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R-CALF director to testify

Sandhusker

Well-known member
Director Invited to Testify on Competition Issues

at Senate Ag Committee Hearing

Washington, D.C. – R-CALF USA Region VII Director Eric Nelson has been invited to testify on competition issues in the U.S. cattle industry on behalf of the organization April 18 during a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing titled “Economic Challenges and Opportunities Facing American Agricultural Producers Today,” regarding the 2007 Farm Bill.

“The Farm Bill should help U.S. cattle producers compete in honest and open markets and maintain their central role as the backbone of U.S. agriculture,” Nelson said. “In the 2002 Farm Bill, R-CALF USA laid the groundwork for marketplace competition issues to be addressed, and we’re hoping Congress will listen to their cattle-producer constituents and include a competition title in the 2007 Farm Bill.

“R-CALF USA believes the Farm Bill should ensure that antitrust and competition laws are effectively and vigorously enforced,” he continued. “On the issue of market coordination and unfair contracting practices, the Farm Bill should strengthen the Packer and Stockyards Act (PSA) to prohibit packer ownership, end captive supply, and guarantee a minimum open-market volume.”
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I thought R-CALF had no credibility, nobody in Washington listened to them, etc............. :roll: :D :D
 

mrj

Well-known member
Is he the ONLY person from an ag organization testifying?????

How difficult is it, really, to get in to testify on such issues? Most especially if one is promoting policies pushed by those in control (Democrats)!!!!

MRJ
 

Econ101

Well-known member
MRJ said:
Is he the ONLY person from an ag organization testifying?????

How difficult is it, really, to get in to testify on such issues? Most especially if one is promoting policies pushed by those in control (Democrats)!!!!

MRJ

So are you arguing that competition issues should be discounted because the Democrats are holding hearings and not republicans, MRJ?

Do you need to re read the list of republicans who were on the packer payrolls via campaign donations?
 

Sandhusker

Well-known member
MRJ said:
Is he the ONLY person from an ag organization testifying?????

How difficult is it, really, to get in to testify on such issues? Most especially if one is promoting policies pushed by those in control (Democrats)!!!!

MRJ

Did you get invited, MRJ?

I'm all for giving the Democrats a chance. They can't be bigger sellouts than the Republicans.
 
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