NFFC recently appeared in Lancaster Farming on behalf of the Campaign for Contract Agriculture Reform (CCAR). Our national alliance of farmers and ranchers urges Congress to ensure a fair and equitable system between growers and poultry companies.
On Feb. 12, USDA’s final rule on poultry transparency went into effect.
This is the first of several important rules being promulgated by USDA under the Packers and Stockyards Act to address abusive and deceptive practices of poultry companies and meatpackers in their dealings with farmers and ranchers.
The poultry transparency rule is critical because it requires poultry companies to be crystal clear with contract poultry growers about what their contracts mean, and what they don’t mean.