Articles tagged under: Dusty Johnson

Ibach Confirms Cattle Market Investigation Findings Out Soon

Published July 22, 2020

In a House Agriculture Subcommittee hearing on the USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program, Subcommittee Ranking Member and South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson asked USDA Under Secretary Greg Ibach the status of the ongoing investigation of the cattle markets…
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DIRECT Act Aims to Help Meat Processors and Producers

Published June 30, 2020

Congress has introduced legislation to create new direct-to-consumer options for livestock producers, processors and small meat markets. The Direct Interstate Retail Exemption for Certain Transactions, or DIRECT, Act would amend retail exemptions to allow state-inspected meat products to be sold…
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Lawmakers Ask Perdue for Fair Livestock Aid

Published April 1, 2020

A bipartisan group of lawmakers including South Dakota Representative Dusty Johnson, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson and North Dakota Senator Kevin Cramer are asking Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to get COVID-19 assistance to farmers and ranchers soon. In a…
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Biofuels Policy is Front and Center

Published October 25, 2019

Following the Environmental Protection Agency’s recent biofuels announcement, there’s renewed interest and momentum in biofuels policy. That’s according to South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson. Johnson is sponsoring a bill with House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson called the Renewable Fuel…
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House Lawmakers Write EPA on Small Refinery Waivers

Published September 22, 2019

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson and other House lawmakers sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler on Friday, asking Wheeler to address damage caused by small refinery exemptions. In the letter,…
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USDA Investigation Welcomed by SD Lawmaker

Published September 20, 2019

Following the Tyson Foods fire in Holcomb, Kansas fire, the cattle market has been extremely volatile. South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson went to the House floor Thursday, saying cattle producers have suffered serious economic losses. "That's why I was grateful…
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