Animal Agriculture : 2008 Farm Bill Issues.

Discusses importance of trade in animal agriculture; provides background on animal agriculture issues, including market competition and packer concentration, livestock mandatory price reporting, meat and poultry safety, country-of-origin labeling, animal identification for health protection, animal...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Agricultural prices. Food adulteration and inspection. Disaster relief. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Discusses importance of trade in animal agriculture; provides background on animal agriculture issues, including market competition and packer concentration, livestock mandatory price reporting, meat and poultry safety, country-of-origin labeling, animal identification for health protection, animal welfare, feed prices, disaster assistance, and environmental issues; and examines related 2008 farm bill provisions. Summarizes selected livestock provisions of P.L. 110-234, the 2008 farm bill, and compares them with the 2007 farm bills.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.