing on federal land to assist with prevention and control of catastrophic wildfire.” NCBA’s Board also approved live cattle marketing policy sponsored by CCA and four other state affiliates aimed at improving USDA Agricultural Marketing Service’s Livestock Mandatory Reporting, intended to provide present market valuations for livestock. The policy establishes an NCBA working group to identify improvements to Livestock Mandatory Reporting in the leadup to 2020 Congressional reauthorization of the program. In addition to laying out its detailed policy positions, NCBA set out its policy priorities for 2020, including several pressing issues familiar to California ranchers. Those policies include: • Advance legislation (such as the Real MEAT Act) and regulation to end deceptive labeling of ‘fake meat’ • Ensure favorable implementation of the Japan and European Union trade deals, the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and the Phase 1 China trade agreement • Aggressively pursue and defend final rules cementing key regulatory wins, including: • The Navigable Waters Protection Rule (which replaces the flawed Waters of the U.S. Rule) • Endangered Species Act modernization and species-specific delistings (such as the gray wolf) • Favorable Hours-of-Service and Electronic Logging Device rules • Comprehensive reform of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) • Favorable BLM grazing regulations rolling back ‘range reform’ CCA will actively work with NCBA throughout 2020 to promote policy priorities that align with policy set by CCA membership, including advocating directly to California’s Congressional Delegation at the PLC and NCBA Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C., March 30-April 2. Steak & Eggs Breakfast Sutter Club March 25 th COME MEET WITH LEGISLATORS & STAFF IN SACRAMENTO! RSVP by March 13 th to Morgan in the CCA office at (916) 444-0845 or morgan@calcattlemen.org. More details available at calcattlemen.org/events.

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