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USDA’s “GIPSA Rule” on Livestock and Poultry Marketing Practices
Congressional Research Service · 2016-01-07 · Reports · 20,664 words
The 2008 farm bill (P.L. 110-246) included new provisions that amended the Packers and Stockyards Act (P&S Act) to give poultry and swine growers the right to cancel contracts, to require that poultry...
Minding the Data Gap: NOAA’s Polar-Orbiting Weather Satellites and Strategies for Data Continuity
Congressional Research Service · 2016-01-07 · Reports · 5,413 words
Concerns have been raised in Congress about the possibility of a “data gap” in the polar-orbiting weather satellite coverage. A near-term data gap could occur if the currently operating polar-orbiting...