PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ACT

Articles and editorials

We Need Action, Not Another Study, S848 [14FE]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: prohibit packers from owning or feeding livestock intended for slaughter, prohibit excessive concentration among certain agricultural commodities dealers and establish an Office of Special Counsel for Agriculture (see H.R. 3810), H633 [27FE]

Food industry: prohibit packers from owning, feeding, or controlling livestock intended for slaughter (see H.R. 3803), H633 [27FE]

———prohibit use of certain anti-competitive forward contracts (see S. 2021), S1974 [15MR]

Letters

Livestock production contracts: several agricultural organizations, S411 [6FE]

Packers and Stockyards Act prohibition on the use of certain anti-competitive forward contracts: Joseph W. Luter III, Smithfield Foods, Inc., S1977 [15MR]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: revise livestock production contracts, S407, S411, S412, S417 [6FE]

Food industry: prohibit packers from owning, feeding, or controlling livestock intended for slaughter, S514, S515, S517, S522 [8FE], S579 [11FE], S598-S604 [12FE], S848 [14FE], S4018 [8MY]

———prohibit use of certain anti-competitive forward contracts (S. 2021), S1976-S1978 [15MR]

———study proposal to prohibit packers from owning, feeding, or controlling livestock intended for slaughter, S477 [7FE], S514, S515, S517, S522 [8FE], S598, S600-S604 [12FE]

Reports

Implications of Banning Packer Ownership of Livestock: Allan Gray, Ken Foster, and Michael Boehlje, Purdue University, S602 [12FE]