Cattle in a pasture north of Moses Lake. A pair of bills passed by the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry aims at making markets more transparent and would give the U.S. Department of Agriculture new authority to investigate and prosecute allegations of price-fixing among meat packers.
June 22, 2022
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Rancher groups poised to fight proposed legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The passage of a pair of bills designed to improve regulation of U.S. cattle and beef markets has prompted concerns among some national and state cattle ranchers organizations. On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry passed the Meat and Poultry Special Investigator Act of 2022 and the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2022, sending both measures on to the full Senate for consideration...