Sen. Tester to Attorney General: Open Investigation Into Cattle Market Price Fixing During Pandemic
April 25, 2020
April 25, 2020
WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Jon Tester demanded that Attorney General William Barr, in coordination with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, open an investigation into reports of price fixing in the cattle market in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
"The profit discrepancies between packers and independent ranchers is egregious, and merits a long-overdue antitrust investigation into the con . . .
U.S. Senator Jon Tester demanded that Attorney General William Barr, in coordination with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, open an investigation into reports of price fixing in the cattle market in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
"The profit discrepancies between packers and independent ranchers is egregious, and merits a long-overdue antitrust investigation into the con . . .