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This week Ranking Member of the Livestock & Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee Dusty Johnson (R-S.D) and Representative Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) introduced the bipartisan Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021 (H.R. 5609), which would create a library for cattle contracts within the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Agriculture Marketing Service Department. Currently, cattlemen are unaware of contract terms being offered by packers, leading to a decline in leverage for smaller producers during price negotiations.

VINTON--Rylie Plughaupt of Vinton was honored to accompany her grandfather Dale Speidel, 99 of Vinton this week on an Honor Flight to Washington D.C. Speidel was the oldest veteran to join the group. Members met with Senator Charles Grassley and Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks upon arrival.

Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa,) an Army veteran, welcoming dozens of Iowa’s veterans who served in World War II, Vietnam, and Korea to the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. recently. This is the second time the Congresswoman has welcomed an Eastern Iowa Honor Flight to D.C. Senator and Mrs. Grassley were also in attendance.

WASHINGTON – South Dakota Representative Dusty Johnson has co-authored a bill he hopes will provide smaller cattle producers more leverage in pricing negotiations.