Sen. Tester Demands Agriculture Secretary Take Immediate Action to Stabilize Beef Markets Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
March 19, 2020
March 19, 2020
WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release:
After Montana ranchers recently saw the steepest price decline for cattle in forty years due to the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, U.S. Senator Jon Tester is demanding that U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue take immediate action to stabilize beef markets.
"Since January 1, 2020, live cattle futures lost nearly a quarter of their value. As t . . .
After Montana ranchers recently saw the steepest price decline for cattle in forty years due to the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, U.S. Senator Jon Tester is demanding that U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue take immediate action to stabilize beef markets.
"Since January 1, 2020, live cattle futures lost nearly a quarter of their value. As t . . .