WASHINGTON, D.C. — On May 17, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President Todd Wilkinson testified before the House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry at a hearing titled “A Review of Animal Agriculture Stakeholder Priorities.”
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