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Waiting on USDA and the GIPSA Rule
Mon, 09 May 2011 7:06:52 CDT
Groups that represent livestock producers continue to monitor the GIPSA rule making process within the US Department of Agriculture. A rule was issued by the agency last June, which attacted over 60,000 comments which USDA has been sorting through since November when the comment period ended.
Under pressure from the House Ag Committee and several livestock groups, US Secretary Tom Vilsack saw the wisdom of asking his Chief Economist Dr. Joe Glauber for a complere economic analysis regarding the impact of the rule, which will affect the marketing of livestock in this country. Proponents of the proposal say that this will level the playing field for the small independent livestock product, while opponents complain that this measure will set back marketing efforts in this country by decades and make many value added programs difficult to continue and new pprograms almost impossible to start up.
USDA is saying little right now- but we check in with Kristina Butts of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association office in Washington to see what the rumblings are about how the analysis is going and what USDA may do once the analytical work is complete. Kristina is a our guest today on the Beef Buzz
The Beef Buzz is a regular feature heard on radio stations around the state on the Radio Oklahoma Network- but is also a regular audio feature found on this website as well. Click on the listen bar below for today's show- and check out our archives for older Beef Buzz shows covering the gamut of the beef cattle industry today.
If you want to go back and review some of the hubbub over the GIPAS rule- click here for our GIPSA Rule page which had lots of links on the subject last fall.
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