The National Cattlemen's Beef Association counted the Columbia, Panama and South Korea trade agreements as victories in 2011. But its leaders are looking to even more successes in 2012.

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Commentary.  The latest round of “undercover” videos released by the Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS) ostensibly targeted two farms – owned by Seaboard Foods and Prestage Farms – to illustrate the alleged cruelty of gestation stalls and misbehavior by farm workers. HSUS hyperbole about gestation stalls is well known, totally without scientific foundation, and [...]

Beginning in 2012 the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) will be offering trail challenges, to learn more I talked with Roxanne Swygart of Ft. Wayne, a member of the Indiana Quarter Horse Association. Roxanne says events can have from6 to 16 different challenges and riders will compete in three different categories. Audio: Roxanne Swygart, Indiana Quarter [...]

Jim Ramm of Atkinson, Nebraska is the president of the Nebraska Cattlemen’s organization.  In an interview with Brownfield at the Cattle Industry Conference in Nashville, Ramm discussed some of the national and state issues that his group is focused on.  He also talks about the four percent increase in Nebraska’s January 1st cattle inventory and [...]

The USDA has announced more than $40 million in value added producer grants are being given to nearly 300 recipients in 44 states and Puerto Rico. The grants fall in two categories: planning grants and working capital grants. Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan says they do require a dollar-for-dollar match. Merrigan announced the grants in Chicago [...]

Originally posted by Kim Shindle On February 3, 2012 @ 6:00 am In Association News,Government Affairs- http://www.PARJustListed.com Appraisal management companies will now be regulated in Pennsylvania, thanks to legislation signed by Gov. Tom Corbett on Thursday. House Bill 398 [1]...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released the second proposed version of a new Consumer Disclosure Form Feb. 1 that includes clear disclosure of any fee paid to a “Local Appraisal Company” and to an “Appraisal Management Company.” The Appraisal Institute...

Guest Author: Ken Shure, Certified Residential Appraiser in the Los Angeles, California area. Contact: kbshure@Yahoo.com The 1004D form issued by Fannie Mae has two distinct sections. The first section is utilized to produce a summary appraisal report associated with a...

Guest Author: Ken Shure, Certified Residential Appraiser in the Los Angeles, California area. Contact: kbshure@Yahoo.com The 2055 form issued by Fannie Mae is a common vehicle for the reporting of an appraisal. The form includes a pre-printed scope of work...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On behalf of the American Guild of Appraisers, today the law firm Garvey Schubert Barer filed a request with the Federal Reserve Board under the Freedom of Information Act seeking a wide variety of...