The Iowa Cattlemen’s Association, this month, will host 10 cattle marketing meetings across the state to provide important updates to producers and solicit grassroots input to help shape the discussion in the coming months.

Matt Deppe, CEO of ICA, says the organization has been keenly focused on price discovery, market transparency, and producer leverage for nearly a decade, but even more so within the last year due to extreme market disruptions. According to Deppe, “Producers from each sector in the beef cattle industry rely on price discovery and transparency. We need more information to help us better negotiate marketing agreements with buyers.”

Cattle marketing meetings will be held in this area:

• November 19, 10 a.m. at Dunlap Livestock Market, Dunlap, IA
• November 19, 7 p.m. at Creston Livestock Auction, Creston, IA

Members of the ICA staff and board of directors will lead discussions centered on cattle market reform, to include: the Grassley-Tester 50/14 bill, the Cattle Marketing Transparency Act of 2020, and NCBA’s voluntary proposal.

For more information, contact the ICA Membership Staff, Tanner Lawton at tanner@iacattlemen.org; Lane Eads at lane@iacattlemen.org; or Jennifer Carrico at jennifer@iacattlemen.org.