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There is still time to comment on three “Farmer Fair Practice Rules” introduced by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in December. The comment period has been extended to March 24. The interim and proposed rules level the playing field and would create much needed protections for poultry and livestock producers. Provisions include: Allowing producers to protect their rights without having to prove that a processor’s actions hurt the entire livestock industry. Providing protections for producers, should processors limit produ...
USDA took an important step last month to bring more fairness to the livestock industry. The impact of three introduced “Farmer Fair Practice Rules” will be significant across the nation, creating much-needed protections for farmers. Much of the livestock industry is vertically integrated; meat processors enter into contract agreements with farmers to grow livestock. The processor owns the feed and animals, and sells them to the farmer at a set price. This arrangement is especially prevalent in the poultry industry, where 51 percent of the bro...