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Memo: GIPSA program to be part of USDA AMS
Nov 16, 2017, 17:27 PM
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A November 14th memo from Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue, obtained by Agri-Pulse, says the GIPSA program will be moved to the Agricultural Marketing Service, AMS. In September, Perdue said he would make that change. The Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) says AMS will “not adequately protect family farmers against abusive corporate practices.” OCM says the AMS is the same office that has, in its words, “grossly mismanaged the commodity checkoff programs.”
Last month, Perdue withdrew the GIPSA “Farmer Fair Practices Rule”.
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