Meat Groups Move Forward on Merger

P. Scott Shearer, Vice President

March 31, 2014

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The nation’s largest meat organizations have taken the first step to merge the North American Meat Association (NAMA) with the American Meat Institute (AMI).

NAMA’s board of directors voted overwhelmingly in favor of the merger. 

In a press statement NAMA said, “The NAMA Board feels strongly that the members will be best served by this merger.

In a press statement NAMA said, “The NAMA Board feels strongly that the members will be best served by this merger. We’re excited to have this opportunity to form a new industry organization.  The time has come for the industry to speak with one voice.” 

The AMI board of directors will vote on the merger proposal in April. 

 

About the Author

P. Scott Shearer

Vice President, Bockorny Group, Inc.

Scott Shearer is vice president of the Bockorny Group Inc., a leading bipartisan government affairs consulting firm in Washington, D.C. With more than 30 years experience in government and corporate relations in state and national arenas, he is recognized as a leader in agricultural trade issues, having served as co-chairman of the Agricultural Coalition for U.S.-China Trade and co-chairman of the Agricultural Coalition for Trade Promotion Authority. Scott was instrumental in the passage of China Permanent Normal Trade Relations and TPA. He is past chairman of the USDA-USTR Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in Animals and Animal Products and was a member of the USAID Food Security Advisory Committee. Prior to joining the Bockorny Group, Scott served as director of national relations for Farmland Industries Inc., as well as USDA’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Affairs (1993-96), serving as liaison for the Secretary of Agriculture and the USDA to Congress.

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