THE PETERSON GROUP INC
Lobbying for TEXAS CATTLE FEEDERS ASSOCIATION · Cattle Feeders Trade Association
Support a year-round agricultural immigrant labor program.
Farm Bill: funding for the Foot and Mouth Disease Vaccine bank, conservation, disaster assistance, risk management (LRP), market news, and veterinary services. Disaster and conservation program AGI limits. Matters pertaining to cattle markets, including supply chain and regulatory oversight. Livestock Mandatory Reporting Reauthorization. Country of Origin Labeling. Packers and Stockyards Act.
U.S. DOT Hours of Service for livestock haulers. Commercial motor vehicle weights.
New World Screwworm and Cattle Fever Tick mitigation. Manure Management Systems. Packing plant capacity. Animal inspection availability at U.S. ports of entry. USDA Animal Disease Traceability System and electronic identification infrastructure.
Accurate labeling of meat. Expanded packing plant capacity.
Interest expense deduction. Estate tax policy.
Funding for New World Screwworm and Cattle Fever Tick mitigation. Retain funding restrictions on reporting GHG Emissions from Manure Management Systems. Funding for the US Army Corps to update the six-state water resources study. Funding for the USDA Animal Disease Traceability System and electronic identification infrastructure. Funding for research at area universities. Reauthorization of Livestock Mandatory Reporting.
Lesser Prairie Chicken ESA Listing.