Number: RL31945
Title: Animal Agriculture: Selected Issues in the 108th Congress
Authors: Geoffrey S. Becker, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: A variety of issues important to animal agriculture are generating interest among lawmakers in the 108th Congress. They include fare prices; weather-related concerns such as lingering drought in some parts of the country; trade negotiations and disputes affecting meat and poultry exports; and the environmental impacts of large animal feeding operations and regulations to address such impacts. Also among the issues are government oversight of meat and poultry product safety; protection of animal health, including surveillance for and control of diseases with potentially serious economic consequences for producers; and guarding against threats of bioterrorism.
Pages: 32
Date: Updated October 15, 2003