Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley met with leaders from the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association this week in Ames to discuss the Cattle Market Discovery and Transparency Act. He thinks its unlikely Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will schedule a vote on a stand-alone bill, so he and co-sponsor Nebraska Senator Deb Fischer will attempt to attach it to Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting reauthorization or the Omnibus Appropriations Bill.

The bill was introduced on November 17 and Grassley says he is quickly gaining Congressional support with 12 co-sponsors.

The Senator is also trying to gain support from the leaders of the Senate and House Ag Committees.

The bill is also backed by the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association, Iowa and American Farm Bureau, U.S. Cattlemen’s Association, National Farmers Union and National Grange.