The Trump administration is planning to scrap three Biden-era regulations that were intended to juice competition and build resiliency in food and agricultural supply chains.
The expected move comes as the Trump administration increasingly blames big agribusiness for the rising cost of food, redeploying a Biden administration playbook. Officials have also blamed consolidation, including in the beef industry, for soaring grocery prices.
The Biden-era rules are designed to protect farmers and ranchers from retaliation and discrimination from large meatpacking processors, increase pay transparency for contract farmers and make the pay systems for contract poultry growers fairer.
Meat and poultry companies fiercely opposed the regulations during the Biden administration, arguing that they would raise prices for consumers and increase red tape for businesses.
