Source: NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE COALITION, 7/2/19


Rising consolidation among meatpacking and processing companies over the past few decades has steadily eroded fair competition within the poultry and livestock industries. Despite years of clamoring from producers and advocacy organizations like the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) for legislation and regulations needed to address this problem, progress has so far been painfully slow and stunted. After years of stymied progress, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has recently indicated that they will be revisiting the regulations that govern the relationship between livestock and poultry producers and large meatpacking companies.

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