The Committee shall study the following issues: a. The increasing degree of vertical integration of the livestock market by packers and processors, including threats to economic competition, independent production, and consumer protection; b. Market practices engaged in by packers, processors, or buyers which increasingly threaten open and fair markets by establishing arbitrary and inconsistent pricing without public disclosure or price discovery mechanisms, including price differences based on the time of delivery, and transaction. The Committee shall report its findings to the Legislative Council.
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