Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United Stockgrowers of America (R-CALF USA) submitted comments on USDA’s proposed rule for grower contracts and the tournament system in the poultry industry.
“R-CALF USA’s interests in the proposed rule’s reforms are predicated on our membership’s strong desire to prevent the cattle industry from ever succumbing to the highly concentrated, centralized, and horizontally/vertically integrated poultry-production model,” the comments read.
The organization calls the poultry production model a failure that jeopardizes America’s food security. In its comments, R-CALF said the reforms to increase transparency will help rebalance both the market and the bargaining power between poultry integrators and growers.
The group says the disaggregation of production within the supply chain should be a high priority, as it will enhance supply chain resiliency and national food security.
