Items Tagged with 'poultry tournament system'

House Republicans are proposing more modest cuts to spending at USDA than GOP appropriators tried last year, but they also are attempting to block USDA's new regulations for the meat and poultry industry and slow down new food traceability requirements.

Senate Ag Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow is making clear she doesn’t like what the House Ag Committee did in its farm bill when it comes to commodity programs.

Broiler chicken growers would be guaranteed a base price for their birds under a proposed rule from the Agriculture Department aimed at reforming the poultry tournament system.

Poultry integrators will have to provide more financial information to prospective or current growers before entering into contracts with them, under a USDA final rule designed to increase transparency and prevent discrimination in the industry.