The U.S. House ditched its version of Mandatory Livestock Price Reporting and passed the more controversial Senate version instead sending it to the President for his expected signature.
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s Collin Woodall says it was the only choice the House had as the Senate could not pass any other version of Mandatory Livestock Price Reporting and Grain Standards Act Renewal before the Thursday start of the new fiscal year…

A Stabenow press aide last week said only that Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts agreed to the change but the office did not get back with a response to why Stabenow insisted on dropping the waiver authority.Woodall says cattlemen were left with just one choice…

Woodall argues price reporting needs to continue whether or not the government is shutdown. He says it affects not just producer decisions but the commodity markets as well. Woodall added that House Agriculture Committee Chair Mike Conaway and ranking Democrat Collin Peterson agreed—but without reason Senator Stabenow did not.