Two U.S. Senators working to improve cattle markets for producers say the pandemic has brought a lot of existing problems into clearer focus.
Senator Jon Tester of Montana, a Democrat, was a guest of the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association conversation on Friday, “When you have consolidation in anything – in this case it’s agriculture, processing cattle or hogs – when something goes wrong things go to hell and it goes to hell fast.”
Republican South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds, also a USCA guest, says they pushed for and are watching the Justice Department investigation into anti-competitive practices in the cattle industry closely, “If you do not find evidence of anti-trust activity then what do we have to do to fix our laws?
