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S. 4168 119th Congress Senate

Livestock Consolidation Research Act of 2026

Official title: A bill to require the Administrator of the Economic Research Service to conduct research on consolidation and concentration in the livestock industry, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 24, 2026 Introduced by: Tina Smith Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food
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Mar 24, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Mar 24, 2026
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Livestock Consolidation Research Act of 2026

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Economic Research Service (ERS) to publish a report on consolidation and concentration in the livestock industry (i.e., beef, dairy, pork, and poultry production, including broilers, eggs, and turkeys). ERS must publish the report within one year of the Census of Agriculture being made publicly available.

As background, USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) conducts the census every five years. NASS released the 2022 census in 2024.

The ERS report must include (1) information on changes in the size and location of ranches, farms, processing facilities, and packers throughout the United States; and (2) the impact of these changes on farmers, ranchers, and downstream consumers.

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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Mar 24, 2026
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Slotkin, Elissa
Michigan · Mar 24, 2026
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4168: Livestock Consolidation Research Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4168/
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"S. 4168: Livestock Consolidation Research Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4168/.
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S. 4168, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4168/.
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