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Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

R-CALF suit alleges U.S. packers conspired to suppress fed cattle prices

By Jonathan Stempel April 23, 2019

Reuters — Four of the largest U.S. beef-packing companies were accused in a lawsuit on Tuesday of violating federal antitrust law by conspiring to drive down prices they paid ranchers for cattle, even as retail beef prices hovered near record levels. Tyson Foods, Cargill, the JBS USA unit of Brazil’s JBS and National Beef Packing […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

USDA plan to axe livestock pricing rule divides producers

By Theopolis Waters October 17, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in a filing on Tuesday said it will dismantle Obama-era rules for buying and selling livestock, a move that has divided the U.S. meat industry. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue withdrew an interim final rule and a proposed regulation of the Farmer Fair Practices Rules […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock

Guenther: Canada’s beef export sector waiting, watching

By Lisa Guenther November 22, 2016

As speculation swirls around U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to renegotiate NAFTA, officials with Canada’s beef industry are taking a measured approach. They’re not ignoring the possibility of trade disruptions in the U.S., said Ryder Lee, CEO of the Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association — “but neither are we lighting our hair on fire yet at each […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. watchdog to review cattle pricing, high-speed trading

By Tom Polansek May 27, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — A U.S. watchdog agency will launch a review of cattle pricing, including the impact of high-frequency trading on futures, after ranchers complained about a sharp price drop last year. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has accepted a request from the Senate judiciary committee to study the reasons for the decline, […] Read more

R-CALF alleges USDA's $1-per-head checkoff is being

Beef Cattle, News

R-CALF’s USDA lawsuit takes aim at Canadian beef

By Jennifer Blair May 20, 2016

Protectionist ranchers’ group says checkoffs promote ‘less safe and less wholesome’ imported beef

A group of cattle ranchers is suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture, claiming their checkoff dollars are being used to promote Canadian and other imported beef. The Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United Stockgrowers of America — best known as R-CALF — also claims imported beef is “less safe and less wholesome.” But the lawsuit filed […] Read more

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Major grain traders’ e-transaction platform gets name

Feed weekly outlook: Purchases delayed as prices steady, supplies ample

U.S. grains: Soy futures follow rally in soymeal

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Major grain traders’ e-transaction platform gets name

Feed weekly outlook: Purchases delayed as prices steady, supplies ample

U.S. grains: Soy futures follow rally in soymeal

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R-CALF suit alleges U.S. packers conspired to suppress fed cattle prices

USDA plan to axe livestock pricing rule divides producers

Guenther: Canada’s beef export sector waiting, watching

U.S. watchdog to review cattle pricing, high-speed trading

R-CALF’s USDA lawsuit takes aim at Canadian beef

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