Senators: Livestock Consolidation a “Bad Deal” For Consumers, Ranchers

Dan Cattle, Marketing

Senators Chuck Grassley and Jon Tester encourage their Senate colleagues to oppose recent efforts that they say will weaken the Packers and Stockyards Act.  The upcoming Fiscal year 2024 Agriculture Appropriations bill (.pdf) includes provisions Grassley and Tester say would “prevent USDA from enforcing the Packers and Stockyards Act to hold multi-national food manufacturers accountable.”  Grassley, an Iowa Republican, and …