Media Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa www.r-calfusa.com R-CALF USA Statement on Secretary Perdue’s Decision to Abandon the GIPSA Rules Billings, Mont. – R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard issued the following statement following Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue’s announcement that he is withdrawing one cattle-related GIPSA rule and refusing to take any action…

GIPSA decision makes advocates fear Perdue will be a pro-business regulator By Jenny Hopkinson 10/17/2017 08:11 PM EDT It was one of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue’s first major farm policy moves since taking office, but advocates for small farmers are worried that scrapping proposed GIPSA protections for poultry growers could be a sign of things…

USDA Drops Tighter Rules on Meatpackers Move is blow to farmers and advocacy groups that have sought checks on meatpackers’ clout in rural America Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue addressed the School Nutrition Association convention in Atlanta in July. PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS By Jacob Bunge and Heidi Vogt Oct. 17, 2017 1:45 p.m. ET The…

By KIM SEVERSON | OCT. 16, 2017 MEMPHIS — It’s easy to understand why some people in this town of soul music and dry-rub ribs don’t know what to make of the tall tech billionaire in a big white cowboy hat who has been opening restaurants and buying up hundreds of acres of land that…

October 17, 2017 Media Contact: Angela Huffman, 614-390-7552 ahuffman OCM Appalled by GIPSA Rule Withdrawal, Calls for Executive Order Lincoln, NE – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) announced it will withdraw the Farmer Fair Practices Interim Final Rule, Scope of Sections 202(a) and (b) of Packers…

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PUBLISHED ON October 5, 2017 Legislation introduced to help farmers meet growing demand for local food WASHINGTON — Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), and Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) have introduced HR 3941, the Local Food And Regional Market Supply Act (Local FARMS Act). The Local FARMS Act builds on the success of local…

by Megan Durisin and Shruti Singh | October 11, 2017 Despite offering 1,600 jobs, its proposed facility got the cold shoulder from Tonganoxie, Kansas. On Sept. 5, executives from Tyson Foods Inc., the nation’s largest meat processor, traveled to the east Kansas town of Tonganoxie with what they figured would be welcome news for the…