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Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration
The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration (GIPSA) was an agency of the United Grain Inspection, Packers and
States Department of Agriculture that facilitates the Stockyards Administration
marketing of livestock, poultry, meat, cereals, oilseeds, Agency overview
and related agricultural products, and promotes fair and
Formed 1994
competitive trading practices for the overall benefit of
consumers and American agriculture. GIPSA was formed Preceding Packers and Stockyards
in 1994 through the joining of the Federal Grain agencies Administration
Inspection Service and the Packers and Stockyards Federal Grain Inspection
Administration.[1] Service

Dissolved 2017
Superseding Agricultural Marketing
agency Service
Parent United States Department
agency of Agriculture
Website http://www.gipsa.usda.gov/

GIPSA’s unit FGWX700000, one of GIPSA was re-organized in 2017-18[2] to be part of USDA's
two railroad cars that replaced two Marketing and Regulatory Programs, which are working to
50 year old test car units ensure a productive and competitive global marketplace for
U.S. agricultural products.

GIPSA's Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS) established the Official Standards for Grain,
which are used each day by sellers and buyers to communicate the type and quality of grain bought
and sold. FGIS also establishes standard testing methodologies to accurately and consistently
measure grain quality. Finally, the program provides for the impartial application of these grades
and standards through a network of federal, state, and private inspection agencies known as the
official system. The Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS) was established by Congress in 1976
to manage the national grain inspection system, which was established in 1916, and to institute a
national grain weighing program. The goal of creating a single federal grain inspection entity was
to ensure development and maintenance of uniform U.S. standards, to develop inspection and
weighing procedures for grain in domestic and export trade, and to facilitate grain marketing.

The Agency's Packers and Stockyards Programs (P&S) ensures open and competitive markets for
livestock, meat, and poultry. P&S is a regulatory program whose roots are in providing financial
protection, and ensuring fair and competitive markets. Today's Packers and Stockyards Program
(P&S) is the progeny of the Packers and Stockyards Administration, which was established in 1921
under the Packers and Stockyards Act. The organization was instituted to regulate livestock
marketing activities at public stockyards and the operations of meat packers and live poultry
dealers.

In 2008, Congress passed legislation providing protection from retaliation under the Grain
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) but each year language has been
inserted into the Agriculture Appropriations bill blocking enforcement of those protections.[3]

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Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur of Ohio and comedian John Oliver[4] helped to remove the
language blocking the enforcement of GIPSA in 2015.[5]

In 2017, GIPSA was merged into the Agricultural Marketing Service.[6]

See also
Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations
Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations

References
1. "USDA GIPSA History & Mission" (https://web.archive.org/web/20060408155751/http://www.gi
psa.usda.gov/GIPSA/webapp?area=about&subject=landing&topic=hm). Archived from the
original (https://www.gipsa.usda.gov/GIPSA/webapp?area=about&subject=landing&topic=hm)
on 2006-04-08. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
2. Kelloway, Claire (December 6, 2018). "Trump Administration Guts Office Designed to Protect
Farmers from Ag Monopolies" (https://www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications/trump-admini
stration-guts-office-designed-protect-farmers-ag-monopolies). Open Markets Institute.
Retrieved 2023-02-25.
3. "Ag spending bill contains big win to protect rights for chicken farmers after viral John Oliver
video brought attention to their plight" (https://pingree.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/
ag-spending-bill-contains-big-win-protect-rights-chicken-farmers-after). Congresswoman
Chellie Pingree. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
4. LastWeekTonight (2015-05-17), Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Chickens (HBO) (https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9wHzt6gBgI), retrieved 2016-03-09
5. Leeds, Sarene. "John Oliver Attacks Chicken Companies' Treatment of Farmers on 'Last Week
Tonight' " (https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2015/05/18/john-oliver-attacks-chicken-companies-
unfair-practices-against-farmers-on-last-week-tonight/). WSJ. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
6. "Overview" (https://www.ams.usda.gov/about-ams). ams.usda.gov. United States Department
of Agriculture. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

External links
"Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration" (https://web.archive.org/web/20060
408155751/http://www.gipsa.usda.gov/GIPSA/webapp?area=about&subject=landing&topic=h
m). Archived from the original (https://www.gipsa.usda.gov/GIPSA/webapp?area=about&subje
ct=landing&topic=hm) on April 8, 2006. Retrieved February 15, 2006.

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