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UC Davis report suggests meat supply chain improvements for California producers, processors

09/15/21 7:41 AM By Noah Wicks

The California meat supply chain — which is currently seeing the impacts of drought, heat and wildfires — can be improved through policy changes focused around small- and mid-scale meat suppliers and processors, says a recent report by the Food Systems Lab at the University of California, Davis.

USDA posts new enforcement guidance to clarify regulation of livestock markets

08/24/21 12:45 PM By Spencer Chase

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The Department of Agriculture posted new documentation Tuesday that will serve as guidance for how it regulates livestock markets while USDA develops more detailed rules.

USDA to address Packers and Stockyards Act issues through upcoming rulemaking

06/11/21 2:00 PM By Spencer Chase

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The Department of Agriculture will propose three new rules to strengthen enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act, potentially restarting another contentious debate about the government’s role in the relationship between processors and producers.

GIPSA proposal slammed by FTC commissioner

03/18/20 6:10 AM By Steve Davies

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The USDA GIPSA proposal billed as bringing “clarity” to regulations enforcing the Packers and Stockyards Act is receiving opposition from some prominent government officials, including a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission and eight state attorneys general.

USDA proposes new marketing protections for poultry, livestock farms

01/10/20 9:39 AM By Spencer Chase

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The Department of Agriculture is proposing new criteria to determine if a livestock or poultry producer is receiving unfair treatment from a packer or integrator.

Contract growers plead for protections in new GIPSA rule

07/17/19 6:30 AM By Spencer Chase

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On the heels of the Department of Agriculture submitting a rewrite of rules to address competition in livestock markets, a group of producers took to Washington Tuesday to make their case for improved safeguards in the new rulemaking.

GIPSA reboot coming this fall

07/10/19 6:35 AM By Ben Nuelle

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The Agriculture Department is taking another shot at rewriting regulations restricting how meat and poultry processors can treat producers, and familiar battle lines are being redrawn ahead of an anticipated release.

Withdrawal of GIPSA rules legal, appeals court finds

01/02/19 6:34 AM By Steve Davies

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USDA’s failure to implement the Obama Administration’s Farmer Fair Practices Rules has been upheld by a federal appeals court.

Chicken industry sees trade, ‘animal rights’ concerns

11/08/17 6:29 AM By Jim Webster

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Chicken industry executives had a lot to celebrate at their annual meeting in Washington last week. Their product sales continue to increase at home and abroad. But members of the National Chicken Council remain nervous about uncertain trade policy, a legal workforce, and attacks by animal welfare activists.

Proponents, opponents of GIPSA rule withdrawal get vocal

10/18/17 6:31 AM By Spencer Chase

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2017 – The Department of Agriculture got the protein sector’s attention Tuesday when it announced intentions to withdraw a controversial rule that would have altered the relationships between contract growers and the businesses with which they work.

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin on product approvals, MAHA, year-round E15, RVOs

Many row crop farmers are concerned about having access to an array of crop protection tools. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin explains the shrinking backlog of approvals, how the agency will continue to engage with the Make America Healthy Again movement, and year-round E15. Plus, Mitchell Hora with Continuum Ag outlines the testimony he gave on the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Tax Credit and Megan Boutwell with Stillwater Associates discusses how state low carbon fuel standards are shifting demand for ag products.

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