Articles tagged under: Jon Tester
Tester Working on a Suite of Bills to Address Cattle Market Concentration
Published February 28, 2022
Montana Senator Jon Tester has five bills designed to bring more transparency to the cattle markets. That includes proposals to require packers to purchase more animals in the cash market and the hiring of a special investigator to enforce the…Hoeven, Tester Ask USDA to Advance Disaster Aid
Published December 20, 2021
North Dakota Senator John Hoeven and Montana Senator Jon Tester are urging USDA Undersecretary Robert Bonnie to expedite agricultural disaster assistance. In September, Congress approved $9.25 billion for WHIP+, including $750 million specifically for livestock producers. The lawmakers spoke to…Seeking More Competition in the Cattle Trade
Published June 11, 2021
Montana Senator Jon Tester has introduced legislation to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act to create a USDA Office of the Special Investigator for Competition Matters. This proposal is in response to the wide disparity between packer profits and the…Seeking Transparency in the Cattle Market
Published March 25, 2021
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley and Montana Senator Jon Tester have introduced a bill that would require large U.S. meat packers to purchase half of their weekly cattle volume on the open market. Co-sponsors on the bill includes North Dakota Senator…Montana Senator Seeks to Reestablish COOL
Published November 1, 2019
A resolution to reestablish a country of origin labeling program has been brought forward by Montana Senator Jon Tester. The COOL program was repealed in 2015, but industry stakeholders have since then pushed for these labeling practices.