Tag: MCOOL
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R-CALF Pushes for Beef Origin Labels After Import Move
WASHINGTON — R-CALF USA is renewing its call for mandatory country-of-origin labeling for beef following a White House move designed to bring additional foreign beef into the U.S. market and ease pressure on consumer prices. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation Aug. 26 allowing as much as 300,000 metric tons of additional lean beef trimmings…
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Senate Farm Bill Hits Roadblock With Committee Vote Set for September
The Senate’s latest attempt to move a new farm bill forward has stalled, but the effort is not dead. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman, R-Ark., says the committee will return in September and take another vote on the farm bill package after Republicans and Democrats failed to reach enough agreement to advance it during…