Civil Eats Post - New Livestock Rules Cause House Ag Committee, Industry to Blow a Fuse

By Paula Crossfield
July 22, 2010

"On Tuesday, a House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry held a meeting in the lead up to the 2012 Farm Bill that descended into a contentious complaint session by Democrats and Republicans alike over the new rules proposed by the USDA’s Grain Inspection Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA). Many Ag Committee members take campaign donations from the industries that would be affected (in the 2010 cycle, House Agriculture Committee members have taken a combined $236,500 from the poultry and egg industry, and $281,611 from the livestock industry), and their reaction makes clear then that these rules could hold the potential for real reform...."

http://civileats.com/2010/07/22/new-livestock-rule-causes-house-ag-committee-industry-to-blow-a-fuse/