Episodes

  • NCBA CEO: Secretary Rollins is Putting American Cattle Producers First

    NCBA CEO: Secretary Rollins is Putting American Cattle Producers First
    Jul 7 2025
    NCBA CEO Colin Woodall joins to share the latest information on the New World screwworm and conversations happening at the NCBA Summer Business Meeting in San Diego. Woodall explains how Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins is putting America’s cattle producers first with her strong, decisive action to combat the screwworm. He further explains the importance of Secretary Rollins’ phased approach to reopening ports of entry to shipments of cattle, which supports America’s cattle producers who rely on this trade.
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    7 mins
  • Boots and Hats Back at the White House

    Boots and Hats Back at the White House
    Jun 27 2025
    On this episode, fifth-generation California rancher and NCBA Past-President Kevin Kester joins to share what it was like standing with President Donald J. Trump at the White House during a press conference on the One Big Beautiful Bill. Kester explains how the One Big Beautiful Bill supports cattle farmers and ranchers by increasing the Death Tax exemption and expanding tax deduction and provisions that help producers keep more of their hard-earned money. Kester was at the White House in President Trump’s first term to support the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, but now that bill is set to expire at the end of the year. To avoid a massive tax hike, Congress must pass the One Big Beautiful Bill. Kester also shares information on NCBA’s advocacy in Washington and ways cattle producers can get involved in NCBA’s grassroots policy process.
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    9 mins
  • NCBA Joins Secretary Rollins for Screwworm Announcement at Moore Air Base

    NCBA Joins Secretary Rollins for Screwworm Announcement at Moore Air Base
    Jun 18 2025
    On this episode, NCBA President Buck Wehrbein joins to share an update from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) New World screwworm announcement at Moore Air Base in south Texas. Wehrbein met with Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and joined her for a press conference discussing the importance of standing up a domestic screwworm sterile fly facility to help protect the American cattle herd from this devastating parasite. Wehrbein shares updates from the USDA event and highlights NCBA’s work to protect the cattle industry from New World screwworm. For the latest information, visit www.ncba.org/NWS.
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    9 mins
  • NCBA CEO: Protecting the Cattle Industry from the New World Screwworm

    NCBA CEO: Protecting the Cattle Industry from the New World Screwworm
    May 15 2025
    On this episode, NCBA CEO Colin Woodall joins to highlight recent actions taken by both NCBA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to protect the cattle industry from New World screwworm. Woodall shares information on how screwworm threatens producers and what NCBA, state affiliates, and policymakers are doing to mitigate this threat. For the latest information about New World screwworm, visit www.NCBA.org/NWS.
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    9 mins
  • Charles and Heather Maude Share Their Story

    Charles and Heather Maude Share Their Story
    May 9 2025
    On this episode, South Dakota family ranchers Charles and Heather Maude join after news that criminal charges levied against them by the Biden administration would be dropped. The Maudes explain the circumstances behind their unfair prosecution last year and share what they hope other farmers and ranchers learn from their heartbreaking experience. They also describe the experience of joining Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, the Governor of South Dakota, and members of Congress to share their story with national media at a press conference on the front steps of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. To learn more about the Maude family, visit ncba.org or publiclandscouncil.org.
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    16 mins
  • NCBA President: Holding Mexico Accountable on the New World Screwworm

    NCBA President: Holding Mexico Accountable on the New World Screwworm
    Apr 28 2025
    On this episode, NCBA President and Nebraska cattleman Buck Wehrbein joins to discuss the New World screwworm. Wehrbein explains how U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins is working to hold Mexico accountable for eradicating the screwworm and protect the American cattle herd. Wehrbein shares support for Secretary Rollins’ hard work and explains the risk screwworm poses to the cattle industry.
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    8 mins
  • Where We Stand on Natural Resources Policy

    Where We Stand on Natural Resources Policy
    Apr 17 2025
    When you make your living on the land like everyone in the cattle business does, policy decisions that impact our natural resources are critically important. On this episode, Director of NCBA Government Affairs and the Public Lands Council Garrett Edmonds joins to share the latest information on natural resources policy in Washington. Edmonds updates listeners on the status of presidential confirmations for officials nominated to lead key land management agencies, provides information on the newly reintroduced Black Vulture Relief Act, and shares insights from recent legislative fly-ins in Washington.
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    9 mins
  • Treasury Department Protects Ag from Corporate Transparency Act

    Treasury Department Protects Ag from Corporate Transparency Act
    Mar 25 2025
    On this episode, NCBA Executive Director of Government Affairs Kent Bacus joins to share an update on the U.S. Treasury Department’s new interim final rule that protects small businesses, including farms and ranches, from excessive mandates under the Corporate Transparency Act. The interim rule is a sigh of relief for cattle producers who are no longer required to file invasive beneficial ownership information with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a division of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Bacus explains how the Trump administration and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reeled in the Corporate Transparency Act and ensured it was focused on criminals and money launderers instead of law-abiding family farmers and ranchers. He also details NCBA’s engagement on this issue to protect cattle producers from government overreach.
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    9 mins