Proposed USDA Contract Poultry Rules Promise to Level the Playing Field for Farmers

For Immediate Release:
June 18, 2010

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Becky Ceartas: (919) 621-8453, Steve Etka: (703) 519-7772
Newly Released Rules Enact Key 2008 Farm Bill Reforms to Protect Growers

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released proposed rules that would provide poultry growers with key protections that would mitigate unfair contract provisions that are all too common in the poultry industry.