NCBA Says Access to Market Information Will Aid Cattle Producers
WASHINGTON, D.C. A ness decisions, the National ru l e that puts mandatory price
new USDA rule fought for by Cattlemen’s Beef Association reporting in place, making more
U.S. cattlemen will help produc- (NCBA) said recently. market information available to
ers make better-informed busi- USDA today released its final the industry.
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“This is a major step that will
improve the market negotiating
position of family farmers and
ranchers,” said NCBA Presi
dent George Hall, a cattle pro
ducer from Mustang, Okla. “It
gives producers a leg up without
stifling the marketplace.”
“Price reporting will greatly
increase access to marketing in
formation, much of which has
never before been available to
producers,” Hall said. “Armed
with more information, cattle
men can improve marketing de
cisions.”
Mandatory price reporting is
the result of a long-term joint
effort between NCBA, state cat
tlemen’s organizations and
other segments of the beef in
dustry to find a program that
would best meet cattle produc
ers’ needs. Congress approved
NCBA-backed legislation in
1999.
USDA initially will publish
national reports and will then
phase in state and regional re
ports as market information is
gathered. The information will
be available through USDA’s
Agricultural Marketing Service
at http:Zwww.ams.usda
.gov/Isg/mncs/index.htm, and
NCBA has plans to post it on the
www.beef.org Web site.
The reporting covers price,
volume and terms of trade for
fed cattle and boxed beef. Live
stock packers, product proces
sors and importers that
slaughter an average of 125,000
cattle, 100,000 swine, or 75,000
lambs per year, are required to
report.
USDA is working to finalize a
rule that mandates price report
ing for exports. The proposed
rule calls for meat exporters to
report volume for all fresh and
frozen meat, and USDA will col
lect and publish the information.
A pilot program to use scanner
data to report retail beef prices is
also underway.