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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), also known as the Agriculture Department, is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, agriculture, forestry, and food. It aims to meet the needs of farmers and ranchers, promote agricultural trade and production, work to assure food safety, protect natural resources, foster rural communities and end hunger in the United States and internationally.

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United States Department of Agriculture

In this report, GIPSA provides an overview of the Packers and Stockyards Program (PSP), its unit level activities, and management.  It analyzes the economic state of the livestock and poultry industries.  It describes changing business practices.  It also identifies market operations or activities that appear to raise concerns under the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921.