Livestock: A Proposed Ban on Ownership and Control by Packers (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Revised Jan. 2, 2003 |
| Report Number |
RL31553 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Jerry Heykoop, Resources, Science and Industry Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
| Older Revisions |
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Summary:
This report provides a discussion of the packer ownership ban that was proposed in the Senate farm bill (S. 1753), but dropped in the finally enacted law (P.L. 107-171). The packer ban would prohibit packers from owning, feeding, or controlling livestock to such an extent that the producer is no longer materially participating in the production of livestock. Livestock producer-owned cooperatives and entities owned by such cooperatives, and producer-owned packers that slaughter less than 2 percent of U.S. totals were exempted from the ban.
