US moves to ban packer ownership

[kato]

Sure, cattle haven't kept up with inflation, and neither has grain. One point he didn't get to was just how long can any sector of the economy fail to keep up with inflation before something gives? Just because other parts of today's agriculture are not keeping up either does not make any of it right. In fact it makes the whole thing worse. Are we to just sit and console ourselves with the fact that we're not in this alone? That every farmer in the country is falling behind?

The intention of the NFU report, in my opinion was to provoke discussion, and it certainly has done that. Maybe someone who doesn't like it will get mad enough to come up with a better alternative to what we've got now.

I also think there's an upper limit to this "bigger is better" philosophy. Just look at the economic crisis going around the world to see how quickly things fall apart when a very small handful of powerful corporations screw up. It affects the whole world.

[grassfarmer]

Stay tuned farmers_son, the next edition of AB Beef will contain an outstanding rebuttal to the pack of lies and hatred being peddled by Mr Rutledge. Not wishing to let the cat out of the bag but consider this - Mr Rutledge isn't actually a "broken down rancher from someplace Saskatchewan" he is a paid employee of Nilsson Bros. Now with that information in mind re-read the articles and see what the agenda really is.

[Willowcreek]

Yep-- things are looking rosier down here as far as having a producer friendly administration.. Besides having a Congress that wants to break up the "too big to fails"- and put some oversight on these conglomerates that were allowed to selfpolice and failed miserably - the new head of the Packers and Stockyards Administration of the USDA- J Dudley Butler- is an attorney with a reputation as a trust buster and who has taken on Tyson before in the chicken industry.
He also was an original member at the organizing of the OCM - Organization of Competitive Markets..
Those in D.C. predict “a much more aggressive” approach to the P&S law in the years ahead...

So far the indications coming out of D.C. is that the USDA/Administration is turning a cold ear toward NCBA and AMI- as they rid themselves of the Bushies- and paying heed to what the OCM and R-CALF are talking about...