The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Live Cattle Marketing Committee met in Houston and proposed eight policy resolutions. “We’re looking for the renewal of LMR (Livestock Mandatory Reporting), said Jeff Schafer, president, North Dakota Stockmen’s Association. “We’re also looking for contract library establishment and there’s also a resolution to bring forth the continued study as to how we can get better price discovery which is at the top of everyone’s mind.” One of the resolutions states that NCBA opposes any mandates on cash trade volumes for cattle and any other regulatory or legislative policies that would limit the methods producers use to market cattle. Livestock Marketing Organization President Larry Schnell says this focus began at a meeting two years ago in an effort to alleviate the disparity between boxed beef versus the price cattle feeders received. “The packers, no question about it, were making huge amounts of money and at that time, most cattle feeders were breaking even.” Schnell, who is the co-owner of Stockmen’s Livestock Exchange in Dickinson, North Dakota, said the concept was a focus on a percentage of the cash cattle trade. The objectives established two years ago have not been realized.