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Livestock Marketing Association wants bill passed allowing auction owners to own, invest in packing plants

August 24, 2022
Agriculture

By Mark Barnett, President, Livestock Marketing Association The cattle industry and policy makers agree – we need to increase U.S. beef packing capacity, ideally by adding new competitors to the […]

Bill would end livestock auction markets being barred from financial stake in meat packing businesses

April 11, 2022
Agriculture

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Beef packers in the U.S. have long been able to hold ownership interest, finance or participate in the management or operations of independent cattle ranchers. But livestock […]