The ranching advocacy group voiced its opposition in an October 22 news release.
The President’s plan to boost supply suggests that domestic cattle production is low but does not indicate why.
If producers were holding back to boost prices, the way OPEC does to raise the price of oil, the proposal would indeed be misguided.
They should be investigated for collusion and restraint of trade.
Curiously, the Public Lands Council, a subsidiary of NCBA and cheerleader for the public-lands ranchers, released no such statement.
What are the odds that its lobbyists are working the rooms in Washington to accelerate wild horse roundups in favor of cattle production?
The advocates, in the tank for the ranchers, are always ready to augment or supplant the removals with their mass sterilization programs.

