The Trump administration is scrapping three meat-packer industry regulations intended to help chicken producers.
• The March 6, 2024, final rule “Inclusive Competition and Market Integrity Under the Packers and Stockyards Act,” which would have empowered USDA to “prohibit undue prejudice and unjust discrimination and certain retaliatory and deceptive practices under the Packers and Stockyards Act.”
• A proposed rule from Nov. 28, 2023, — “Transparency in Poultry Grower Contracting and Tournaments” — which would have amended Packers/Stockyards powers to “add disclosures and information that live poultry dealers engaged in the production of broilers must furnish to poultry growers with whom dealers make poultry growing arrangements.” The rescind notice adds, “The rule also established additional disclosure requirements for live poultry dealers engaged in the production of broilers who use poultry ranking systems to determine settlement payments for broiler growers.”
• USDA intends to rescind the Jan. 16, 2025, regulation that would have addressed “certain problematic practices related to poultry grower payment systems and capital improvement programs such as: payment disparities and reductions that are unconnected to commoditized flock performance, and transparency concerns related to additional capital investments in poultry production facilities and equipment.” The rule was previously delayed from a July 1, 2026, implementation to Dec. 31, 2027.
So how much do you think the top three chicken-processing companies donated to Trump and the Republicans?
To bad, chicken growers!
