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Agency

USDA Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (until 2017)

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • AGR-5.3: USDA rules defining unfair practices under the Packers and Stockyards Act were proposed in 2010, limited by a 2011 appropriations rider, issued in 2016, withdrawn in 2017, finalized in 2020, expanded in 2024 and, for broiler grower payments, delayed in 2026 to December 31, 2027. Administrations and Congresses of both parties acted at each step, and White Houses of both parties described meat processing as insufficiently competitive in January 2022 and September 2026.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 612 22 June 2010. USDA Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration: Implementation of Regulations Required Under Title XI of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008; Conduct in Violation of the Act (75 FR 35338)
  • Exhibit 613 18 November 2011. U.S. Congress: Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012, Pub. L. 112-55, Division A, sec. 721
  • Exhibit 614 20 December 2016. USDA Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration: Scope of Sections 202(a) and (b) of the Packers and Stockyards Act (81 FR 92566)
  • Exhibit 615 18 October 2017. USDA Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration: Scope of Sections 202(a) and (b) of the Packers and Stockyards Act; withdrawal of interim final rule (82 FR 48594)