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Vilsack Has Wait & See Attitude About Livestock Marketing Reforms
Vilsack Has Wait & See Attitude About Livestock Marketing Reforms
Vilsack Has Wait & See Attitude About Livestock Marketing Reforms
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is non-committal on supporting a renewed push in Congress for livestock marketing reforms.  Vilsack was careful in recent comments to not to overstep the general support he voiced last year for the Grassley-Fisher bill to boost price discovery and beef industry competition.   “...
Senate Ag Committee Hearing Focuses On Cattle Prices & Profits
Senate Ag Committee Hearing Focuses On Cattle Prices & Profits
Senate Ag Committee Hearing Focuses On Cattle Prices & Profits
"Without the transparency of a robust cash market, I'm at a severe disadvantage when marketing my cattle," said cattle producer Shelly Ziesch. "We've got to do something because if we continue to do nothing we'll keep getting the same result," noted cattle producer Richy Ruffin ...
Biden Releases 2023 Budget: USDA Highlights
Biden Releases 2023 Budget: USDA Highlights
Biden Releases 2023 Budget: USDA Highlights
On Monday, the Biden Administration submitted to Congress the President’s budget for fiscal year 2023. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the budget "provides USDA with the tools needed to support a vibrant, revitalized, and prosperous rural America." ...
Administration Announces Meat Supply Chain Action Plan
Administration Announces Meat Supply Chain Action Plan
Administration Announces Meat Supply Chain Action Plan
President Joe Biden and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack met with farmers and ranchers at the White House Monday to announce a meat supply chain action plan. The plan includes four core strategies for creating what the Administration calls a more competitive, fair, resilient meat and poultry sector, with better earnings for producers and more choices and affordable prices for consumers ... Read M
Vilsack Talks About Future of Packers & Stockyard Act
Vilsack Talks About Future of Packers & Stockyard Act
Vilsack Talks About Future of Packers & Stockyard Act
Part of President Biden's recent Executive Order, addressing competition in the marketplace, "we will follow through on the President's directive and begin the process of rule-making on the Packers and Stockyards Act," noted Agriculture Sectary, Tom Vilsack ...
Lawmakers Debate How To Address Cattle Market Issues
Lawmakers Debate How To Address Cattle Market Issues
Lawmakers Debate How To Address Cattle Market Issues
More capacity, not more regulation, may be the direction Ag lawmakers take in dealing with cattle market concentration and wildly divergent cattle and beef prices. Senate Ag Chair Debbie Stabenow said dramatic differences of opinion were expected at last week’s hearing on the cause of high beef prices for major packers and low prices to small producers. But ...

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