The White House has announced that the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments will be reduced in size. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and Public Lands Council said the announcement – which follows an extensive review of monument designations by the Department of Interior – is a clear win for rural communities who have […]

More than $9.6 billion in USDA farm safety net payments will soon be made to many producers affected by drought, wildfires, and hurricanes through the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), and Conservation Reserve (CRP) programs. The USDA is issuing approximately $8 billion in payments under the ARC and PLC programs for the […]

An amendment to the Interior and Environment Appropriations bill that would allow for humane wild horse and burro euthanasia is just what western ranchers need according to the Public Lands Council (PLC) and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA). The amendment, sponsored by Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah), would rein in burdensome regulations that failed to […]

Grazing on public lands is essential to mitigate the risk of catastrophic wildfires. That’s why the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the Public Lands Council kicked off a media and advertising campaign centered around a new website, GrazingPreventsWildfires and will run through May. “Coming off the wet winter we had across much of the west, […]

The PLC and the NCBA hailed the Senate passage of the resolution to repeal the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) Planning 2.0 Rule.

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and the Public Lands Council (PLC) are ready for the Trump transition and they have a list of federal land management priorities for the new President’s administration to review right away. “Ranchers and other multiple-use interests in the West have been subjected to an almost wholesale shift in federal […]