NFU Supports Proposed Rule from USDA, GIPSA

Several agriculture organizations, including the National Farmers Union, are urging their members to attend this Friday's workshop on livestock, sponsored by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Justice in Fort Collins, Colorado. NFU President Roger Johnson says along with NFU members all livestock producers should attend. The NFU says the workshop's timing is ideal, as the comment period on the proposed rule published by the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration in the Federal Register has been extended.

"U.S. farmers and ranchers should attend this workshop to have their voices heard directly by USDA and DOJ staff," Johnson says. "We must be sure that the packer-producer organizations are not the only people at the table when discussing this important issue."