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International Meat Packer Reaches Settlement For Price Fixing Case

Brazilian Food Processing Company JBS has agreed to pay $52.5 million to settle litigation accusing it and other meat-packing companies of conspiring to limit supply of the American beef market to inflate prices and boost profit. In a video released by Senator Steve Daines Stevensville Rancher Tony Hudson recently talked about challenges Monta...

Montana Rancher Applauds Recent Anti-Trust Legislation For Meat Industry

Ranchers see opportunities for reform in the wake of a cyberattack on the world’s largest meatpacking company. JBS controls nearly a quarter of beef processing in the United States and a ransomware attack on the Brazilian-based company in late May sent shockwaves through in industry. Democratic Senator Jon Tester and two of his Republican coll...

Tester’s Meat Packing Investigator Act Gains Support From Ag Secretary

Tuesday, Senator Jon Tester secured support from the Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack for his bipartisan Meat Packing Special Investigator Act which will create an Office of the Special Investigator for Competition Matters in the Department of Agriculture to investigate anti-competitive actions by meat packers and secure America’s food sec...

Senator Tester Announces Bill For Monitoring Practices In Meatpacking Industry

Senator Jon Tester, along with Iowa’s Chuck Grassley and South Dakota’s Mike Rounds, have announced the Meat Packing Special Investigator Act, which addresses anticompetitive policies in the meat and poultry industries. According to Tester, this will help prevent further threats to the nation’s food supply and natural security following the re...

Senator Tester Pushes For Increased Cybersecurity After Meat Processing Hack

In response to a ransomware attack that forced one of America’s largest meat processors JBS to shutter facilities last week Senator Jon Tester is urging the Biden Administration to thoroughly investigate the incident and to beef up America’s cybersecurity infrastructure. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/6-10_737.mp3 ...