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Stop the Strip Mining of Rural America With Commodity Checkoffs

Update, August 15, 2012 – See the following article from 2010: After campaign promises to fix agricultural markets and multiple hearings proving the dire need for immediate anti-trust law enforcement, the Obama administration did nothing. The departure of antitrust cops … Continue reading

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Rep Frank Lucas – Who can you trust on the GIPSA rules?

“I, along with many, if not most lifelong cattle producers, certainly have a different perspective on the proposed GIPSA rule (the proposed competition rule by the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyard Administration) then that of the Chairman of the U.S. … Continue reading

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Cattlemen Lose a Real Champion

I’ve heard Johnny Smith say more than once, “Right’s right and Wrong’s wrong!” From the sale ring to the kill floor to the court room and congress, Johnny constantly fought corruption and spoke truth to abusive power. Johnny was a … Continue reading

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