Senate Debate on Bill to Remake NSF – the Endless Frontier Act – Begins
By John Russell
May 18, 2021
The U.S. Senate today opened floor debate on the Endless Frontier Act which seeks to remake and expand the National Science Foundation by creating a technology directorate and shifting a portion of NSF’s focus to technology development rather than basic research. What began as a $100 billion expansion plan has been dramatically slimmed down in committee and what will eventually emerge from the debate is unclear.
The Endless Frontier Act, co-sponsored by Democrat Chuck Schumer (NY) and Republican Todd Young (IN), had a fair amount of early bipartisan support, but wrangling over the size of budget increase and over the right role for the Department of Energy in U.S. science development have reshaped the bill now being discussed. In the House of Representatives, another bill, the NSF for the Future Act, offers a smaller-scaled expansion for NSF and also includes creation of a D
PUBLIC NOTICE The election of pork producer delegate candidates for the 2022 National Pork Producers (Pork Act) Delegate Body will take place at 11:30 am Tuesday, June 22, 2021 in conjunction with a Board of Directors meeting of the Ohio Pork Council at The Union, 130 South Main Street, Marion, Ohio. All Ohio pork producers are invited to attend.
Compiled by Candace Krebs
Marshall Frasier Beef Symposium offered in virtual format
The annual Marshall Frasier Beef Symposium, typically held in Hugo, will be conducted virtually on Feb. 17 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., according to the Colorado Livestock Association.
Speakers will include Troy Applehans, a market specialist with CattleFax; Ethan Lane, vice president of government affairs for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association; and Doug Stanton, senior vice president of sales and business development for Where Food Comes From Inc.
Will Johnson, with Flying Diamond Ranch headquartered at Kit Carson, will lead them in a panel discussion. KKTV’s chief meteorologist Brian Bledsoe will also present a weather outlook.
The event largely serves as a planning session for the National Pork Board.
The virtual event, scheduled for March 3-5, 2021, includes the Pork Act Delegate session. The 15 producers who serve as members of the National Pork Board and Pork Checkoff staff leadership will hear directly from Pork Act delegates appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture.
Each year the delegates confer, vote on resolutions and advisements and provide direction on the issues facing pork producers and the industry.
All pork producers and are invited to attend the Pork Act Delegate Session. The National Pork Board says a detailed agenda and registration details will be available soon.
2021 Virtual Pork Industry Forum
Here we go again! I sure am getting tired of the word virtual. Up until a little less than a year ago I don t think i really knew what the word virtual meant? Then I again I don t think I had ever heard of social distancing either? So, I was not surprised when I received the following news release from the National Pork Board. The National Pork Board is the organization for overseeing the pork check-off funds that can be used only for research, education and promotion. After much consideration and guidance from health officials, the Board of Directors for the National Pork Board has decided the Pork Act portion of the 2021 Pork Industry Forum, scheduled for March 2-5, 2021, will be virtual.