That is a different issue in a different bill, the Vertical Integration
bill. It has been moving thru the legislature, and I have not followed it
closely, but Aaron Healey Lehmann of the National Farmers Union has been
intimately involved on behalf of the family farmer.

Lyle


On 3/22/02 9:48 a, "Paul Rebers" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Some of the local family farmers I have talked to would like to see a
> total  ban on the ownership of livestock by packers..   Can this be done on
> a state level?  If I remember right, there is a possible ban on the federal
> level.  Both farmers live in the Nevada area.  One has retired, and one is
> still in the business, Dave Swensen, (515) 382-5716  who raises about 500
> pigs.
>

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