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Vilsack Lists USDA's 4 Policy Objectives for 2023
Vilsack Lists USDA's 4 Policy Objectives for 2023

Farm Bureau hosted Secretary Vilsack at its annual convention in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he announced the details of ERP Phase 2 and PARP, U.S.-made fertilizer and new meat and poultry processing facility plans.

Food Safety
Fill Your Picnic Basket with Food Safety
Fill Your Picnic Basket with Food Safety

Memorial Day kicks off the official start of summer. USDA wants to remind you to prevent foodborne illness before you light up that grill and pack up the cooler.

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Transportation
More Hours of Service Fixes for Livestock Haulers Offered by Congress
More Hours of Service Fixes for Livestock Haulers Offered by Congress

The Modernizing Agricultural Transportation Act has been introduced in the House of Representatives and is yet another legislative proposal that offers fixes for livestock haulers regarding hours of service rules.

Wyatt Bechtel
Transportation
Senators Reintroduce Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Act
Senators Reintroduce Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Act

The Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Act has been reintroduced by a bipartisan group of Senators and could provide some fixes to hours of service requirements for livestock haulers.

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Marketing
<p>A semi trailer preparing to unload cattle at a feedlot.&nbsp;</p>
Livestock Haulers' Hours of Service Petition Submitted for Comment

A petition filed to the Department of Transportation (DOT) by livestock groups is seeking more flexibility to hours of service regulations.

Wyatt Bechtel
Transportation
<p>Semi trucks preparing to drop off cattle.</p>
Bipartisan Support from Congress Members on Livestock Hauling Petition

A petition from groups representing livestock haulers has the support of 59 members of Congress and could be a potential fix to hours of service regulations.

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Marketing
<p>Livestock haulers waiting to load cattle.</p>
ELD, Hours of Service Fight Still Ongoing for Livestock Haulers

The Senate passed an extension to Electronic Logging Device (ELD) implementation for livestock haulers that would potentially give more time for regulators and Congress to fix hours of service rules.

Wyatt Bechtel
Transportation
<p>Semi trucks preparing to drop off cattle.</p>
Senate Passes One-Year ELD Extension for Livestock Haulers

Livestock haulers could get another year-long extension to implement Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) through an amendment to the Senate's spending bill.

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Marketing
<p>Semi trucks preparing to load stocker cattle in the the Kansas Flint Hills.</p>
House Bill Offers Livestock Haulers ELD, Hours of Service Resolutions

The House of Representatives has debuted their own Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Act, which is similar to the Senate version and grants greater hours of service flexibility to livestock haulers.

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<p>A semi truck parked on the National Mall in front of the Capitol in Washington D.C.</p>
Bipartisan Bill Delays Hours of Service and ELD Enforcement for Reform

Two U.S. Senators proposed a bipartisan bill that would allow for reform of the hours of service and Electronic Logging Device regulations while also delaying enforcement.

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