Well I went to another sale barn last week, I know the owmer well. He was upset that the LFN printed the story, giving sale barns a bad rap. Then he told me that they are allowed to sale insurance under tariff rules ( without a license ) Then he told me he charges for animal disposal, which LFN quoted I.J. Perez from the GIPSA as stating. "Sale barns ma not bill for animal disposal" I send an email to I.J. Perez last week asking for the rule or regulation number. So far no reply. I contacted the person from GIPSA that firstt spoke to me. She couldn't give me an answer on rule numbers either. Yesterday another person called from GISPA, stating his supervisor ask him to call me. But he said it wasn't I.J. Perez. We spoke about some of the details of the cow's death. He said they are going to check into it and see if the cow really died ??? Going to the GLM and checking paperwork, looking for disposal fees at the local landfill, ect.
When I asked him about the rule and regulation about charging for disposal, he didn't know if it was printed anywhere. he said the rules where wrote by congress and were not easy to understand. When I asked about sale barns selling insurance under the traiff, he said the could, but if they needed a license that was not under their responsibility. I told the man if I didn't get answers that I could read in the US rules and regs, that I would again be contacting the LFN. As farmers we should have this info available to us. Two simple questions, yet all the people working at GIPSA, and we can't get an answer. We need less government, and more accountability from them !