Restricting antibiotics in livestock

July 1, 2009

PCC joined 354 health, agriculture, environment, animal protection, religious, and other interest groups to sign on in support of the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA, H.R. 1549/S. 619).

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Reduce packer control of livestock markets

Sign-on letter to U. S. House and Senate members, asking them to address stockyard and packer issues, bargaining rights for farmers, seed patents and other practices undermining innovation and competition in the seed industry.

Support for cooperative slaughter facility

Letter to the Community Economic Revitalization Board, to encourage full funding for the Cattle Producers of Washington proposal to build a co-operative slaughterhouse facility in Odessa, Wash.

Animal ID micro-chips are costly and unnecessary

Letter to USDA opposing mandatory animal identification numbering systems (NAIS).