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Another Lawsuit for Meatpacking’s Big Four
Southeast Regional Ag News
The four largest meatpackers have now been hit by a new price-fixing lawsuit. It’s coming from a group of small food distributors.
Resurrection of the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act
Southeast Regional Ag News
Senator Chuck Grassley and a bipartisan group of Senators last week introduced the bipartisan piece of legislation. It has 22 total cosponsors.
Ag Secretary Non-Committal on Livestock Marketing Reforms
Southeast Regional Ag News
Secretary Vilsack was careful in recent comments not to overstep the general support he voiced last year for the Grassley-Fisher bill to boost price discovery and beef industry competition.
NCBA Cheers Packers & Stockyards Act Extension
Southeast Regional Ag News
A 45-day extension to the comment period on the proposed rule will give the industry more time to work through the 180-page filing.
Food Inflation & Packer Consolidation
Southeast Regional Ag News
Annual food inflation jumped 8.8 percent in March, according to the latest government figures, the biggest jump since 1981.