USDA launches pilot cattle contracts library while waiting for Congress to make it permanent

US House passed Dusty Johnson’s bill

A recently launched program championed by South Dakota’s lone congressional representative aims to aid livestock producers in price negotiations with slaughterhouses.

The Cattle Contracts Library is meant to log basic information on the prices paid for cattle by the nation’s four major processing conglomerates: Cargill, JBS USA, National Beef Packing and Tyson Foods.

The idea is to create a pool of …