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S 460 111th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food Agricultural marketing and promotion Livestock Meat

A bill to amend the Agriculture Marketing Act of 1946 to foster efficient markets and increase competition and transparency among packers that purchase livestock from producers.

Introduced: February 24, 2009 Introduced by: Grassley, Chuck Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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Feb 24, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Feb 24, 2009
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require that 25% of a covered packer's daily kill comes through spot market sales from nonaffiliated producers.

Sets forth a different percentage for covered packers who reported in the 2008 annual report that more than 75% of their livestock were captive supply livestock

What's happening now February 24, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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