caitlin glover is joining us from the national cattlemen's beef association.e have plenty of calls free already for the next third -- for you already. we will take as many phone calls as we can. this is kim, colorado, republican, good morning. caller: good morning. i work in the cattle feeding sector, the cattle feeder i work for is committed to producing cattle in a way that we get to be good stewards of the environment and we care for those animals and obviously a big can serve as air quality and public perception of feed yards. we do a yacht -- we do a lot here to help us recollect water and have dust control and we do everything we can through some new and improved technologies to do this in the best way we can. what would you say to someone who is concerned about air quality. particularly related to the feed yard sector or cattle production? host: that's an excellent question. miss glover? guest: thank you. i live in washington, d.c.. i am previously your neighbor to the north from wyoming. we have these big open skies, these very clean skies with fresh a

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as you said, i am from the national cattlemen's beef association, which is the largest trade association. we represent members throughout the sector of the funk -- beef and cattle production. we are from grassroots, from our communities all the way to washington. i represent a proximally to any 5000 individual members, but i more than 175,000 members in total across the country. we do have affiliates in each state to deal with a more state-focused issue, but then they bring issues to us in washington, not only for things like nutrition. then, -- that we will talk about this morning, and land policy and really telling a story on a national stage.

not celebrity chef and restaurant or just keep on speaking for the national cattlemen's beef associations the key to good barbecue is to get the grill really hot. >> grill is hot. you get a really nice sear on your burgers and on your states. and that's what you're looking for. you don't want them. you don't want your beef to sweat. >> the biggest increase in july, 4th meal this year versus last year. strawberries, strawberries or 22% in price over the past year. walmart will launch its own low price brand of insulin. this brand is called de leon know the law includes insulin viles between 73 in $86 for packages pre-filled pens. now top insulin seller. eli lilly says they will continue to look for ways to lower the cost of insulin as well. home prices soared in april the case ssiller home price index, us nationwide prices were up 15%. that's the highest reading in more than 30 years. the knicks san diego and seattle had the highest year-over-year gains amazon announced a new feature will turn alexa into a reading companion for children. it also added new support for alexa voice profiles

. >> there is a response to the overall topic from a joint press release from the national cattlemen'ssociation and the public lands council he'll write that direct omissions from cattle account for only 2% of the united states greenhouse gas omissions and that livestock raising significantly improves soil health increasing the capacity of grasslands to sequester carbon out of the atmosphere and saying that last year corn growing to feed beef cattle represented only 7% of harvested corn and grain in the u.s., how do you respond? >> i would can -- chloe: i would contest their numbers. the epa estimate for the amount of omissions associated with beef, they are not counting important sources of omissions. they are not counting what we would consider the carbon opportunity cost. all of that land that is going into producing that corn and soy and is being used for grazing, what would be the alternative use of that land? that land could be sequestering carbon, bringing carbon into the soil and set of being a net a meter. that is not counted. the number that cattlemen are referring to is unde

as you said, i am from the national cattlemen's beef association, which is the largest trade association. we represent members throughout the sector of the funk -- beef and cattle production. we are from grassroots, from our communities all the way to washington. i represent a proximally to any 5000 individual members, but i more than 175,000 members in total across the country. we do have affiliates in each state to deal with a more state-focused issue, but then they bring issues to us in washington, not only for things like nutrition. then, -- that we will talk about this morning, and land policy and really telling a story on a national stage. host: 175,000 members, how many of them are cattle farmers themselves out there with the cows? guest: like i said, this is a member-driven organization, so we represent hundreds of thousands of cattle producers across the country. of the 170 five, we have cattle producers, cattle feeders, members who were involved in the processing side as well. it really is this full sector or presentation, as marketers like to call it, this farm to plate or far