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ICYMI: For more than a century, the Packers and Stockyards Act has shaped competition and fair-trade practices in U.S. livestock, meat and poultry markets. Recent federal rulemaking could change how the law is implemented and enforced.
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The Feed: Vol. 4, Issue 18
The Feed newsletter highlights recent legal developments affecting agriculture, with issues released twice a month. Click below to sign up for…
Regulating Competition through the Packers and Stockyards Act: History and Recent Changes
by Jordan Berry, NALC Research Fellow, and Elizabeth Rumley, Senior Staff Attorney In 1921, Congress enacted the Packers and Stockyards Act…
2025 AEWR Ruled Unlawful
On August 26, 2026, a federal court in California ruled that the current methodology used to calculate adverse effect wage rates…
