In order to preserve free and private enterprise, prevent monopoly, and protect consumers, it is unlawful for any processor of beef or pork or limited partnership in which a processor holds partnership shares as a general partner or partnership shares as a limited partner, or limited liability company in which a processor is a member, to own, control or operate a feedlot in Iowa in which hogs or cattle are fed for slaughter. In addition, a processor shall not directly or indirectly contract for the care and feeding of swine in this state. However, this section does not apply to a cooperative association organized under chapter 497, 498, 499, or 501, if the cooperative association contracts for the care and feeding of swine with a member of the cooperative association who is actively engaged in farming. This section does not apply to an association organized as a cooperative in which another cooperative association organized under chapter 497, 498, 499, or 501 is a member, if the association contracts with a member which is a cooperative association organized under chapter 497, 498, 499, or 501, which contracts for the care and feeding of swine with a member of the cooperative who is actively engaged in farming. This section shall not preclude a processor, limited partnership, or limited liability company from contracting for the purchase of hogs or cattle, provided that where the contract sets a date for delivery which is more than twenty days after the making of the contract it shall:
1. Specify a calendar day for delivery of the livestock; or
2. Specify the month for the delivery, and shall allow the farmer to set the week for the delivery within such month and the processor, limited partnership, or limited liability company to set the date for delivery within such week. This section shall not prevent processors or educational institutions from carrying on legitimate research, educational, or demonstration activities, nor shall it prevent processors from owning and operating facilities to provide normal care and feeding of animals for a period not to exceed ten days immediately prior to slaughter, or for a longer period in an emergency. Any processor or limited partnership which owns, controls, or operates a feedlot on August 15, 1975, shall have until July 1, 1985, to dispose of the property. A processor which is in compliance with this section prior to April 5, 2000, and which is in violation of this section as a result of 2000 Iowa Acts, chapter 1048, shall have until July 1, 2004, to comply with 2000 Iowa Acts, chapter 1048. A processor shall not take action on or after April 5, 2000, which would be in violation of this section.
[C77, 79, 81, § 172C.2]
88 Acts, ch 1191, §3; 92 Acts, ch 1151, §5
C93, §9H.2
93 Acts, ch 39, §5, 6; 2000 Acts, ch 1048, §2, 3
Referred to in § 9H.3, 9H.9
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