2013 News Releases:

May

05/22/2013	GIPSA Settles a Case with Agiswine Alliance, Inc. and Mitchell Trubenbach Resulting in a $2,750 Penalty (PDF; 54Kb)
05/22/2013	John C. Howard Has Been Assessed a $1,000 Civil Penalty (PDF; 54Kb)
05/22/2013	GIPSA Alleges Orange Livestock Market, Inc. and Joseph K. Howell Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (PDF; 61Kb)
05/14/2013	GIPSA Settles a Case with Abdul Jalil Chaudhry, Chaudhry Meat Co., Inc., d/b/a Chaudhry Halal Meats Resulting in a $500 Penalty (PDF; 54Kb)
05/14/2013	GIPSA Alleges Al-Houda Meat Markets, Inc. Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (PDF; 54Kb)
05/08/2013	GIPSA Alleges Lincoln Provision, Inc. Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (PDF; 54Kb)
05/08/2013	GIPSA Alleges Wayne F. Craig & Sons, Inc. Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (PDF; 54Kb)
05/08/2013	Piedmont Livestock, Inc. and Joseph Ray Jones Have Been Assessed a $14,000 Civil Penalty (PDF; 54Kb)
05/08/2013	Keith Robertson, Charlene Robertson, and Farmington Livestock, LLC, Have Been Assessed a $16,500 Civil Penalty (PDF; 54Kb)
05/02/2013	GIPSA Settles a Case with Frey Cattle Company, Inc., and Alan Halfmann Resulting in a $1,500 Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)
05/02/2013	GIPSA Settles a Case with Jackson County Regional Livestock Market, LLC, Martin D. Yoder, and Roger Mitchell Resulting in a $2,000 Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)

April

04/24/2013	GIPSA Settles a Case with Wali Mayar, Stockton Livestock Auction Yards Resulting in a $6,750 Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)
04/24/2013	Milan Livestock Auction, Inc., d/b/a Brookfield Sales Co., Wendell Fleshman and Linda Fleshman Have Been Assessed a $55,000 Civil Penalty (PDF; 22Kb)
04/24/2013	Doyle Harms, d/b/a Harms Livestock Has Been Assessed a $20,000 Civil Penalty (PDF; 19Kb)
04/18/2013	GIPSA Settles a Case with Salem Livestock Auction, Inc., d/b/a Licking Livestock LLC, and Keith Robertson, Scott Lauderdale, Chuck Thompson and Allen Thompson Resulting in a $2,750 Penalty (PDF; 15Kb)
04/18/2013	GIPSA Settles a Case with Ryan Bero Resulting in a $1,500 Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)
04/18/2013	John Michael Loy, d/b/a Loy’s Sale Barn Has Been Assessed a $15,000 Civil Penalty (PDF; 19Kb)
04/18/2013	T&M Cattle, Inc., and Travis Witt Have Been Assessed an $8,000 Civil Penalty (PDF; 15Kb)
04/18/2013	GIPSA Alleges Paul Day Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (PDF; 22Kb)
04/18/2013	GIPSA Alleges John C. Howard Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (PDF; 18Kb)
04/11/2013	Martin D. Yoder, d/b/a Martin D. Yoder Livestock, Ltd. Has Been Assessed a $28,000 Civil Penalty (PDF; 19Kb)
04/11/2013	Douglas Butler Is Assessed a $25,000 Civil Penalty (PDF; 18Kb)
04/11/2013	Thomas Kinderknecht, Barbara Kinderknecht, and Quinter Livestock, Inc. Have Been Assessed a $3,000 Civil Penalty (PDF; 19Kb)
04/11/2013	Benjamin W. Dunlap, a/k/a Ben Dunlap, d/b/a Ben Dunlap Livestock, d/b/a Dunlap Cattle and Farms, and d/b/a Phat Buzzard Cattle Co. Has Been Ordered to Make Restitution to Two Unpaid Livestock Sellers (PDF; 14Kb)
04/11/2013	GIPSA Settles a Case with Atkins Livestock Market, Inc., Resulting in a $2,750 Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)
04/11/2013	GIPSA Settles a Case with Pearsall Livestock Auction, Inc., Resulting in a $500 Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)
04/04/2013	Vernon Black Is Assessed a Civil Penalty in the Amount of $4,000 (PDF; 18Kb)
04/04/2013	Ronald Ryan Shepard, Jr., Jeremy E. Pierce and Brookfield Cattle Co., LLC, Prohibited from Engaging in Business Subject to the Act for 10 Years; Ronald Ryan Shepard, Jr. Assessed a $582,000 Civil Penalty (PDF; 20Kb)
04/04/2013	GIPSA Alleges M&L Farms, LLC, Jamil Jallaq, a/k/a Sam Jallaq, and Majdi Jallaq, a/k/a Mike Jallaq Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (PDF; 18Kb)
04/04/2013	GIPSA Alleges David Starks, d/b/a Slow Cow Cattle Company Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (PDF; 22Kb)
04/04/2013	GIPSA Alleges Don Harris Buying Station, Inc., Don Harris and Nancy Harris Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (PDF; 25Kb)

