Exec Update

Thank you to all that attended our Grass Futurity awards dinner last Friday and to those that came early to address issues in District 3. We would like to plan these types of meetings across the state to address local needs.

If you would like to attend a meeting in your area please reach out to our staff as we begin to schedule and plan for additional opportunities this fall/winter.

--Cameron Mulrony

Executive Vice President

Idaho Cattle Association

Make Your Voice Heard…Take Part in the ICA Process!

The deadline to submit new or amended resolutions for consideration during ICA's annual convention is Monday, October 4. If you have an issue that you would like ICA to take a role in, or if you would like to see a change in ICA's policies, this is your chance! Send your proposed resolutions to us by October 4. All members will then have a chance to provide input on those resolutions during the committee business session at the convention on November 16. Resolutions not submitted by the deadline will require a 2/3 vote to be brought to the floor for discussion at the convention. If you have a new or amended resolution to submit, please email it to karen@idahocattle.org.

Tracy Stone-Manning Confirmed as Director of BLM

Tracy Stone-Manning, Biden’s choice to lead the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management, was approved, 50-45, on a party-line vote.

Read more here, from the Colorado Sun

How Biden's 30x30 conservation plan may affect western ranchers, federal grazing lands

It has been four months since President Joe Biden announced his "America The Beautiful" executive order, which mandates the federal government to work on conserving 30 percent of land by 2030. An inter-agency task force made up of the White House and the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, and Commerce will be making the decisions that impact ranchlands, but first, they are working on an atlas to update their conservation maps.

Continue reading the story from RFDTV

ICA among annual grant recipients from PLC

The Public Lands Council (PLC) announced this week that they will provide over $450,000 in grant funding to multiple cattle groups, university research teams, and federal land-focused organizations to support research and educational programs that strengthen the future of public lands livestock production.

ICA will receive a grant to continue their research project with the University of Idaho Rangeland Center on the impact cattle grazing has on sage grouse.

Full story here by BEEF Magazine

Beef is Front and Center During Climate Week NYC

When consumers hear conflicting messages about beef’s role in climate change, it is important to balance the conversation by providing perspectives and science-based information to ensure that the full story is being told. This is especially important during highly visible events such as Climate Week, an annual global event that gathers key opinion leaders and thought influencers to share updated science and technology to inform climate change commitments.

In late September, the annual Climate Week NYC event, hosted by The Climate Group in partnership with the United Nations, the City of New York and the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, often leads to increased media coverage questioning the sustainability of the cattle industry, but it also provides an opportunity to proactively share beef’s sustainability story and positive information about its role in healthy sustainable diets.

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), a contractor to the Beef Checkoff, decided it was time to share the beef industry’s perspective as part of the official Climate Week schedule during this year’s event. The virtual session entitled “Can beef be sustainable? Cattle's role in the climate solution,” was moderated by nutritionist Nicole Rodriguez, RD, NASM-CPT, and featured a panel of speakers including Jessica Gilreath, Ph.D., postdoctoral research associate at Texas A&M University; Jen Johnson Livsey, cattle producer at Flying Diamond Ranch in Kit Carson, CO; and Lamar Moore, celebrity chef and winner of Food Network's Vegas Chef Prizefight.

During the session on Sept. 23, more than 300 attendees learned from this panel of diverse perspectives about how the beef community is investing in sustainability and preserving resources for generations to come.

Visit IDBeef.org to read the rest of the story.