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USDA's Rollback of GIPSA Rule to Impact Farmers
USAgNet - 10/18/2017

The USDA announced a rollback of two rules of the Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration. Also, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue decided not to move forward with an interim final rule of the Farmer Fair Practices, and decided USDA will take no further action on a proposed regulation of the Farmer Fair Practices Rule. Together, these rules would have helped balance the relationships between producers and meat packing companies in highly concentrated livestock and poultry industries.

"Farmers and ranchers have waited years for USDA to institute basic fairness protections in the contract poultry and livestock industry," said Center for Rural Affairs policy associate Anna Johnson. "Today's announcement is a disappointment to America's family farmers and ranchers who deserve a level playing field."

The proposed rule was published in 2010 following USDA listening sessions with poultry and livestock producers across the country. Last October, USDA submitted the Farmer Fair Practices Rules for White House approval and opened up a comment period for the interim final rule and two proposed rules.

The comment period was extended in February, with a close date of March 24. Then, USDA opened up the comments again on April 12 for another 60 days, delaying the rules even further.


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