BEEF RESEARCH AND CONSUMER
INFORMATION ACT

HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
AND GENERAL LEGISLATION

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 772

A BILL TO ENABLE CATTLE PRODUCERS TO ESTABLISH,
FINANCE, AND CARRY OUT A COORDINATED PROGRAM OF
RESEARCH, PRODUCER AND CONSUMER EDUCATION, AND
PROMOTION TO IMPROVE, MAINTAIN, AND DEVELOP MARKETS
FOR CATTLE, BEEF, AND BEEF PRODUCTS

APRIL 14, 1975

Printed for the use of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY

HERMAN E. TALMADGE, Georgia, Chairman

JAMES O. EASTLAND, Mississippi
GEORGE MCGOVERN, South Dakota
JAMES B. ALLEN, Alabama

HUBERT H. HUMPHREY, Minnesota

WALTER D. HUDDLESTON, Kentucky

DICK CLARK, Iowa

RICHARD B. STONE, Florida

PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont

ROBERT DOLE, Kansas

MILTON R. YOUNG, North Dakota
CARL T. CURTIS, Nebraska
HENRY BELLMON, Oklahoma
JESSE HELMS, North Carolina

MICHAEL R. MCLEOD, General Counsel and Staff Director

SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND GENERAL LEGISLATION JAMES B. ALLEN, Alabama, Chairman

CONTENTS

Statement of-

Amstein, William G., member, Beef Development Taskforce, Clifton,

Kans.

Barron, O. J., Jr., chairman, Beef Development Taskforce, Spur, Tex.

Blum, John C., Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture -

Church, Hon. Frank, a U.S. Senator from the State of Idaho..

Copeland, John A., president, Swift Fresh Meats Co., Chicago, Ill.

Cunningham, T. A., president, Independent Cattlemen's Association

of Texas, Goliad, Tex..

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Dole, Hon. Robert, a U.S. Senator from the State of Kansas-

Doup, George, president, Indiana Farm Bureau, Inc., Columbus, Ind.,

and member, American Farm Bureau Federation Board of Di-

rectors_

Duxbury, Robert, secretary, South Dakota Department of Agricul-

ture, Pierre, S. Dak...

Finney, Wray, first vice president, American National Cattlemen's

Association, Fort Cobb, Okla.......

Foreman, Ms. Carol Tucker, executive director, Consumer Federation

of America..

Hansen, Hon, Clifford P., a U.S. Senator from the State of Wyoming.
Harriss, Earl, Harriss Feed Yard, Brawley, Calif., and chairman,
National Live Stock & Meat Board...

Hruska, Hon. Roman L., a U.S. Senator from the State of Nebraska__
Huston, John L., vice president, beef program, National Livestock
and Beef Board, Chicago, Ill...

Jones, B. H. (Bill), executive vice president, National Livestock
Feeders Association, Omaha, Nebr..

Knochenmus, Henry, president, South Dakota Farm Bureau Fed-
eration, Huron, S. Dak.......

Lake, Glenn, president, National Milk Producers Federation, North
Branch, Mich..
Leahy, Hon. Patrick J., a U.S. Senator from the State of Vermont..
Mayer, Arnold, legislative representative, Amalgamated Meat
Cutters and Butcher Workman of North America (AFL-CIO) _ _ _ _
McCulloh, Jack, executive secretary, South Dakota Stockgrowers
Association, Rapid City, S. Dak..

McGee, Hon. Gale, a U.S. Senator from the State of Wyoming-

McGovern, Hon. George, a U.S. Senator from the State of South

Dakota

National Independent Meat Packers Association...

Packwood, Hon. Bob, a U.S. Senator from the State of Oregon...

Pryor, Nelson A., executive director, Center for Federal Policy

Review.

Radcliffe, Ben H., president, South Dakota Farmers Union, Huron,
S. Dak..

Rooney, Paul, member, Beef Development Taskforce, Sioux Falls,
S. Dak
Samuel, R. E., Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association,
Madisonville, Tex..

Sanders, C. T. "Tad", general manager, Competitive Livestock
Marketing Association, Kansas City, Mo..

Shubow, Ms. Midge, information director, Consumer Federation of

America...

Strathearn, George W., manager, California Beef Council, Burlingame,

Calif..

Tower, Hon. John, a U.S. Senator from the State of Texas.