Monday, July 4, 2011
WASHINGTON -- Livestock and poultry organizations have praised U.S. House of Representatives lawmakers for approving an agriculture funding bill that prevents USDA from completing its proposed regulation on livestock and poultry marketing contracts.
The House voted 217-203 on June 16 to pass legislation that funds USDA, the Food & Drug Administration and related agencies for fiscal 2012, which begins Oct. 1, but denies money for USDA's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) to promulgate the livestock and poultry marketing regulation.
Known as the GIPSA rule, the regulation was prompted by the 2008 Farm. . .
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