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This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the United States Senate on the manager’s amendment to S. 1260, the, "United States Innovation and Competition Act."

How many large packing companies control the beef processing market?

•Level of captive supply, and •Packer capacity. R-CALF’s Hanson, who owns and operates Fort Pierre Livestock, Fort Pierre, S.D., with his father Dennis Hanson, said that the meeting attendees worked together with representatives from other groups to prioritize what they considered to be the biggest problems facing the industry. “By far the most votes were for packer concentration,” he said. “For all six organizations to work together and to list packer concentration at the top of ou...

On May 17, six farm groups joined voices to call on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Congress, and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to ensure a “more financially sustainable situation for cattle feeders and cow-calf producers.” That’s make-nice farm talk for “Meatpackers are skinning U.S. cattlemen so badly now that we six, not-usually-friendly groups ask the federal government—swamp or no swamp—to do something fast to save what’s left of our well-tan...

Rounds says he and Smith encourage state leaders and organizations to join them in asking for the DOJ investigation. Meanwhile, the North American Meat Institute is defending its members against the allegations of wrongdoing in the cattle market. Spokesperson Sarah Little told the Hagstrom Report USDA analyzed the effects of the 2019 Holcomb facility fire and the pandemic in July 2020. She says they found no wrong-doing and confirmed the disruption in the beef markets was due to devastating and...

Legislators and lobbyists have packed up and headed out of Helena, but the work of the 67th Montana Legislature is not yet complete. Governor Greg Gianforte has up to ten business days to sign, veto or ignore the bills that have reached his desk to determine the full fate of the session. Still, it’s safe to say the 2021 Montana Legislative Session was favorable for Montana’s farmers and ranchers. Of the 69 bills we tracked closely which were tied directly to member-generated policy, a...

Dear Fellow Cattle Producers,

Tim Gibbons Last month, Missouri Rural Crisis Center held a telephone town-hall with thousands of Missourians across our state. The conversation focused on how we can work together to stop foreign corporate ownership of Missouri farmland, which is an important task we have to undertake. But, foreign corporate ownership of Missouri farmland is a symptom of an even larger challenge we are facing — the corporate, multinational takeover of our farm and food system. Over the last 30 years, weve wi...

Colorado Independent CattleGrowers Association Along with a terrible cattle market, a Colorado governor whom thinks nothing of thumbing his nose at the cattle industry, producers are now facing a potential ballot initiative that could be disastrous to cattle producers For many cattle producers there are other levels of frustration. The now 35-year-old Beef Checkoff Act and Order that generates around $80 million annually is prohibited from making expenditures that might be used to influence gov...

Acknowledging the Agricultural Crisis in America E-commerce Business Ranchers Prime Aims to Support American Ranchers News provided by Share this article Share this article DALLAS, April 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Ranchers are some of the hardest working people you will meet but are dealt some of the hardest blows in any industry. Not only have they had to rise above the challenges of COVID-19, but those in the South also succumbed to Winter Storm Uris wrath. Cattle ranchers in particular were hi...