USDA is acquiring $60 M worth of chicken and beef
The purchased chicken products include whole bagged chicken, consumer split breast, and dark meat parts.
Through this purchase, the USDA wants to encourage the continued domestic consumption of these products by diverting them from the normal channels of trade and commerce.
“These purchases are part of the normal operations of administering Section 32 and are not related or associated with the authority or administration of possible purchases under Section 5 of the Commodity Credit Corporation related to trade mitigation,” USDA's statement read.
USDA made the announcement just after it had already said it will also purchase $50 million worth of milk for welfare programs.
“Today’s announcement will help in balancing the supply and demand situation in the market. As such, it will provide continued and improved employment in the poultry industry, underpin steadier family farm grower incomes, and enhance better feed demand for the on-coming expected bumper harvest of corn and soybeans," National Chicken Council President Mike Brown said in a statement.
“It is a real victory for chicken producers, rural America and U.S. agriculture. But the real winners are the actual recipients of these programs that provide high-quality and nutritious chicken to financially-stressed families, group feeding kitchens, disaster-relief operations, schools and consumers needing food assistance,” Mr. Brown added.
All the purchases are made through USDA's web-based supply chain management system. The contractors must meet the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) vendor qualification requirements to be able to sale their products.
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