Livestock Articles
MN Beef Update
Published December 3, 2022
Join us in the latest Minnesota Beef Update for the announcement of the new Minnesota State Cattlemen's Association Executive Director.DOT Denies Hours of Service Exemption
Published December 2, 2022
Farm groups have been working with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for months to exempt livestock truckers from some Hours-Of-Service rules. The livestock industry will retain the 150-mile radius exemption on the front and back of a shipment, but…Marketing Seminar Offered
Published December 2, 2022
Farm Credit Services of Mandan is hosting marketing meetings in Dickinson and Mandan. Innovus Agra owner Bret Oelke is leading these sessions. "We just finished up the first round and the second series takes place on December 30 with the…A-PLUS Act on the Backburner
Published December 2, 2022
The Amplifying Processing of Livestock in the United States Act is designed to fix regulatory roadblocks for increasing meat processing capacity. "It would allow localized livestock auction markets to own or invest in a small-medium packing facility," said Chelsea Good,…Price Fixing Lawsuit FIled
Published December 2, 2022
McDonald's has filed a price-fixing lawsuit against Smithfield Foods, Hormel Foods, JBS and Tyson Foods. The lawsuit claims the meat processors conspired to limit production to stabilize pork prices in 2008 and 2009.A Transition for Canadian Swine Imports
Published November 30, 2022
Over the past five years, 83 percent of Canada’s hog imports into the United States has been feeder pigs. Since 2021, that percentage has dropped to 77 percent. In that same time period, slaughter hog imports from Canada are up…MN Beef Update
Published November 27, 2022
Minnesota's State Cattlemen's Association Convention is open to all cattlemen. Hear more on the agenda and speakers in the latest Minnesota Beef Update.Competition is Key
Published November 27, 2022
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President-Elect Todd Wilkinson, who ranches near DeSmet, South Dakota, sees market transparency and fairness as a top priority. "The herd reduction has put us in a much better position for negotiation," said Wilkinson. "We continue to…Proposition 12 Update
Published November 27, 2022
Litigation is still in the works for California’s Proposition 12. National Pork Producers Council Chief Legal Strategist Michael Formica says Prop 12 is simply government overreach. "California is asserting the right to regulate all operations outside of California. Pork producers…