A big week for the cattle industry on Capitol Hill with hearings in both the Senate and House Agriculture Committees. The excitement began in the Senate where lawmakers discussed bills …
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Tester Unveils Bill to Combat Anti-Competitive Practices in Meat Processing Industry
by Colter BrownU.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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Lawmakers Urge Justice Department to Continue Cattle Industry Investigation
by Colter BrownThe same day that cattle producer organizations released a joint statement on cattle market transparency, outlining their action plans to begin correcting the imbalance that exists between cattle and beef …