J. Dudley Butler – Organization for Competitive Markets https://competitivemarkets.com Tue, 02 Sep 2014 18:22:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/competitivemarkets.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cropped-logo-square.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 J. Dudley Butler – Organization for Competitive Markets https://competitivemarkets.com 32 32 41386461 WHERE IS THE BEEF? https://competitivemarkets.com/where-is-the-beef/ Tue, 12 Aug 2014 15:06:53 +0000 http://competitivemarkets.com/?p=2879

“The Segregation Cost Arguments Do Not Hold Water” By: J. Dudley Butler Some opponents of COOL seem to use the term commingling as a synonym for segregation. Nothing could be further from the truth. Meat is commingled. Cattle are segregated. COOL does not deal with live animals. It deals with the sale of commodities such as beef and pork at the retail level. The COOL statue does not allow commingling of covered retail products. The use of commingling Read More ...]]> 2879 Confronting The Lie: Open Letter to Steve Dittmer https://competitivemarkets.com/confronting-the-lie-open-letter-to-steve-dittmer/ https://competitivemarkets.com/confronting-the-lie-open-letter-to-steve-dittmer/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2014 16:37:13 +0000 http://www.competitivemarkets.com/?p=2706

June 24, 2014 Dear Mr. Dittmer, After reading Mike Callicrate’s article about you in the OCM newsletter, I feel compelled to respond to your recent blog about me and the good hardworking employees at GIPSA that I was honored to lead. Two old sayings come to mind when dealing with you. First is “a wise man has something to say and a fool just has to say something”. The other is that “some people would rather climb a Read More ...]]> https://competitivemarkets.com/confronting-the-lie-open-letter-to-steve-dittmer/feed/ 1 2706 We need more Competition and the Courage to join forces and support each other. https://competitivemarkets.com/we-need-more-competition-and-the-courage-to-join-forces-and-support-each-other/ Thu, 22 Aug 2013 13:58:47 +0000 http://www.competitivemarkets.com/?p=1810

The independence of cattle farmers and ranchers is on life support. Once it is gone, we become serfs. The old plantation system is being reborn right before our eyes. We will be sharecroppers like in the days of old. We must then learn to kowtow. So you better start practicing your “yes sir boss” unless we muster up the courage and join forces to defeat “the man”. We must organize and generate power. We must be innovative. We Read More ...]]> 1810