Guebert: Ag groups make hollow call on meatpackers to play nice
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 âmore financially sustainable situation for cattle feeders and cow-calf producers.â Thatâs make-nice farm talk for âMeatpackers are skinning U.S. cattlemen so badly now that we six, not-usually-friendly groups ask the federal governmentâswamp or no swampâto do something fast to save whatâs left of our well-tanned hides.â Guebert The fact that it took the farm group officials a whole day to hammer out a ...
Source: globegazette.com