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1 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION
1 3 (SUCCESSOR TO LSB 3676XC)
1 4 A Concurrent Resolution requesting that the Attorney
1 5 General of the State of Iowa vigorously enforce Iowa
1 6 corporate farming law which prohibits processors from
1 7 owning, controlling, or operating a feedlot in Iowa
1 8 in which hogs or cattle are fed for slaughter.
1 9 WHEREAS, under Iowa Code section 9H.2 of Iowa's
1 10 corporate farming law, it is unlawful for any
1 11 processor of beef or pork to own, control, or operate
1 12 a feedlot in Iowa in which hogs or cattle are fed for
1 13 slaughter; and
1 14 WHEREAS, processors are attempting to circumvent
1 15 the legal prohibitions provided in Iowa Code section
1 16 9H.2 by using various direct and indirect schemes to
1 17 control feedlots, including by providing financing to
1 18 or executing production contracts with persons who own
1 19 or operate feedlots in Iowa; and
1 20 WHEREAS, Smithfield Foods, Inc. has financed the
1 21 acquisition by Stoecker Farms, Inc. of the Iowa
1 22 operations of Murphy Family Farms; and
1 23 WHEREAS, it is the sense of the Iowa General
1 24 Assembly that the use by processors of various direct
1 25 and indirect schemes to control feedlots in Iowa in
1 26 which hogs or cattle are fed for slaughter constitutes
1 27 the impermissible control of a feedlot in violation of
1 28 Iowa Code section 9H.2; and
1 29 WHEREAS, vertical integration of the livestock
1 30 industry threatens the viability of Iowa farmers and
2 1 injures Iowa consumers; and
2 2 WHEREAS, the Attorney General of the State of Iowa
2 3 is responsible for the enforcement of Iowa's corporate
2 4 farming law, including Iowa Code section 9H.2, by
2 5 instituting suits on behalf of the state to prevent
2 6 and restrain violations of that section and to seek
2 7 civil penalties as provided in Iowa Code section 9H.3;
2 8 NOW THEREFORE,
2 9 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF
2 10 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the Iowa General
2 11 Assembly urges the Attorney General of the State of
2 12 Iowa to enforce the provisions of Code section 9H.2
2 13 against processors who use any direct or indirect
2 14 scheme in order to own, operate, or control a feedlot
2 15 in Iowa in which hogs or cattle are fed for slaughter,
2 16 including the vigorous enforcement of provisions
2 17 prohibiting processors from providing financing to
2 18 persons who own or operate such feedlots or
2 19 controlling such feedlots by use of production
2 20 contracts.
2 21 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon passage, a copy
2 22 of this Resolution be sent by the Secretary of the
2 23 Senate to the Attorney General of the State of Iowa.
2 24 LSB 3676SV 79
2 25 da/gg/8
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