The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) will accept comments on its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking titled Poultry Growing Tournament Systems: Fairness and Related Concerns for an additional 15 days. Comments may be submitted anonymously at www.regulations.gov.

The ANPR was published in the Federal Register June 8, 2022, with comments originally due on or before September 6, 2022.

The Poultry Growing Tournament Systems: Fairness and Related Concerns ANPR poses numerous specific questions for commenter consideration. Comments and information from the public is important to assist AMS in developing policy regarding the use of poultry grower ranking or “tournament” pay systems by vertically integrated poultry companies, known as “integrators,” as a means to determine grower compensation.