USDA to Repeal Rules Protecting Chicken Farmers From Discrimination and Deceptive Business Practices

The department quietly reversed course on Biden-era rulings meant to enforce equal treatment and transparency on how meat companies pay farmers.

By: John McCracken

Outlets: Sentient

Published: July 14, 2026

Words: 916

Last Updated: 1 week ago

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has quietly announced plans to reverse three recently passed protections for contract chicken farmers.

Nearly every chicken raised for meat in the country is done so within the contract system, which exposes farmers to huge financial risk. Contract poultry farmers take on massive amounts of debt to build and upgrade barns in order to raise birds they don’t own. The chickens themselves are owned by billion-dollar meat companies like Tyson …

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