Supreme Court overrules Chevron

On June 28, 2024, in Supreme Court, by Josh Ricken

The United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) today overruled Chevron deference in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. SCOTUS has determined that Judges, not Agencies, must exercise their own judgment on regulatory decisions. Agencies are not to be given special deference simply because a law is ambiguous.

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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) yesterday announced its “Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets” proposed rule that would attempt to change the legal standard that parties must demonstrate harm to competition and make it easier to sue and win under the Packers and Stockyards Act (PSA).

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A note from NCC Interim President Gary Kushner.

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Each week, NCC will feature in a short spotlight column the official representative from each of our Allied Leader and Allied Member companies. This week’s Allied Leader Member Spotlight is Gary Baxter, NCC Representative and Vice President of USA Livestock and North American Poultry at Ceva.

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Chicken Marketing Summit 2024 will be hosted at the luxurious Renaissance Birmingham Ross Bridge Golf Resort & Spa, located in the beautiful Alabama hills. The Summit hotel group rate is only available until Monday, July 8, or until the room block is full. Book your hotel today!

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USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service’s (NASS) monthly Chickens and Eggs report, released on June 24, indicated that broiler-type chickens hatched in May 2024 totaled 860 million, roughly a one percent increase from the prior year.

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USDA reported this week in its monthly slaughter report that the May 2024 ready-to-cook weight (poultry-certified wholesome) totaled 4.50 billion pounds, down two percent from the amount certified in May 2023.

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USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service’s (NASS) monthly Cold Storage report, released on June 25, indicated that total chicken stocks were up one percent from the previous month but down 10 percent from May 2023.

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U.S. total broiler slaughter data for the week ending June 29, 2024, is estimated by USDA’s Poultry Market News Service to be 171,868,000 broilers, a 1-percent increase from the same week a year earlier.

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Happy Fourth of July!

On June 28, 2024, in Holidays, by David Elrod

The staff of NCC wishes you a very happy Fourth of July next week! NCC’s Washington Report will publish next on July 12.