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| Media Advisory No. 4141.10 |
Contact:
USDA Office of Communications
(202) 720-4623
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Agriculture Secretary Vilsack to Hold Conference Call to Discuss Proposed Rule to Increase Fairness in the Marketing of Livestock and Poultry
WASHINGTON, June 18, 2010 – TODAY, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will host a media conference call to discuss a proposed rule on fairness in the marketing of livestock and poultry.
This rule, required by the 2008 farm bill and through existing authority under the Packers and Stockyards act, will be published on June 22, 2010 by the USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA).
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Friday, June 18, 2010
10:00 a.m. EDT |
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will host a media conference call to discuss a proposed rule on fairness in the marketing of livestock and poultry. |
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Call in: 800-857-5233
Passcode: USDA (Given Verbally)
Trouble number: 202-720-8560
All callers using the above pass code will be placed in listen only mode. To join the Q&A portion of the meeting, these callers are instructed to press *1 on their touch phone |
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