USDA settles two Packers and Stockyards cases USDA enters into two separate stipulation agreements. Industry News May 9, 2025 No Comments AMS investigation uncovers late payments on 24 livestock purchases totaling more than $1.88 million.Read More
USDA settles three Packers and Stockyards cases USDA entered into stipulation agreements with three separate organizations. Industry News April 24, 2025 No Comments AMS investigations uncover custodial account shortages.Read More
USDA settles Packers and Stockyards case USDA AMS investigation uncovers custodial account shortages. Industry News April 18, 2025 No Comments Wahoo Livestock Sales waives its right to a hearing and agrees to pay a civil penalty of $5,000.Read More
USDA rolls out third installment of Packers and Stockyards Act reforms Rule aims to give chicken farmers better insight into companies’ payment rates for their birds. Industry News January 15, 2025 No Comments Agency withdraws Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets proposal.Read More
USDA issues Packers and Stockyards complaint Investigation reveals Bert E. Smith IV failed to pay timely for 1,071 head of livestock totaling $957,009. Industry News October 25, 2024 No Comments USDA issues a complaint against Bert E. Smith IV, doing business as Rowdy Livestock LLC.Read More
USDA settles Packers and Stockyards case with Frontier Meats Frontier Meats and Eric Nauwelaers pay a $10,000 civil penalty. Industry News October 24, 2024 No Comments USDA investigation finds Fronter Meats and Eric Nauwelaers failed to pay for livestock purchased from ten livestock sellers.Read More
USDA settles two Packers and Stockyards cases Dominique’s Livestock Market weighs livestock on an inaccurate scale at sales on March 26 and April 2, 2024. Industry News July 16, 2024 No Comments Rosenkrans Natural Beef Co. fails to pay for seven livestock transactions in a timely manner. Read More
USDA settles Packers and Stockyards case in Oklahoma USDA enters into a stipulation agreement with Zane Webb for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards Act. Industry News July 10, 2024 No Comments Zane Webb of Watson, Okla., waives his rights to a hearing and pays a civil penalty of $3,900. Read More
USDA settles Packers and Stockyards case with Michael Morgan Michael Morgan waives rights to a hearing and pays a civil penalty of $1,875. Industry News July 2, 2024 No Comments AMS investigation reveals Michael Morgan failed to timely pay for 13 livestock purchases, totaling $158,486 from August through October 2023.Read More
USDA issues Packers and Stockyards complaint AMS investigations finds Alwatania Meat Corp. engaged in the business of packer buying livestock in commerce for purposes of slaughter without maintaining an adequate bond or bond equivalent. Industry News June 24, 2024 No Comments Alwatania Meat Corp. fails to pay timely for 264 head at livestock markets on six sale dates.Read More