March

03/28/2013	Brian Adams Has Been Assessed an $8,500 Civil Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)
03/28/2013	Bruce Medley, d/b/a B&M Livestock Is Assessed a $20,000 Civil Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)
03/28/2013	Daniel F. Froman, d/b/a R&K Real Estate, Inc. Is Suspended as a Registrant for 15 Years (PDF; 20Kb)
03/28/2013	GIPSA Settles a Case with R&C Livestock, LLC, and Timothy R. Reedy Resulting in a $3,800 Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)
03/19/2013	GIPSA Settles a Case with Harvey William Dunlap Resulting in a $400 Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)
03/19/2013	GIPSA Settles a Case with Triumph Foods, LLC, Resulting in a $3,750 Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)
03/19/2013	Randy R. Wientjes, d/b/a Brookport Cattle Company Is Suspended as a Registrant for 10 Years (PDF; 15Kb)
03/14/2013	GIPSA Alleges Empacadora y Procesadora del Sur, Inc., f/d/b/a S.J. Meat Processing, Inc., and Carlos C. Rodriquez Alonso Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (PDF; 25Kb)
03/14/2013	New Wilmington Livestock Auction, Inc., and Thomas R. Skelton Have Been Assessed a $25,000 Civil Penalty (PDF; 20Kb)
03/14/2013	GIPSA Alleges Keith Robertson, Charlene Robertson and Farmington Livestock, LLC Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (PDF; 25Kb)
03/14/2013	GIPSA Alleges Derek W. Crites, d/b/a DC Farms and Wayne H. Crites Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (PDF; 18Kb)
03/14/2013	GIPSA Settles a Case with Elgin Livestock Sales, Inc., Resulting in a $4,200 Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)
03/14/2013	GIPSA Settles a Case with Hasan Orman, d/b/a Superior Halal Meat Market Resulting in a $1,800 Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)
03/14/2013	GIPSA Settles a Case with Jack Buchanan, d/b/a 4B Ranch Resulting in a $1,500 Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)
03/14/2013	GIPSA Settles a Case with Daniel Szpara, d/b/a DT Livestock Resulting in a $1,900 Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)
03/06/2013	Wing & Sing Poultry Market, Inc., d/b/a New Wing and Sing and Poultry, Inc., and Wing and Sing Poultry, and Island Farm Meat, Corp., d/b/a Al-Noor Live Chicken Market, d/b/a Alnoor Halal Live Poultry Market, d/b/a Al-Noor Live Poultry, d/b/a Al-Noor Halal Poultry, Inc., and d/b/a Al-Noor Halal Meat Chicken and Fish Market and Mohammed Yasser Aldeen, a/k/a Mohammed Bader, a/k/a Mohammad Badereldeen, a/k/a Mohammed Eldeen and a/k/a Yesser M. Eldeen Has Been Assessed a $15,000 Civil Penalty (PDF; 20Kb)
03/06/2013	Charles Helmick Has Been Assessed a $29,504.26 Civil Penalty(PDF; 14Kb)
03/06/2013	Robin Olson, d/b/a American Cattle Services Has Been Suspended as a Registrant (PDF; 20Kb)
03/06/2013	GIPSA Alleges John Michael Loy, d/b/a Loy’s Sale Barn Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (PDF; 25Kb)
03/06/2013	GIPSA Alleges Jack and Sandra Berry, d/b/a Clinton Livestock Auction Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (PDF; 23Kb)
03/06/2013	Monte Clark Has Been Assessed a $4,500 Civil Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)
03/06/2013	Johnny Dobson Was Ordered to Cease and Desist (PDF; 14Kb)
03/06/2013	Central Beef Industries, LLC Has Been Assessed a $22,000 Civil Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)
03/06/2013	Gary Thompson Has Been Suspended as a Registrant (PDF; 14Kb)
03/06/2013	GIPSA Settles a Case with Albert R. Hershberger, d/b/a Danville Auction, LLC Resulting in a $1,950 Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)
03/06/2013	GIPSA Settles a Case with Peter Elliot, d/b/a Elliot Livestock Resulting in a $700 Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)
03/06/2013	GIPSA Settles a Case with Matthew Riley Middleton, d/b/a Matt Middleton Cattle Company Resulting in a $500 Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)

