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Other provisions in the proposed rule include a requirement that meatpackers retain written records to justify differential prices offered to livestock sellers, a prohibition to prevent two or more meatpackers from using a single cattle buyer to procure cattle, and a prohibition to prevent meatpackers from trading live cattle among themselves.

"Taken together, the long-awaited provisions in the proposed rule are monumental and represent a genuine effort to reverse the ongoing loss of competition that has ravaged Rural America for well over a decade. While more must be done to reestablish a fully functioning competitive market for independent U.S. cattle producers, this is definitely a positive start," Thornsberry concluded.

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