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The Midwest Cattleman %u00b7 October 24, 2024 %u00b7 P3October 24, 2024 Volume 30 No. 10Coming Sales-30Market Report-8AgribusinessDirectory-28continued on page 10continued on page 15continued on page 12K-STATE JOINS PILOT PROGRAM ADDRESSING VETERINARIAN SHORTAGEFEDERAL JUDGE REFUSES TO BLOCK FLORIDA%u2019S CULTIVATED MEAT LAWMCDONALD%u2019S ALLEGES BEEF-PRICE FIXINGMcDonald%u2019s Lawsuit Alleges Cargill, Tyson, JBS Others Fixed Beef PricesNBC POLL: 75% OF RURAL AMERICANS SUPPORT TRUMPBy Todd Neeley, DTNKansas State University is joining a new pilot program established by the Farm Journal Foundation to support veterinary students in their career development and address the national shortage of rural food-systems veterinarians. The university is one of nine schools participating in the Veterinary Workforce Solutions Program.According to data from USDA, more than 900 counties across the country are facing shortages of veterinarians, especially those who treat livestock. Only 3% to 4% of new veterinary school graduates pursue livestock or other food animal practice areas, a stark decline from 40 years ago when about 40% specialized in this area.The Veterinary Workforce Harris leads with Black voters (84%-11%), younger voters ages 18 to 34 (57%-37%), and white voters with college degrees (55%-41%).Women support Harris by a 14-point margin (55%-41%) and men back Trump by 16-points (56%-40%).Independents support Harris (44%), Trump (40%). Both candidates are unpopular. Harris%u2019 rating stands at 43% positive, 49% negative (%u20146) since September, with the erosion coming mainly from independents and young voters. Trump%u2019s rating stands at 43% positive, 51% negative score (%u20148) in this same poll. That positive rating is Trump%u2019s highest in the NBC News poll since he left office.Harris could be helped by the intensity of viewpoints about abortion.The pollsters asked, %u201cIs there one issue you feel so strongly about that you will vote for or against a candidate solely on that issue?%u201dThe answers: Abortion (22%), immigration/border security (19%), protecting democracy or constitutional rights (18%) and cost of living (16%).The NBC News poll was conducted Oct. 4-8 of 1,000 registered voters, 898 of whom were reached by cell phone, and it has an overall margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.Other polls have shown that in the battleground states, Harris is ahead in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan, while Trump is ahead in Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona, and Nevada.The HagstromReportA federal judge recently rejected a request by a California-based company for a preliminary injunction against a new law banning the sale and manufacturing of \meat in Florida.Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker issued a 21-page decision denying the preliminary injunction motion. UPSIDE Foods, Inc., filed a lawsuit in August challenging the constitutionality of the law, which was approved this year by Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Legislature.The law makes it a second-degree misdemeanor to sell or manufacture cultivated meat, often known as labgrown meat. The manufacturing process includes taking a small number of cultured cells from animals and growing them in controlled settings to make food.UPSIDE Foods, which is represented by the Institute for Justice legal organization, McDonald's alleges Cargill, JBS, Tyson Foods and other companies conspired to fix beef prices by limiting supplies starting in January 2015, in a new lawsuit filed in a federal court in New York.McDonald's complaint said the companies implemented a conspiracy by \ing, manipulating, or agreeing to pay less than competitive prices\primary input in producing beef, namely, slaughter-ready cattle.The lawsuit alleges it was done for the purpose of \ing, increasing, stabilizing or maintaining above competitive levels\and the price of beef sold to McDonald's.\ and their co-conspirators implement-