February

02/15/2013	GIPSA Alleges 3-State Stockyards, Inc., TW Cattle Co., LLC, Riverside Cattle Co., LLC, Thomas J. Witt, a/k/a Tom Witt, Brian J. Witt, And Robert J. Witt, a/k/a Bob Witt Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (PDF; 26Kb)
02/15/2013	Billy Tackett Has Been Assessed a $2,500 Civil Penalty (PDF; 19Kb)
02/15/2013	GIPSA Alleges Ocala Livestock Market, Inc., Michael Yeomans, a/k/a Tony Yeomans and Tobitha Yeomans Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (PDF; 26Kb)
02/15/2013	GIPSA Settles a Case with Tom Agler Livestock, LLC Resulting in a $500 Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)
02/15/2013	JLA, LLC, d/b/a Marshall Livestock Auction, Carey Jones, and Martha Jones Have Been Assessed a $33,000 Civil Penalty (PDF; 22Kb)
02/07/2013	Stephen Conley Has Been Ordered to Cease and Desist and is Suspended (PDF; 19Kb)
02/07/2013	GIPSA Alleges Benjamin W. Dunlap, a/k/a Ben Dunlap, d/b/a Ben Dunlap Livestock, d/b/a Dunlap Cattle and Farms, and d/b/a Phat Buzzard Cattle Co. Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (PDF; 22Kb)
02/07/2013	GIPSA Alleges Cambridge Valley Livestock Market, Inc. Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (PDF; 25Kb)
02/07/2013	GIPSA Alleges Randy R. Wientjes, d/b/a Brookport Cattle Company Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (PDF; 17Kb)
02/07/2013	Well Bred Farms, Inc. Has Been Assessed a $2,000 Civil Penalty (PDF; 19Kb)
02/07/2013	G&G Cattle Co., Inc., Kenneth Garrett and Tim Garrett Have Been Assessed a $2,500 Civil Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)
02/07/2013	GIPSA Settles a Case with Kenneth Board Resulting in a $1,800 Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)

