Livestock marketers ask end to stockyard funding
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WASHINGTON, DC. -
Congress was urged here Wed
nesday to heed the call ot the
American public tor less govern
ment in their daily lives by
deleting all tundmg tor the
stockyards provision ot the
Packers and Stockyards Act.
Livestock Marketing
Association, a Kansas City-based
trade group representing
marketing businesses throughout
the U.S. and in Canada, made the
request in testimony betore House
and Senate Agriculture sub
committees on appropriations.
The testimony was offered in a
joint statement ot LMA President
Lemmy Wilson, Livestock Laws
Ketorm Commission Chairman
J.D. Branscome, LMA General
Manager C.T. Tad’ Sanders, and
LMA Executive Counsel Dennis R.
Braddock.
LMA told the subcommittees
that the livestock marketing in
dustry participated last November
in sending a message’ to
Washington that the public
’wanted less government and less
interference in their day-to-day
lives.
By deleting tunding ot the
stockyards section you will be
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responding to that call, the
statement said
- LMA’s appearance was part ot
its overall campaign to reduce the
regulatory burden currently un
posed on the marketing sector
The central element of this
campaign is the Trade Group’s
Livestock Marketing Reform Act,
which the statement noted will
soon be introduced in both bodies
ot Congress.
This legislation would replace
the stockyards provision of the-
P&S Act ’with modern law
reflecting current marketing
realities," the statement said.
LMA noted that'the 'nature ot
the livestock industry has changed
significantly m the BO years since
the P&S Act was passed .this is
especially true in livestock
marketing.’
Today, the statement continued,
the livestock marketing industry
has developed into nearly 12,400
registered markets and dealers
There is no longer a legal or
tactual monopoly in livestock
marketing to justify the current
degree ot federal regulation in the
industry ’
Alter 60 years ot rule making
and amendment, the statement
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said, livestock marketing
businesses are now faced with a
maze of federal regulations that
are woefully out of step with the
new technology, structural
change, and vastly increased
competition that has leshaped
livestock production and
marketing.’
Consequently, federal i ules
under Uhe stockyards provision)
of the Packers and Stockyards Act
tail to serve the public good
because they are outmoded and
actually inhibit the development of
more efficient methods of serving
our customers and ultimately, the
American consumer. ’
LMA also pointed out that
currently livestock markets,
dealers and brokers are restricted
trom operating related businesses,
•regardless ot the need tor that
business in the community and
regardless of ithe individuals)
own particular need to diversify in
order to remain m business.
The Trade Group also told the
subcommittee that additional tax
dollars can be saved and bur
densome federal regulation
reduced by limiting the activities
ot the Office ot General Counsel
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The statement reminded the
subcommittees that they "’have the
power to strike the first blow in
limiting the bureaucracy through
the appropriations process ..you
are not constrained to provide
continued funding for outmoded
...needed federal regulation
New Bolton Center
to hold open house
. KENNETT SQUARE - New
Bolton Center, the large animal
facility for the University of
Pennsylvania’s School of
Veterinary Medicine, will hold its
annual Open House on Saturday,
April 11,1981 from 10 amto 3 p.m.
Both the George D. Widener
Hospital with its surgical facilities
tor large animals and the C.
Mahlon Kline Center with its
unique recovery pool will be on
view to the public at this tune.
Various special exhibits which
reflect the Veterinary School s
committment to teaching,
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ho on display tor this occasion.
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Livestock Marketing
Association urges you to use that
power objectively. If this is done,
we are confident that you will
agree with us that the money used
to administer the stockyards
provisions of the Packers and
Stockyards Act could be and
should be eliminated.”
These include exhibits on
preventative medicine and
nutrition for large animals, poultry
dieseases, and a cow whoe rumen
hquor is used to treat disgestive
disorders m other cows.
In addition, several special
demonstrations will highlight the
day, such as, the proper way to
bandage a horse s leg and
corrective shoeing tor lameness
problems in the horse.
New Bolton Center is located in
the rolling hills of Chester County
on Route 926 near Kennett Square.
Open House is the only time
during the year when the Center is
open to visitors
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