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USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack Says GIPSA Rule is a Way to Force a Discussion About Declining Numbers of Livestock Producers in the US
Fri, 12 Nov 2010 6:30:49 CST
US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack took three questions during his news conference on Thursday, November 11th in Kansas City on the GIPSA Rule on the Marketing of Livestock in the US. He declined to comment on the rule itself- but did tell a reporter representing National Public Radio that it was legitimate to propose this rule and "have a discussion" about the declining number of livestock producers in the United States over the last twenty to thirty years.
We asked the first question on the GIPSA rule- and asked if he and Dudley Butler, Administrator of GIPSA, had talked as of yet regarding how to examine the comments now pouring in to USDA on the rule. Vilsack told us that he and Mr. Butler had not talked about that- thought it inappropriate before the end of the comment period and seemed to speculate that many of the 16,000 plus comments submitted thus far may be form letters that groups- for and against- have provided and individuals have copied and pasted and sent it under their name. He said that he and the GIPSA administrator would discuss how to sort through and answer specific questions once the comment period is over.
We have pieced together the three questions and the three answers from Secretary Vilsack on the subject of the GIPSA rule. Click on the LISTEN BAR below to hear those comments from Secretary Tom Vilsack.
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