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David Ekstrom One of the largest U.S. farm groups called for the incoming Biden administration to rescind a new fair play rule for livestock marketing, unveiled by the Agriculture Department on Thursday, that it sees as a setback for family farmers in dealing with the handful of companies that dominate the meat industry. In its early days in office, the Trump administration killed a broader-reaching Obama package that would have made it easier for producers to prove unfair treatment by processors. “Rather than offer farmers the very basic safeguards they’ve been asking for, USDA...

Fair Competition Livestock Rule ensures producers can continue to use marketing arrangements after 12 years of proposed rules. In an effort to ensure fair trade and competitive marketing of livestock and poultry, USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service issued a final rule required under the 2008 Farm Bill. The rule has been tossed back and forth between the past two administrations and producer groups still remain mixed on the final product. The rule clarifies the types of conduct prohibited by the Packers and Stockyards Act and sets forth several criteria the secretary of agriculture ...

Fair Competition Livestock Rule ensures producers can continue to use marketing arrangements after 12 years of proposed rules. In an effort to ensure fair trade and competitive marketing of livestock and poultry, USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service issued a final rule required under the 2008 Farm Bill. The rule has been tossed back and forth between the past two administrations and producer groups still remain mixed on the final product. The rule clarifies the types of conduct prohibited by the Packers and Stockyards Act and sets forth several criteria the secretary of agriculture ...