Packers and Stockyards Program : Actions Needed to Improve Investigations of Competitive Practices

The responsibilities of the USDA under the Packers & Stockyards Act (PSA) for monitoring the cattle & hog industries, & halting unfair & anticompetitive practices (AP) in the marketing of cattle & hogs, are assigned to the Grain Insp., Packers & Stockyards Admin. (GIPSA). This report discusses: the no. & status of investigations conducted by GIPSA in response to complaints & concerns about anticompetitive activity involving the marketing of cattle & hogs; & factors that affect GIPSA's ability to investigate concerns about AP. Contains info. on GIPSA's authority to address concerns about AP & unfair practices in the cattle & hog markets.Dyckman, Lawrence J. is the author of 'Packers and Stockyards Program : Actions Needed to Improve Investigations of Competitive Practices', published 2001 under ISBN 9780756708221 and ISBN 0756708222.