Meat-Packing

GIPSA Withdraws Final Rule Leaving Small Farmers to Fend for Themselves

GIPSA Withdraws Final Rule Leaving Small Farmers to Fend for Themselves

In 2016, after years of discussion and debate, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Grain Inspection, Packers & Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) issued a final rule that would “make it easier for small contract farmers…to sue meat-packing or processing companies that engage in anticompetitive practices."  In October 2017, however, the USDA withdrew the rule.