Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Expand and Strengthen Local Meat Processing Capabilities Reintroduced
U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Jim Baird (R-Ind.) and U.S. Senators John Thune (R-S.D.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) plan to reintroduce legislation to support small meat and poultry processors. The bipartisan, bicameral Strengthening Local Processing Act will diversify and make the U.S. meat processing more resilient by giving local livestock and poultry producers more options will increase processing options for local livestock and poultry producers. The legislation is co-sponsored by U.S. Sens. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Angus...
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