Source: Chuck Abbbott, SUCCESSFUL FARMING, 6/14/21


The USDA will propose three rules to give cattle, hog, and poultry producers more leverage in dealing with meat processors in an increasingly concentrated industry, said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. The initiatives would make it easier for a producer to prove unfair treatment by a processor and would write a new regulation on use of so-called tournament systems by processors to determine pay for poultry farmers.

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