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Lawmakers continue to turn up the heat to get action on possible cattle market manipulation and ant-trust violations, with cattle producers losing money while packers make record profits. Farm state lawmakers including South Dakota Senator John Thune are calling for hearings and yesterday Thune spoke on the Senate Floor asking for a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee. He’s written the Department of Justice pressing for an additional probe and details of the current investigation of the cattle market that’s more than a year old.
Thune recently encouraged Attorney General Merrick Garland to make this investigation a priority to protect consumers and cattle producers.
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May 17, 2021 | 3:24 PM
South Dakota Senator John Thune and South Dakota US Representative Dusty Johnson led a bicameral effort urging US Attorney General Merrick Garland and the US Department of Justice to move forward with their investigation into anticompetitive practices in the meatpacking industry.
“Despite strong consumer demand and reopening across much of the country, cattle producers face significant business challenges. The farmers and ranchers NCBA represents are contending with high market volatility, drought, and extreme input costs, and they can’t capture the value they deserve for the high-quality product they supply,”
said NCBA Vice President of Government Affairs Ethan Lane. “We have a high supply of cattle at one end of this equation and a high demand for U.S. beef at the other, but the middle is being absolutely choked by the lack of processing capacity. It’s in the best interests of both producers and consumers for the Depar
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