The U.S. Department of Agriculture has notified livestock industry groups that it will move forward with proposed Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Act (GIPSA) rules proposed in 2010. Despite ...

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack received a letter from 147 members of the U.S. House of Representatives on May 18, 2011, regarding USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration’s (GIPSA) ...

Sen. John Boozman, R-Arizona, speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on President Biden's 2025 budget for the Department of Education, at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., on ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture finalized a third regulatory reform under the Packers and Stockyards Act, with the latest ...

Broiler chickens are raised in a chicken house on the Bobby Morgan chicken Farm in Luling, Texas on Aug. 23, 2013. (Photo by Bob Nichols/USDA) The U.S. Department of Agriculture finalized a third ...

The USDA has withdrawn a proposed rule intended to make it easier for livestock and poultry producers to sue meat packers over discriminatory business practices. The USDA had proposed allowing ...

New reforms under the Packers and Stockyards Act aim to improve transparency, fairness, and accountability for farmers in ...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced, on Jan. 14, 2025, the Poultry Grower Payment Systems and Capital Improvement ...