South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds has introduced the New Markets for State Inspected Meat and Poultry Act. South Dakota Stockgrowers Association President Gary Deering says the measure will be beneficial for the state’s cattle and poultry producers
He says there’s good bipartisan support for the measure with Maine Senator Angus King co-sponsoring it. Deering also says there’s a lot of ag group backing for it and his organization has supported this type of measure for some time.
Deering says the legislation if approved will aid local communities and help consumers get their meat locally.
Round’s legislation if passed will correct the inequities in the current law which allows beef approved from South American countries to be sold across state lines in the United States while state inspected products can’t go across those same state lines.
