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This week, President Trump announced details of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). This program will provide direct relief to producers who faced price declines and additional marketing costs due to COVID-19. Applications for CFAP assistance will open Tuesday, May 26, 2020. We encourage livestock producers who are looking to apply for assistance to refer…

The Colorado Livestock Association leadership understands the uncertainty that has resulted from COVID-19. With the health and safety of our attendees and their families top of mind, the CLA Board of Directors has decided to CANCEL the 2020 CLA Annual Meeting.

The members of the Colorado Livestock Association have elected officers and directors. This year, the vote for the officers and directors of the Association was conducted solely by absentee ballot in accordance with applicable Colorado Statutes (see the Notice of Special Meeting). As per the Association by-laws, President-Elect Dwain Weinrich, Smithfield Hog Production, has filled…

Like others, beef producers are learning to make adjustments in our everyday activities. Yesterday’s executive order from the Trump Administration invoking the Defense Production Act will deliver additional needed personal protection equipment and screening supplies to further ensure worker safety in meat-processing plants. Concurrently, meat-processing plants will remain open as critical infrastructure while the nation…

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Executive Director, Government Affairs, Allison Rivera, released the following statement in response to a bipartisan letter from 24 U.S. Senators to U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.). “Now more than ever, we can see how vitally important it is…

The Colorado Livestock Association partnered with Five Rivers Cattle Feeding, Arcadia, Colorado State University, Colorado Cattlemen’s Association, Colorado Beef Council, and a host of others on an initiative to place a distinctly Colorado Beef Stick in every weekend backpack program in the state of Colorado.  The goal of the program is simple – We are here…

Following a letter sent by the Colorado Livestock Association and others to the USDA, members in both chambers of Congress sent a letter to President Trump, aligning with the request that payment caps be lifted to ensure all livestock producers can access the funds that will be needed to sustain their operations through the COVID-19…

Greetings CLA Newsletter Readers. I hope as you are reading this you and your loved ones are safe and healthy. Featured photo caption: Local gleaner harvests carrots for food donation event (2016). In my daily work at the Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 Headquarters in Denver, Colorado, I recently spoke with a representative from a…

Today, the Colorado Livestock Association, along with state affiliates across the country, sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) urging against payment limitations for livestock producers under the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). The cattle industry has and will suffer significant losses due to COVID-19, and CFAP has the potential to be…

Today, JBS USA announced the temporary closure of the Greeley beef production facility until April 24, 2020, in response to Coronavirus 2019 ( COVID-19). JBS took this step in close coordination with the Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. “While beef producers are committed…