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- Avma Responds to U.S. Department of Agriculture's Final Rule On Livestock Traceability
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Dec. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Veterinary Medical Association today responded to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's (APHIS) new livestock traceability rule, which was announced Dec. 20, 2012. The AVMA applauds APHIS for developing a new framework for animal disease traceability in the United States that establishes identification and documentation requirements for livestock moving interstate," said Dr. Ron DeHaven, AVMA CEO and a former APHIS administrator.
- U.S. Newswire
- December 21, 2012
- Spencer Livestock Commission Company; Mike Donaldson, Petitioners, v. Department of Agriculture, Respondent., 841 F.2d 1451 (9th Cir. 1988)
Dean J. Miller, Gigray, Miller, Downen, Weston & Pasley, Caldwell, Idaho, for petitioners. Harry S. Gold, Office of the Gen. Counsel, U.S. Dept. of A...
- Federal Circuits
- Livestock Mandatory Reporting Program; Establishment of the Reporting Regulation for Wholesale Pork
On April 2, 2001, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) implemented the Livestock Mandatory Reporting (LMR) program as required by the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 (1999 Act). In October 2006, the LMR program was reauthorized by Congress through September 2010. On September 28, 2010, the Mandatory Price Reporting Act of 2010 (2010 Reauthorization Act) reauthorized LMR for an additional 5 years and added a provision for mandatory reporting of wholesale pork cuts. The 2010 Reauthorization Act directed the Secretary to engage in negotiated rulemaking to make required regulatory changes for mandatory wholesale pork reporting and establish a negotiated rulemaking committee to develop these changes. This proposed rule reflects the work of the US...
- Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 16951, March 23, 2012
- Proposed rules
- Agriculture Department

- Livestock Mandatory Reporting Program; Establishment of the Reporting Regulation for Wholesale Pork
On April 2, 2001, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) implemented the Livestock Mandatory Reporting (LMR) program as required by the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 (1999 Act). In October 2006, the LMR program was reauthorized by Congress through September 2010. On September 28, 2010, the Mandatory Price Reporting Act of 2010 (2010 Reauthorization Act) reauthorized LMR for an additional 5 years and added a provision for mandatory reporting of wholesale pork cuts. The 2010 Reauthorization Act directed the Secretary to engage in negotiated rulemaking to make required regulatory changes for mandatory wholesale pork reporting and establish a negotiated rulemaking committee to develop these changes. This final rule reflects the work of th...
- Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 50561, August 22, 2012
- Rules and Regulations
- Agriculture Department
- Clayton Howe Clark
SKOWHEGAN - , 72, passed away Tuesday morning, Nov. 1, 2011, at home on Middle Road, after a courageous four-year battle with cancer. He was born Jan. 14, 1939, in Skowhegan, son of L. Carroll and Winnifred (Howe) Clark. He married Joanne Clark, 55 years ago on Nov. 22. He was captain of the football team, played basketball and track, served as a class officer, member of student council, and graduated cum laude. He had been inducted into Skowhegan High School Football Hall of Fame. Clayton "Clayt" grew up on the family farm and after graduating from Skowhegan High School in 1957, went to work with his dad, then purchased the farm in 1967. He showed his registered Jersey cattle at many Maine fairs for a number of years. When he was the president of Maine Jersey Cattle C...

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- Bangor Daily News
- November 15, 2011
- Farm-Market Reporting Cuts Seen As 'a Blessing in Disguise'
LANCASTER -- When the state Department of Agriculture eliminated farm-market reporting, it seemed like bad news for David Wert. It meant Wert, the department's livestock-market division supervisor, and three colleagues would lose their jobs.
- Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
- November 11, 2012
- Blackfoot Livestock Commission, Co., Petitioner, v. Department of Agriculture, Packers and Stockyards Administration, Respondent., 810 F.2d 916 (9th Cir. 1987)
James Michael Kelly, Raymond W. Fullerton, Aaron B. Kahn, Washington, D.C., for respondent. Robert M. Cook, Norfolk, Nebraska, for petitioner. On Pet...
- Federal Circuits
- Dueling Dates
Core-Mark, which distributes milk in Washington state and Montana, is seeking an injunction in U.S. District Court to keep Montana from enforcing its milk-dating regulations, according to court documents. [...] the store manager refused to comply with the inspection and called Helena police to force the inspector to leave, said Livestock Department spokesman Steve Merritt, who arrived on the scene shortly thereafter.
- Missoulian
- August 28, 2009
- Jacob F. Bosma D/B/a Chino Livestock Commission Company and Yardage, Petitioner, v. United States Department of Agriculture, Respondent., 754 F.2d 804 (9th Cir. 1985)
James Craig, Clayson, Mann, Arend & Yaeger, Corona, Cal., for petitioner. Virginia Strasser, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., for respond...
- Federal Circuits
- Us Department of Labor Announces New Adverse Effect Wage Rates for H- 2a Temporary Agriculture Workers
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the minimum hourly wage rates that employers must pay H-2A workers in order to ensure that the wages of similarly employed U.S. workers are not adversely affected. These H-2A adverse effect wage rates are calculated for each occupation and location using the U.S. Department of Agriculture's annual wages rates from its regional Farm Labor Survey of nonfamily field and livestock workers. Each year, the Labor Department publishes these rates in the Federal Register to notify employers of their responsibilities if they choose to participate in the H-2A temporary visa program. The rates are effective the day they are published and apply only to the H-2A program. A notice is available to view at ...
- U.S. Newswire
- December 21, 2011