Price Reporting

SwineCast 0641 Show Notes:

• Vice President for Domestic Policy Issues for the National Pork Producers Council, Audrey Adamson joins us to review current status of GIPSA (Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration) regulations and how the industry perceives USDA's lacking response to concerns voiced by many livestock producers.

SwineCast 0303 Show Notes:

• Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund notifies USDA of intent to sue to stop NAIS
• 2008 Farm Bill a win for producers according to NPPC. Kansas State economist Troy Dumler looks at the details
• Livestock Mandatory Reporting Law back on the books
• Special conversation from the outside at the Pork Manager's Conference with Christine McCracken of Cleveland Research looking at the state of the industry... some suggestions to take under advisement