—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, May 25, 1974 20 USDA Prohibits Packers From Custom Feeding The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced that a new regulation prohibiting dual ownership of meat packers and custom feedlots has been adopted and will become effective on July 1, 1974. The regulation, issued under the Packers and Stockyards Act, will be published in the May 17 Federal Register. The regulation contains specific language to make clear that meat packers may not own, operate, or control meat packing firms. A custom feedlot, as defined in the regulation, is any facility which is used for the purpose of feeding livestock for the accounts of others, excluding feeding which is incidental to the sale or transfer of livestock. Packers would not be prohibited from feeding their own livestock for their own slaughter needs. New language has also been added to the original proposal to make clear that the regulation is not intended to prevent a packer from hiring the services of a custom feedlot to fatten its own livestock for Its own slaughter needs. USDA’s . Packer. and Stockyards Administration (PftSA) said It hopaS to achieve compliance with the regulation on an Informal basis. However, it will en force the regulation by filing administrative complaints where dual ownership Is found to exist If such firms decline to separate ownership on a voluntary basis. Adoption of the regulations followed public hearing in Des MoineS, lowa, and Phoenix, Arizona, during which 83 witnesses tesified. An additional 655 written comments were filed for the record. Statements were made by representatives of county, state, and national farm organizations, college and university educators, State Departments of Agriculture, state legislators, members of Congress, individual far mers and feeders, conglomerates, meat packers, and custom feedlot operators. Mv°h of the testimony cited dramatic changes in the marketing system for fat cattle during the past 10 years as a prime reason for adoption of the regulation separating ownership of packers and custom feedlots. These changes have resulted in feedlots becoming the principal market centers for slaughter cattle, rather than the public markets as was the case in earlier years. P&SA said that it became aware in early 1973 that a large number of packers were considering acquiring custom feedlots. At least 17 packers, who controlled about 40 percent of the slaughter of feed cattle under Federal in spection, either owned, were in the process of acquiring, or had expressed interest in acquiring custom feedlots. Such a development, P&SA said, would have real potential for decreasing competition in the purchase of livestock. P&SA officials said dual ownership presents obvious conflict - of - interest situations, and could tend to restrain competition and create monopolistic con ditions if not prohibited. The record in this matter is open to the public. Copies of the regulation may be obtained from the In formation Office, Packers and Stockyards Ad ministration, USDA, Washington, D.C. 20250. Furniture at No Expense Make your imagination work for you without straining your pocketbook. Mrs. Helen Puskar, Ex tension home furnishings specialist at The Penn sylvania State- University, suggests you create fur niture from materials you would discard. 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