Source: Spencer Chase, AGRI-PULSE, 7/13/16

The comment period for USDA's proposed organic animal welfare standards expires at midnight July 13, having drawn nearly 6,000 comments since the draft rule was announced in April.  The standards touch on all phases of organic animal production, but perhaps no ag sector would be more impacted by the rule than poultry and egg production. 

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