Department Of Justice and USDA Announce Poultry Workshop on May 21
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division Christine Varney will participate in the Alabama workshop.
Additionally, USDA and the Department of Justice are adjusting two previously announced dates for the Madison, Wis. and Fort Collins, Colo. workshops. The current schedule for the workshops is as follows:
May 21, 2010: Poultry Industry (Normal, Ala.)
Specific areas of focus may include production contracts in the poultry industry, concentration and buyer power.
Alabama A&M University; Knight Reception Center, 4900 Meridian St., Normal, Ala.
June 25, 2010: Dairy Industry (Madison, Wis.)
Specific areas of focus may include concentration, marketplace transparency and market dynamics in the dairy industry.
University of Wisconsin: Union Theater in Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St. Madison, Wis.
Aug. 27, 2010: Livestock Industry (Fort Collins, Colo.)
This workshop will address beef, hog and other animal sectors. Likely issues for discussion are concentration in livestock markets, buyer power and enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act.
Colorado State University; Fort Collins, Colo., Dec. 8, 2010: Margins (Washington, D.C.)
This workshop will look at the discrepancies between the prices received by farmers and the prices paid by consumers. As a concluding event, discussions from previous workshops will be incorporated into the analysis of agriculture markets nationally.
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