Tuesday, April 26th, at 8:00 a.m. Mountain, the Senate Agriculture Committee is holding a hearing to review the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2022 and the Meat and …
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Bill to Allow Livestock Auction Investment in Packing Facilities
by Colter BrownCongresswoman Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.) and Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.), introduced the Amplifying Processing of Livestock in the United States (A-PLUS) Act. If enacted, the bill would remove a regulatory barrier …
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Senators Release Updated Cattle Market Reform Bill
by Colter BrownU.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today released an updated version of their legislation, the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act. …
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Appropriations Package Funds Cattle Contract Library Pilot Project
by Colter BrownThe House and Senate passed a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending package to fund the government through September, the end of the federal fiscal year. The bill included several key provisions …
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Increased Uncertainty Clouds Cattle Market Optimism
by Colter BrownThe war in Ukraine has injected much uncertainty into global markets. Markets do not like uncertainty and much of the market reaction thus far is about uncertainty rather than reality. …
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Look Back and Learnings from the 2021 Cattle Market
by Colter BrownBy Paul Dykstra, Certified Angus Beef – Director of Supply Management and Analysis Starting in March 2020, disarray set in motion a chain of events leading to the fed cattle …
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CattleFax Forecasts Positive Profitability Trends in 2022
by Colter BrownThe popular CattleFax Outlook Seminar, held as part of the 2022 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show in Houston, shared expert market and weather analysis today. Cattle price and …
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Drought Accelerates Contraction in the Beef Cow Herd
by Colter BrownThe USDA semi-annual Cattle Inventory Report revealed that the U.S. beef cow herd is shrinking at the fastest rate since the last widespread drought in 2012. As of January 1, 2022, …
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House Advances Cattle Market Transparency Legislation
by Colter BrownOn Wednesday, the U.S. House passed four bills, previously approved by the House Ag Committee, including overwhelming support for an extension of the Livestock Mandatory (Price) Reporting Act and the …
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Legislation Introduced to Provide More Market Information to Cattle Producers
by Colter BrownSouth Dakota Representative Dusty Johnson was joined by Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar this week in introducing the Cattle Contract Library Act. The bipartisan bill would establish a cattle contract library …