Daily News Update, Feb. 8, 2008

Cattlemen support ag transportation bill

NCBA sent a letter to Rep. Dan Boren (D-Okla.) in support of a bill he introduced that exempts agriculture producers from certain commercial trucking rules.

"Our members are just cattle producers trying to make a living by hauling their own cattle and feed, not commercial truckers who are driving cross-country with loads of goods that don't belong to them," wrote Jay Truitt, NCBA's vice president of government affairs.

"As such, we do not believe that individual cattle producers should have to register their vehicles with the Department of Transportation, abide by hours of service rules, maintain driving logs, submit themselves to government drug tests, or maintain any of the other records that were intended only for commercial truckers,"Truitt said.