The Biden Administration is continuing to address competition in agricultural markets with the announcement of a new rule for poultry farms. The Poultry Grower Payment Systems and Capital Grower Systems addresses the ranking system used to pay poultry farmers. “The proposed rule would address a range of abuses that have occurred in relationship to the poultry grower ranking or tournament payment system.” Under the proposed rule poultry farmers’ flock performance would be scored fairly against other farmers, with clearly defined rules and definitions. Vilsack also launched the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Live Cattle Data Dashboard, giving producers a user-friendly way to access LMR live cattle market information.
