GIPSA http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-resources/hot-topics/gipsa RSS Feed for GIPSA en-us Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:06:05 GMT GIPSA debate - two years later http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-resources/hot-topics/gipsa/Two-years-later-160063945.html Remember those workshops on competitiveness in agriculture the Department of Justice (DOJ) and USDA hosted back in 2010? In a recent report, the DOJ looks back at those workshops, examines what they learned and states a commitment to competitiveness in agricultural markets and enforcement of antitrust and other laws. Former GIPSA chief to address cattle producers http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-resources/hot-topics/gipsa/Former-GIPSA-chief-to-address-cattle-producers-149910215.html In only his second and third appearances since stepping down from his federal post in January as Administrator for the USDA's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, J. Dudley Butler will be in the Dakotas this month to inform cattle producers about the future competitiveness of the U.S. cattle industry. Changes in the final GIPSA marketing rules http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-resources/hot-topics/gipsa/Changes-in-the-final-GIPSA-marketing-rules-142093343.html Following a lengthy review of comments made on the proposed rule, GIPSA released the final revised rules with an implementation date set for February 7, 2012. R-CALF USA’s statement on resignation of GIPSA Administrator http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-resources/hot-topics/gipsa/R-CALF-USAs-statement-on-resignation-of-GIPSA-Administrator-137698198.html “Dudley Butler was appointed as the Administrator of GIPSA to restore competition to our U.S. livestock markets that, through decades of neglect, have been all but captured by a handful of corporate meatpackers." USDA issues GIPSA Rule http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-resources/hot-topics/gipsa/USDA-issues-GIPSA-Rule-135253928.html Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced USDA has published the Final Rule implementing the 2008 Farm Bill provisions to better protect livestock producers and poultry growers under the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA). Trimmed down GIPSA rule delivered to OMB http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-resources/hot-topics/gipsa/Trimmed-down-GIPSA-rule-delivered-to-OMB-133376438.html USDA has submitted a significantly scaled-back version of the proposed Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration rule to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. KLA: Animal activist group supports GIPSA rule http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-resources/hot-topics/gipsa/KLA-Animal-activist-group-supports-GIPSA-rule-133166333.html The HSUS supports the GIPSA proposed rule to restrict cattle marketing options for ranchers and feeders. Op-ed: Family farmers and ranchers simply want a fair chance to compete http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-resources/hot-topics/gipsa/Op-ed-Family-farmers-and-ranchers-simply-want-a-fair-chance-to-compete-130591303.html In June 2010, the U.S. government provided some simple clarifications to the law that governs the relationship between livestock producers and the meatpackers and processors who buy their animals. House committee cites GIPSA as example of broken regulatory process http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-resources/hot-topics/gipsa/House-committee-cites-GIPSA-as-example-of-broken-regulatory-process-129822538.html There is a “regulatory tsunami’ that goes far beyond the cost of regulations themselves, but also includes breakdowns in the regulatory process itself that is severely impacting large and small businesses alike Farm Bill hearing draws call to eliminate livestock title, GIPSA rule http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-resources/hot-topics/gipsa/Farm-Bill-hearing-draws-call-to-eliminate-livestock-title-GIPSA-rule-128899548.html Nearly 500 people with a stake in Kansas agriculture attended last week’s U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee Farm Bill field hearing in Wichita, Kan.