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GIPSA Is A Debate Of Several Tiers
The bulk of the industry’s debate over GIPSA has centered, and rightfully so, around the proposed rule’s intent to turn the cattle market into a government-controlled trial lawyers’ dream and put the brakes on the industry’s move toward a value-based pricing system. But, there are other levels of this debate as well. ...
GIPSA's One-Year Anniversary
It’s hard to believe that the one-year anniversary of the unveiling of the GIPSA livestock marketing rules occurred this week in 2010....
New Poll: What Should USDA Do On GIPSA?
A third of Congress (147 members) urged USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack last week to withdraw the agency’s proposed GIPSA rule on livestock marketing. ...
Bipartisan Opposition To USDA’s Rule Evident In Letter To Secretary Vilsack
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack received a letter from 147 members of the U.S. House of Representatives today, May 18, 2011, regarding USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration’s (GIPSA) proposed rule on livestock and poultry marketing...
150 Members of Congress Urge Vilsack To Withdraw Proposed GIPSA Rule
More than one-third of the members of the House of Representatives have called on Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to go back to the drawing board with a rule on the marketing of livestock and poultry proposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA). ...
Matlack Calls For Completion Of GIPSA
Larry Matlack, President of the American Agriculture Movement (AAM), commended U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack’s leadership in advancing new pro-competition rules under authority of the Packers and Stockyards Act and administered by the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA)...
Congress Finds Bipartisanship On GIPSA
USDA Under Secretary Edward Avalos told BEEF in April that it may be late fall before potential changes to GIPSA are made, following extensive review of more than 60,000 public comments on the livestock marketing proposals...
USDA Pressured On GIPSA Rule
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack has become notorious for disregarding what cattlemen think, but even USDA is likely to sit up and take notice when a letter arrives bearing the signatures of 147 members of Congress. ...
From Our Columnists
Even With High Prices, Be Sure To Weigh The Return
Depending on which side of the biscuit you butter, these are fixing to be halcyon days in the cow-calf business. At least they are judging by the chatter you hear...
Key Economic Opportunities In Calf Marketing
My last series of articles focused on the economic challenges occurring in the beef-cow sector since the start of the biofuels era. This month, I’ll focus on the key economic opportunities...
Nitrate Accumulation In Plants Is A Matter Of Many Factors
Drought has made it a very rough year for many herds in the U.S. In the midst of this scramble for forage in drought areas, we need to be careful about where feeds originate...
