3.0.0 4168 2026-04-06T13:33:52Z 2026-04-06T13:33:52Z Senate S S 2026-03-24 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4168 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2026-03-24T16:50:45Z 2026-03-24 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2026-03-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN N G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Chuck Grassley R IA 2026-03-24 True S001208 Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] Elissa Slotkin D MI 2026-03-24 True Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food 2026-04-02T22:26:06Z 00 2026-03-24 Introduced in Senate 2026-04-06T13:30:47Z 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.

]]> Livestock Consolidation Research Act of 2026 Display Title 45 Livestock Consolidation Research Act of 2026 2026-04-02T05:38:26Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Livestock Consolidation Research Act of 2026 2026-04-02T05:38:25Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 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. 2026-04-02T05:33:27Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2026-03-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s4168is/xml/BILLS-119s4168is.xml 2026-03-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.