Larry Mitchell, who served as GIPSA administrator from 2012 until Obama left office, said that if he had the opportunity to rewrite the rule, he would have specifically focused on poultry ...

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 ...

And it worked. With little fanfare, the revised GIPSA rule released in 2011 was significantly stripped down, with most protections for cattle and hog producers removed. The portions addressing poultry ...

USDA TO REVISIT GIPSA RULES IN 2019: USDA is planning to revive a rulemaking process aimed at balancing power between meatpacking companies and contract growers, more widely known as the GIPSA rules.

In the summer of 2010, GIPSA published a proposed rule that was never finalized because of congressional prohibitions of funding. At the end of 2016, GIPSA resumed its efforts and published a second ...

The GIPSA saga sagas on, but there is hopeful news to report. I know. I’d rather talk about something else, too. It’s not like there aren’t plenty of threats from outside the beef industry ...

Dudley Butler, administrator of USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA), has tendered his resignation, effective Jan. 26, Agri-Pulse learned Wednesday.

I am a contract poultry farmer, have grown turkeys for 12 years before converting over to broiler chickens, and have been in broiler production for 11 years. I have grown poultry for three ...

GIPSA administrator announces resignation J. Dudley Butler, the controversial administrator of the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, announced Thursday that he is resigning.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Nov. 29 announced it is eliminating the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration as a standalone agency and will consolidate its functions into ...

GIPSA proposal the wrong move WASHINGTON -- While the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration's proposed livestock and poultry marketing rule is ...

The GIPSA is a group of four public sector general insurance companies which as a group have negotiated special package rates with hospitals for many regular, common procedures, ...