January

01/31/2013	GIPSA Alleges Abe Cuesta, aka Abram Cuesta, dba Quality Cattle Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (PDF; 22Kb)
01/31/2013	Anderson Livestock Auction Co. and Jerry Anderson Have Been Assessed a $3,500 Civil Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)
01/31/2013	Nathan Lewis Has Been Assessed a $7,500 Civil Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)
01/31/2013	California All Natural, LLC and Nathan Lewis Have Been Ordered to Cease and Desist (PDF; 14Kb)
01/31/2013	GIPSA Settles a Case with Eugene Nicholas, d/b/a Nicholas Livestock Resulting in a $1,850 Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)
01/24/2013	GIPSA Settles a Case with Allison Cattle Co., LLC, and Harold B. Allison, d/b/a Allison Cattle Co. and H.B. Cattle Co. Resulting in a $2,450 Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)
01/24/2013	Jeremy Emerson Has Been Ordered to Cease and Desist (PDF; 19Kb)
01/24/2013	Terry Dustin Matthews, d/b/a Moo Moo’s Cattle Co., Has Been Assessed an $8,100 Civil Penalty (PDF; 19Kb)
01/24/2013	Curtis Malone Has Been Assessed a $1,000 Civil Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)
01/24/2013	Clint Sicking, d/b/a Flying C Cattle Company Has Been Assessed a $65,000 Civil Penalty (PDF; 20Kb)
01/24/2013	Daryl Bowman and Daryl Bowman Livestock, Inc. Has Been Assessed a $5,000 Civil Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)
01/24/2013	GIPSA Alleges Tim Rowan Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (PDF; 22Kb)
01/24/2013	GIPSA Alleges Atlantic Veal and Lamb, LLC, Atlantic Veal and Lamb, Inc., and Philip Peerless Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (PDF; 18Kb)
01/17/2013	GIPSA Settles a Case with George Sowell Resulting in a $1,775 Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)
01/17/2013	Wilson Horse & Mule Sale, Inc. Has Been Assessed a $4,000 Civil Penalty and Suspended (PDF; 20Kb)
01/17/2013	Luke Kottke, d/b/a Kottke Cattle Company Has Been Assessed a $32,000 Civil Penalty (PDF; 20Kb)
01/17/2013	GIPSA Alleges Perkins Livestock, LLC and Robb Taylor Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act(PDF; 25Kb)
01/17/2013	GIPSA Alleges Robin Olson, d/b/a American Cattle Services Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (PDF; 23Kb)
01/17/2013	GIPSA Alleges Tony E. Lyon d/b/a Lyon Farms Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (PDF; 22Kb)
01/16/2013	Vilsack Names Grain Inspection Advisory Committee Members (PDF; 17Kb)
01/14/2013	GIPSA Alleges Josephine E. Bonaccurso, Inc., d/b/a Salem Packing Company, and Samuel Bonaccurso Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (PDF; 23Kb)
01/14/2013	Southern Colorado Livestock Auction, Inc. and John R. Malouff, Jr. Have Been Assessed a $1,000 Civil Penalty (PDF; 20Kb)
01/14/2013	SGolden West Cattle Co., LLC and Michael Kastner Have Been Assessed a $10,500 Civil Penalty (PDF; 19Kb)
01/14/2013	GIPSA Alleges Central Beef Industries, LLC and Marshall M. Chernin Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (PDF; 18Kb)
01/14/2013	GIPSA Alleges Well Bred Farms, Inc. Violated the Packers and Stockyards Act (PDF; 17Kb)
01/14/2013	GIPSA Settles a Case with Billy M. Boyd, President, Farmers Livestock Marketing A.A.J. Resulting in a $2,000 Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)
01/14/2013	GIPSA Settles a Case with Patton Junction Livestock Auction, Inc., Done E. Fahrni, Allan Wayne Sharrock & Harold Sharrock Resulting in a $2,750 Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)
01/14/2013	GIPSA Settles a Case with Lynn Burkhalter and Lynn Burkhalter Cattle Company, Inc. Resulting in a $500 Penalty (PDF; 14Kb)
01/14/2013	GIPSA Settles a Case with Terry Carr and Fannin County Livestock Auction, LLC, Resulting in a $500 Penalty (PDF; 15Kb)