The Uncertain Fate of Important Protections for Farmers

In 2024 and early 2025, the Department of Agriculture, using the authority assigned to it by the Packers and Stockyards Act, adopted rules that to increase protection for poultry growers from exploitation by the integrators for whom they work. It also adopted rules that more clearly defined the meaning of the unfair, discriminatory, and unjustified preference terms in the Packers and Stockyards Act.  The House subcommittee dealing with agricultural appropriations included a rider in its propose