Animal Agriculture : 2008 Farm Bill Issues.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Competition.

Labels.

Agriculture and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (36 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Discusses importance of trade in animal agriculture; provides background on animal agriculture issues, including market competition and packer concentration, livestock mandatory price reporting, meat and poultry safety, country-of-origin labeling, animal identification for health protection, animal welfare, feed prices, disaster assistance, and environmental issues; and examines related 2008 farm bill provisions. Summarizes selected livestock provisions of P.L. 110-246, the 2008 farm bill, and compares them with the 2007 farm bills.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Animal Agriculture

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Restricted for use by site license.