U.S. Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) have announced new, bipartisan legislation to address anticompetitive practices in the meat and poultry industries that threaten the …
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USDA To Strengthen Enforcement of Packers and Stockyards Act
by Colter BrownThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will begin work on three proposed rules to support enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act, the 100-year-old law that was originally designed …
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South Dakota Meat Processors Added to Cooperative Interstate Shipment Program
by Andy SchwabThe U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the State of South Dakota have finalized a Cooperative Interstate Shipment (CIS) agreement, which provides an opportunity …
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Five legislators received awards for support of agriculture and rural Montana during the Montana Farm Bureau Summer Conference June 7-9 in Great Falls. Representative Josh Kassmier, HD 27, Fort Benton …
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The Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency plans to repeal and rewrite the definition of water of the United States, or WOTUS. The EPA announced Wednesday it will repeal the Trump-era …
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Additional Cattle Market Legislation Introduced in U.S. House
by Colter BrownRepresentative Vicky Hartzler (R-MO-4) introduced the Optimizing the Cattle Market Act of 2021 in the U.S. House. The legislation builds on a growing consensus among cattle producers, industry leaders, and Members …
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USDA today announced plans to invest more than $4 billion to strengthen critical supply chains, including animal production and meat processing, through the Biden Administration’s Build Back Better initiative. The …
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DTN- A new Rabobank report on the U.S. beef market points out what has been obvious to cattle producers for some time now: There is a serious imbalance in the …
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Some eastern Wyoming farmers nosed their tractors into fields this spring pulling drills planting a new variety of intermediate wheatgrass that may negate Wyoming’s fussy weather and bolster bottom lines …
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Biden Administration to Reverse Trump Changes to Endangered Species Act
by Colter BrownThe Biden administration is expected to revise or rescind several regulatory changes to the Endangered Species Act finalized by the Trump administration, two federal agencies announced on Friday. The Biden …
