Opinion Pieces Written Following Completion of Manuscript - 2023 and 2024
Argues that USDA proposed mandate to require electronic ear tags in cattle moving interstate will be used by packer cartel to vertically integrate the cow/calf sector of the cattle industry.
Deals with the myth that cattle are particular guility of the emmission of greenhouse gasses
This is about he dysfuncition in Congress in passing a Farm Bill, particularly one that includes Country of Origin Labelling
Questions how USDA will be able to know how the beef they purchase for their nutrition programs actually come from cattle raised in the USA
Discusses the defficncies of the proposed Cattle Price Discovery and Transparnecy Act and how that can be fixed.
This is about the proposal by USDA to require cattle to be identified with electronic tags.
This op/ed is about reform of the beef checkoff tax
This is about Tyson Beef's move to vertically integrate the cow/calf sector of the cattle industry
This is a rebutal of a particularly stupid editorial in the magazine Drovers
On April 27, 2022 I was asked to testify at: House Agriculture Committee Hearing: An Examination of Price Discrepancies, Transparency, and Alleged Unfair Practices in Cattle Markets. April 27. 2022