The most recent USDA/DOJ Public Workshop on competition in the livestock industry may be fading from people’s minds but we’re going to keep the issues discussed and presented alive, most importantly the proposed GIPSA rule that everyone seems to agree would have a profound impact on the industry. What kind of impact though is a source of significant disagreement.

You can watch a series of videos produced by the folks at American Angus Association that might help better educate you on this issue and help form your opinion of what needs to be done. Remember that we’re in a public comment period on this until the latter part of November, so please feel free to leave your comments directly via the web.

GIPSA interviews

Bill Rishel, an Angus seedstock producer from Nebraska, discusses potential impacts of the proposed GIPSA rule change.
Bill Bullard of R-CALF USA discusses potential impacts of the proposed GIPSA rules on the US cattle industry.
Colin Woodall of NCBA discusses potential impacts of the proposed GIPSA rule.
Allan Sents of McPherson County Feeders, Marquette, Kan., discusses potential impacts of the proposed GIPSA rule on the cattle business.
Jerry Bohn of Pratt Feeders discusses potential impacts of the proposed GIPSA rule.

Here’s an overview Angus Report with perspectives on both sides of the proposed GIPSA rule change. For more information, visit www.angus.org. I’ll be doing periodic posts during the public comment period for this issue in coming weeks that will include more interviews.