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Livestock: Cash Cattle Bill Revised, Updated – DTN Mar 30, 2022
The Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act is now on its third revision as the senators who authored the bill released a new version on Monday. Senators Jon Tester, D-Mont.; […]
Missouri Farmer Seeks Right to Repair – DTN Mar 22, 2022
Bates County, Missouri, farmer Jared Wilson reached the end of his rope last fall. His 690 John Deere combine broke down about a quarter of the way through harvest on […]
National Farmers Union Keeps Focus on Market Concentration – DTN Feb 28, 2022
Speaking to members of the National Farmers Union on Sunday, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said Senate leaders have told him they are willing to bring a pair of bills […]
Nebraska Right-to-Repair Bill Advances – DTN Feb 8, 2022
The Nebraska Legislature moved one step closer Thursday to a full floor debate on legislation that would give Nebraska farmers the right to repair their own equipment, as the judiciary […]
Right-to-Repair Bill Offered in Senate – DTN Feb 2, 2022
Farm equipment manufacturers would be required to provide all diagnostic equipment to farmers and the Federal Trade Commission would have authority to go after companies that don’t under a bill […]
Livestock: AFB, Senate Reflect Divide on Mandated Cash Cattle Trade Jan 25, 2022
A pair of senators are making clear they don’t want to rework their cattle markets legislation after the American Farm Bureau Federation changed its policy earlier this month to oppose […]
Livestock: National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Spotlights Market, Policy Debates – DTN Dec 22, 2021
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is watching out for when USDA will move ahead with its funding plans for new packing-plant capacity. Highlighting some policy successes for NCBA in 2021, […]
Livestock: Senators Reach Deal on Marketing Legislation – DTN Nov 10, 2021
Four U.S. senators have struck a deal on a livestock price discovery bill to expand negotiated cash trade for cattle and a library to provide producers details of marketing contract […]
Senators Tackle U.S. Ag’s Foreign Ownership – DTN Nov 1, 2021
U.S. agriculture and food officials would have permanent representation on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or CFIUS, if a bill introduced by a group of U.S. […]
Eyeing USDA’s Budget Request – DTN Jun 18, 2021
Questions about the meat industry dominated a Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee hearing Tuesday at which Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack appeared in person to discuss the Biden administration’s budget request for […]
