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USDA UPDATE
Other potential impacts noted by the
NCC include retroactively amending 25,000
contracts in two months over three major
federal holidays.
The NCC said the requirement for contracts
to specify minimum annual placements and
stocking densities goes well beyond disclosure
and imposes terms on private contracts.
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On Dec. 13, more than 60 agriculture
organizations penned a letter to President
Biden that voiced concern about the
finalization of contract poultry grower rules
proposed by the USDA to update the Packers
and Stockyards Act.
Some of the organizations that signed the
letter include the National Farmers Union,
R-CALF-USA and the United
Food and Commercial Workers
International Union.
The Congressional and
Senate Chicken Caucuses sent
letters to the USDA on Dec. 15,
requesting a 180-day extension
to the implementation period
of the updated Packers and
Stockyards Act.
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" The provisions in the rule
requiring certain terms be
included in contracts are so
novel that it appears the industry
could have to amend nearly every
contract - tens of thousands in
total - in just two months over
three major federal holidays, " the
House letter said. " By providing
just 75 days to implement the
rule, AMS has dramatically
underestimated the number of
people involved, hourly rates
and time required of compliance
officers, regulatory consultants,
attorneys, executives and other
services required to implement
the rule. AMS also overlooks the
massive disruption that will be
caused if companies and growers
must amend nearly every existing
grower contract, especially if
the same exercise must be done
a second time in the event AMS
issues additional Packers and
Stockyards rules. "
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The chicken caucuses
asked for a minimum of 180
days to allow stakeholders
and consultants to " thoroughly
understand and comply with the
rule's many requirements. "
The House letter totaled 45
signatures, and the Senate letter
included 19 signatures.
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