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Senate Ag OKs cattle price discovery, investigator bills

06/22/22 12:10 PM By Steve Davies
KEYWORDS Boozman Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act Deb Fischer farm bureaus Grassley National Cattlemen's Beef Association North American Meat Institute Packers and Stockyards Act Senate Agriculture Committee Stabenow

The Senate Agriculture Committee approved bills Wednesday authorizing USDA to mandate minimum levels of cash trading in cattle and establish a special investigator’s office in USDA to probe allegations of unfair marketing practices.

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