Alberta cattle producers want controls placed on the powerful players in the beef marketing sector.
Delegates to the Alberta Beef Producers annual meeting in Calgary Dec. 6-8 debated resolutions on restricted packer ownership of cattle and mandatory price reporting, although few of the proposals received the group’s assent.
Delegate Hugh Lynch Staunton of Lundbreck said limits on packers could be misapplied and might become a liability later.
“This is the wrong tool to solve the problem and it hurts more than it helps,” he said.
The organization, which represents more than 35,000 beef producers, did agree to lobby different levels of government to monitor pricing practices in cattle and beef to enforce compliance through fair competition legislation.
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