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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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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Farm Bureau Seeks Revision to Cattle Transparency Act
by Colter BrownWASHINGTON – The American Farm Bureau Federation announced its support of the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2021, with the exception of the bill’s establishment of mandatory minimums…
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Senators Announce Compromise on Cattle Market Transparency Bill
by Colter BrownFour U.S. senators have struck a deal on a livestock price discovery bill to expand negotiated cash trade for cattle and a library to provide producers details of marketing contract…
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House Ag Committee Hearing Examines Cattle Market Reforms
by Colter BrownAgriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack updated lawmakers Thursday on the department’s plans to expand meat processing capacity while the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee indicated he expects to extend the…
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Cattle Producers and Economists Share Market Challenges in Senate Hearing
by Colter Brown(DTN) – With multiple years of frustration by cattle producers over the price spread between fed cattle and boxed beef, economists Wednesday pointed to supply and demand — as well…
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Cattle Producers Rally Around the Cattle Market Transparency Act of 2021
(WASHINGTON) – Today, U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced the Cattle Market Transparency Act of 2021. The legislation seeks to accomplish two main goals: ensuring regionally…
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The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association has released its plan to voluntarily increase price discovery in the cattle industry. The plan was developed by the association’s Live Cattle Marketing Working Group…
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(DTN) – There are ways to have more price reporting without a government mandate or adding costs to cattle procurement. Known simply as “blockchain technology,” many leaders in the cattle…
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Montana Rancher Testifies in Senate Hearing on Cattle Price Discovery
WASHINGTON (DTN) – At a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on the meat industry Wednesday, a representative of the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association said that price discovery for cattle needs to be…