0581-AE18 202204 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0581 Agricultural Marketing Service AMS 0500 Department of Agriculture USDA Poultry Growing Tournament Systems: Fairness and Related Concerns

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) seeks comments and information to inform policy development and future rulemaking proposals regarding the use of poultry grower ranking systems commonly known as tournaments in contract poultry production. AMS seeks this input in response to numerous complaints from poultry growers about the use of tournament systems. Comments in response to this request would help AMS tailor further rulemaking in addition to that already planned and under way to address specific industry practices in relation to tournament systems.

]]> Other Significant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Prerule Stage No No 9 CFR 201 7 U.S.C. 181 et seq,192 No ANPRM: Request for Comments 06/08/2022 87 FR 34814 ANPRM Comment Period End 09/06/2022 No None No No No No Stephen Slinsky 0581 Agricultural Marketing Service AMS 901 287-9719 stephen.slinsky@usda.gov 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington DC 20250