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arsenisspyros/iStock/Thinkstock A look at a Dealer Statutory Trust, help for small meat processors, Livestock Mandatory Reporting extension and animal health funds. In the over 5,500 pages of the recent approved appropriations and COVID-relief, there are several nuggets important to those in the livestock sector including certainty that producers can recoup payment losses by establishing a dealer trust, funding for agriculture quarantine inspection services and an exte...

President Trump signed the coronavirus relief and government funding bill Dec. 27. Late into the night on Dec. 21, just before their return home for the holiday, Congress passed its version of an early Christmas present to many in America who have been affected by COVID-19. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Senate Amendment to H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of Fiscal Year 2021, which not only offered up $900 billion in COVID-19 relief to Americans, but also appropriate...