Nebraska meatpackers call on feds to deregulate industry

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : The rule, which went into effect in 2024, "prohibits the adverse treatment of livestock producers and poultry growers based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), disability, marital status, or age.
58% : What This Could Mean for the Environment The Clean Water Act is considered one of the cornerstones of environmental protection in the U.S., but when it comes to regulating the discharges from agriculture, it has long fallen short.
52% : "We know that the real cost of high food prices in this country is not inflation or the cost of regulatory compliance, as the industry is claiming.
40% : " If Trump takes the advice of this lobbying group - which touts its representation of meat packers and processors that "account for more than 95 percent of U.S. output" of processed meats - experts do not agree that prices will necessarily go down.
40% : "We don't want to go back to poor inspection with state inspectors that are being bribed and say that that's going to give us cheaper meat.
36% : "I think this is definitely a way of baiting Trump to act," Miller says.

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