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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Businesses such as ranch and farm operations will not incur any penalties or fines for not filing Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) with the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes […]
The rule affects more than 32 million businesses nationally, including an estimated 230,000 ranch and farm operations WASHINGTON, D.C. – A U.S. Supreme Court ruling will not immediately force millions […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the third installment in a series of regulatory reforms under the Packers and Stockyards Act that, in combination with other updates finalized […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Over 230,000 ranches and farms are up against a January 1, 2025, deadline to file their detailed Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) with the Treasury Department under the requirements of […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced the Livestock Mandatory Reporting (LMR) Live Cattle Data Dashboard tool is now available. In June 2024, […]
PIERRE, S.D. – A new law will require some ranchers, farmers and businesses to file reports about their business with the government. In 2021 congress enacted the congressional transparency act […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.– The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a package of rules and orders that seek to increase competition in the livestock industry. The package establishes a Chief Competition […]
HELENA, MT – Bison reintroductions is putting the Biden administration at odds with state officials in Montana. Republican lawmakers have resisted returning the animals to federal lands and opposed some […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As live cattle prices continue to rise amidst the nation’s herd contraction, South Dakota Republican Dusty Johnson emphasizes the importance of transparency in the marketplace during the […]
WASHINGTON, S.D. – The Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act has been reintroduced in the 188th Congress. Senators Deb Fischer (R-NE), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Jon Tester (D-MT), and Ron Wyden […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – US Senator Chuck Grassley tells Brownfield Ag News he’s disappointed the omnibus spending bill does not include his Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act. The $1.7 trillion […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has published a final rule in the Federal Register to secure the contract information needed to populate a Cattle Contracts Library. […]
By U.S. Cattlemen’s Association Director Brett Crosby A blog post published by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on July 12, 2022, claimed that Congress is “rushing” to consider “aggressive legislation to regulate […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Agriculture Committee approved legislation on Wednesday that would require meatpackers to buy a portion of their slaughter cattle on the cash market — a step […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Roger Marshall (R-KS) led 19 colleagues in a letter to White House […]
WASHINGTON — The record profits for meatpackers in the past two years were the result of market conditions during the coronavirus pandemic, along with increased consumer demand, according to leaders […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The questions have been pointed and some answers heated during a two-day hearing of both the Senate and House Agriculture Committees regarding market transparency in beef and […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) have released an updated version of their legislation, the Cattle Price Discovery and […]
PIERRE, SD – Two seemingly harmless words added to a state open meetings law in 2019 have sparked a debate over the rights of citizens to publicly comment at official […]
PIERRE, SD – A legislative panel has been discussing the possibility of impeachment proceedings against South Dakota’s attorney general. A statewide government observer says the meetings themselves reveal transparency problems […]
South Dakota Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) recently introduced the Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021 (H.R.5609) requiring beef packers to provide details and types of forward contracts offered when purchasing fed […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bipartisan effort to introduce legislation that would create a library for cattle contracts within the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Agriculture Marketing Service Department was announced […]
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that beginning Monday, August 9, 2021, it will issue two new USDA Market News reports based on Livestock Mandatory Reporting […]
BISMARCK, N.D. – Efforts to set up processes to redraw legislative boundaries are slowly moving ahead in state legislatures. In states like South Dakota, where the legislative session has ended, […]
Eldon Skjold Jensen, 82, longtime Lemmon, SD area Funeral Director passed away peacefully at his home in Lemmon, […]
