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News Headline Summary for the Year 2009

November

Gary D. Fulton, dba Duncan Farms is Assessed a Civil Penalty in the Amount of $2,000 (Nov 19, 2009)

GIPSA Alleges E.M.M. Pig Placement Co., LLC Failed to Pay Sellers the Full Amount for Livestock Purchases (Nov 19, 2009)

Johnny Slover is Assessed A Civil Penalty in the Amount of $1,000 (Nov 16, 2009)

James Emanuel Mowery is Suspended as a Registrant (Nov 16, 2009)

GIPSA Seeking Members for Grain Inspection Advisory Committee (Nov 10, 2009)

USDA Publishes Final Rule to Incorporate the 2009 Edition of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44 (Nov 5, 2009)

USDA Proposes Changes to its Swine Contract Library (Nov 5, 2009)

North Star Beef, Inc. and William Gilger are Assessed A Civil Penalty in the Amount of $5,000 (Nov 5, 2009)

Great Western Auctions, LLC is Assessed A Civil Penalty in the Amount of $10,000 (Nov 5, 2009)

GIPSA Grain Inspection Advisory Committee to Meet (Nov 3, 2009)

October

Scott Nemitz Suspended as a Registrant for 30 Days (Oct 29, 2009)

GIPSA Alleges Randy Freeman Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (Oct 29, 2009)

Michael J. Seubert is Assessed a Civil Penalty in the Amount of $12,000 (Oct 22, 2009)

McAndrews Livestock Company, Inc., and John McAndrews Suspended for 5 Years (Oct 22, 2009)

GIPSA Alleges Herreid Livestock Auction, Inc. and Joe Varner Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (Oct 22, 2009)

GIPSA Alleges Gregory A. Mellott Failed to Pay for Livestock Purchases (Oct 22, 2009)

GIPSA Alleges Deward B. Wolfe and Jonathan Wolfe, dba Wolfe Livestock Failed to Pay for Livestock Purchases (Oct 22, 2009)

GIPSA Alleges Richard Hale Failed to Pay for Livestock Purchases (Oct 15, 2009)

GIPSA Alleges David DeStafino, dba D&D Stockhauling Failed to Pay for Livestock Purchases (Oct 15, 2009)

GIPSA Alleges C. B. Schley Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (Oct 15, 2009)

Vermilion Ranch Company, dba Billings Livestock Commission Company is Assessed a Civil Penalty in the Amount of $31,000 (Oct 8, 2009)

September

GIPSA Alleges McLaughlin Livestock, Inc., Mitchell Livestock Auction, Inc., and Watertown Sales Barn, Inc. Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (Sep 10, 2009)

GIPSA Official Designation Activities (Sep 4, 2009)

August

GIPSA Official Designation Activities (Aug 31, 2009)

USDA Proposes Changes to their Regulations Regarding Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration's Testing of Scales (Aug 27, 2009)

Sioux-Preme Packing Co., Inc. dba Sioux-Preme Pork Products, Ltd. is Assessed a Civil Penalty in the Amount of $11,000 (Aug 27, 2009)

Hereford Livestock Exchange, Inc., dba Livestock Exchange, Ltd; Portales Livestock Auction, Inc; and Randy Bouldin have been Suspended as Registrants for a Period of Five Years (Aug 27, 2009)

GIPSA Alleges James Bailey, dba B&B Farms Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (Aug 19, 2009)

Bob Evans Farms, Inc. Enters into a Consent Decision (Aug 19, 2009)

GIPSA Alleges Carthage Livestock, Inc. Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (Aug 13, 2009)

GIPSA Alleges Allen County Livestock Auction, LLC, John Adams and Dale Peterson Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (Aug 13, 2009)

G. Patrick Zweifel, dba S&P Livestock Exchange, and dba Springtime Sales, and Springtime Dairy is Suspended as a Registrant (Aug 3, 2009)

July

Robert W. Campbell, dba RWC Cattle Company is Assessed a Civil Penalty In the Amount of $12,000 (Jul 14, 2009)

GIPSA Alleges Michael J. Seubert, dba Dorchester Hog Market Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (Jul 14, 2009)

GIPSA Alleges El Campo Livestock Co., Inc. and John Banker Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (Jul 14, 2009)

Fergus Falls Livestock Auction Market, Inc. and Joe Varner are Assessed a Civil Penalty In the Amount of $7,500 (Jul 14, 2009)

GIPSA Alleges Scott Nemitz Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (Jul 9, 2009)

GIPSA Alleges David Nolan, dba Northern Livestock Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (Jul 9, 2009)

Donald W. Hallmark and Donald R. Hallmark, dba Hallmark Meat Packing Company are Assessed a Civil Penalty In the Amount of $20,000 (Jul 9, 2009)

Clifford F. Dance, Jr. and Mike Whitfield, doing business as Gowan Stockyards are Assessed a Civil Penalty In the Amount of $14,000 (Jul 9, 2009)

