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Montana Senator Helps Chinese Giant Lock Up $200 Million of Cattle in Sweetheart Deal

During President Donald Trump’s recent trip to China, Montana Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) negotiated a $300 million beef cattle deal between the Montana Stockgrowers Association and the Chinese e-retailer JD.com. The deal calls for the retailer to buy $200 million of cattle between 2018 and 2020, and invest $100 million in a new feedlot and packing plant in Montana. Some ranchers are concerned that this unusual deal will favor certain ranchers over others, and further concentrate power over the American livestock sector in the hands of Chinese companies.

Poultry & LivestockLeah DouglasNovember 16, 2017China, COOL, GIPSA, JAB, JD-com, Montana, Oklahoma, R-CALF, Stockgrowers Association, Leah Douglas, Beef

In South Carolina, Poultry Industry Seeks to Eliminate Barriers to Expansion

A bill in the South Carolina legislature would make it significantly harder for residents to challenge the state’s expanding poultry industry. If lawmakers pass the bill, South Carolina will be the latest in a series of states to make it harder for rural communities to resist or even carefully regulate large-scale livestock farming.

Poultry & LivestockLeah DouglasJuly 18, 2017checkoff, Montana, OSI, poultry, right to farm, RTF, South Carolina, chicken, Leah Douglas, eggs