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Podcast: MID-WEST FARM REPORT - MADISON
Episode: Selling Livestock? Pay Attention To THESE Fees! Plus Bow Season Is Open
Description: There's a dust up between the WI Department of Ag, Trade and Consumer Protection and the states livestock marketing yards, dealers and truckers. The challenge is over proposed increases on fees charged to these agribusinesses for licenses granted and oversight of their activities. Pam Jahnke finds out about the conflict from Curt Larson, President and CEO of the Equity Livestock Cooperative Sales Association. Larson says some fees are going up by more than 1600%. He says this is not only extreme, it's unjustified. Larson points out that any escalation in fees must be directly passed to the producers who use the s...