GIPSA Alleges Townsend Farms of Arkansas, Inc. Failed to Pay Poultry Growers on Time (Jul 1, 2009)

GIPSA Alleges Tim Reece, doing business as Tim Reece Cattle Company Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (Jul 1, 2009)

GIPSA Alleges Sioux-Preme Packing Co., Inc., dba Sioux-Preme Pork Products, Ltd. Failed to Maintain and Operate a Livestock Scale Which Conformed to the Requirements of Handbook 44 (Jul 1, 2009)

June

GIPSA Alleges Chuck L. Matteson and Justin L. Matteson, doing business as Matteson Livestock Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (Jun 24, 2009)

Daniel D. Miller Assessed a $1,100 Civil Penalty (Jun 24, 2009)

GIPSA Official Designation Activities (Jun 23, 2009)

South Shore Meats Corporation is Assessed a Civil Penalty in the Amount of $43,000 (Jun 17, 2009)

USDA Proposes to Incorporate by Reference the 2009 Edition of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44 (Jun 2, 2009)

Miller Cattle Company of Dodge City to Pay United States $20,000 to Settle Dispute over Annual Reports, Bond (Jun 2, 2009)

Vilsack Names Grain Inspection Advisory Committee Members and Alternates (Jun 1, 2009)

GIPSA Official Designation Activities (Jun 1, 2009)

May

GIPSA Alleges Warren Hudspeth Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (May 21, 2009)

Donald D. Baker Cattle Company, LLC And Donald D. Baker Are Assessed a Civil Penalty in the Amount of $17,500 (May 21, 2009)

Central Beef Ind., LLC is Assessed a Civil Penalty In the Amount of $14,000 (May 14, 2009)

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Names J. Dudley Butler to Serve as Administrator of Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (May 6, 2009)

April

Mike and Lisa Robertson to Pay Fine For Not Filing Report with USDA (Apr 30, 2009)

Lee Johnson Suspended as a Registrant for Six Years (Apr 30, 2009)

Joseph Frank Haun Suspended as a Registrant for Five Years (Apr 30, 2009)

Premium Gold Foods, LLC is Assessed a Civil Penalty in the Amount of $90,500 (Apr 21, 2009)

GIPSA Alleges Vander Boon Livestock, Inc. Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (Apr 21, 2009)

GIPSA Alleges Tracy Carter Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (Apr 21, 2009)

GIPSA Alleges Otis Lewis Fortner II, dba Lewie Fortner Livestock Failed to Pay the Full Amount for Livestock Purchases (Apr 21, 2009)

GIPSA Alleges James Masters Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (Apr 21, 2009)

GIPSA Alleges James Emanuel Mowery Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (Apr 21, 2009)

GIPSA Alleges Fergus Falls Livestock Auction Market, Inc. and Joe Varner Failed to Properly Maintain and Make Timely Deposits of Proceeds into Their Custodial Account for Shippers' Proceeds Resulting in a Shortage (Apr 21, 2009)

GIPSA Alleges David Nolan, dba Northern Livestock Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (Apr 21, 2009)

GIPSA Alleges Clarence Ricky Fisher, aka Ricky Fisher Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (Apr 21, 2009)

GIPSA Seeks Comments on U.S. Standards for Whole Dry Peas and Split Peas (Apr 20, 2009)

GIPSA Official Designation Activities (Apr 20, 2009)

GIPSA Alleges Meadowbrook Farms Cooperative Failed to Pay the Full Amount for Livestock Purchases (Apr 17, 2009)

Portales and Hereford Livestock Auctions Stop Operating Until In Compliance with Packers and Stockyards Act (Apr 15, 2009)

Muenster Livestock Auction Commission, Inc. Suspended for 120 Days; Muenster Livestock Auction Commission, Inc. and Ronnie Austin Ordered to Cease and Desist Violating the Packers and Stockyards Act (Apr 15, 2009)

Pasqual A. Leone, dba P.A. Leone Livestock is Assessed a Civil Penalty in the Amount of $5,500 (Apr 1, 2009)

March

Agriprocessors Paying $3.3 Million in Poultry Trust Claims (Mar 31, 2009)

USDA Suspends Steve M. Hand, dba Steve Hand Cattle Company as a Registrant (Mar 27, 2009)

GIPSA Settles Six Cases Resulting in $18,875 in Civil Penalties (Mar 27, 2009)

USDA Issues Annual Report on Livestock and Poultry Industries (Mar 20, 2009)

Nine Thousand Dollar Civil Penalty Assessed Against Tom Johnson, aka Thomas L. Johnson, dba Tom Johnson Livestock Co. (Mar 19, 2009)

GIPSA Official Designation Activities (Mar 19, 2009)

GIPSA Available to Assist Pilgrim's Pride Growers (Mar 12, 2009)

February

USDA Schedules Public Meeting on Trust Provisions of the Packers and Stockyards Act (Feb 5, 2009)

January

Livestock Sellers to Receive $2 Million in Agriprocessors Trust Payout (Jan 30, 2009)


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