From staff reports SAN DIEGO – National Cattlemen’s Beef Association CEO Colin Woodall spoke about the importance of lowering barriers for newcomers in the cattle industry, especially for young producers. Woodall leads the largest national trade association for cattle producers.
“One of the things that I’ve noticed here in San Diego at the Summer Business Meeting is that we do have a lot of young faces,” Woodall said. “And they are not just here observing; they are here to engage, and they are here making policies for the National Cattleman’s Beef Association and ANCW (American National Cattle Women). They are also engaging with the Cattlemen’s Beef Board. So that is very promising, but we have to make sure that we are doing our part as an association to keep that regulatory burden down so they can get in.”
Woodall acknowledged the entry costs that exist in the industry, such as the price of land and cattle.
“One area where NCBA can have a big influence is making sure that price of entry, because of government regulations, is as low as possible,” she said. “That is a big focus of ours. Not only the regulation part, but also on taxes. For example, we are going to be facing a significant tax increase here in the next year, year and a half, if we can’t maintain the tax incentives and tax decreases that were passed by the Trump administration.”
With more than 25,000 individual members across the U.S., the National Cattlemen's Beef Association is the marketing organization and trade association for cattle farmers and ranchers that was founded in 1898, its website states. With offices in Denver and Washington, D.C., NCBA is a producer-directed organization focused on industry advocacy, promotion, education and research.
For membership and more details, visit www.ncba.org.