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2008 Farm Bill -
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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 499377"><p>Oldtimer- Looks like you got a friend in R-Calf:</p><p>R-CALF Says Recent Court Decision Shows Need for Ban on Packer Ownership</p><p>Published Thursday, February 07, 2008 at 04:23 AMThroughout the farm bill debate - R-CALF USA has encouraged Senators to address competition issues. Among other things - R-CALF would like Congress to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act to prohibit the practice of packer ownership of livestock. R-CALF says a recent appeals court decision demonstrates the compelling need for Congress to act immediately to adopt that ban on packer ownership included in the Senate version of the 2007 Farm Bill. </p><p></p><p>According to R-CALF - meatpackers use packer-owned livestock to lower the prices paid to producers for their live cattle. If Congress doesn't act to make the practice unlawful - the group says producers will have no recourse and no protection against the resulting manipulation and control of prices. </p><p></p><p>R-CALF President Max Thornsberry says 40-percent of the 1.6-million cattle operations in the U.S. have ceased operations since 1980. He says the U.S. herd size is more than 15-million head smaller than it was 25 years ago. In the coming weeks - he says Congress has an opportunity to clarify its intent to preserve open and competitive livestock markets so today's U.S. livestock producers can continue to have the opportunity to be profitable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 499377"] Oldtimer- Looks like you got a friend in R-Calf: R-CALF Says Recent Court Decision Shows Need for Ban on Packer Ownership Published Thursday, February 07, 2008 at 04:23 AMThroughout the farm bill debate - R-CALF USA has encouraged Senators to address competition issues. Among other things - R-CALF would like Congress to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act to prohibit the practice of packer ownership of livestock. R-CALF says a recent appeals court decision demonstrates the compelling need for Congress to act immediately to adopt that ban on packer ownership included in the Senate version of the 2007 Farm Bill. According to R-CALF - meatpackers use packer-owned livestock to lower the prices paid to producers for their live cattle. If Congress doesn't act to make the practice unlawful - the group says producers will have no recourse and no protection against the resulting manipulation and control of prices. R-CALF President Max Thornsberry says 40-percent of the 1.6-million cattle operations in the U.S. have ceased operations since 1980. He says the U.S. herd size is more than 15-million head smaller than it was 25 years ago. In the coming weeks - he says Congress has an opportunity to clarify its intent to preserve open and competitive livestock markets so today's U.S. livestock producers can continue to have the opportunity to be profitable. [/QUOTE]
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