date:Aug 18, 2012
The rule requires packers to submit the price of each sale, quantity, and other characteristics (e.g., type of sale, item description, and destination) that USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) will use to produce market reports that will be disseminated to the public. The Mandatory Price Reporting Act of 2010 added wholesale pork cuts to the commodities larger packers must report through the livestock mandatory reporting program. Cattle, swine, sheep, boxed beef, boxed lamb, and imported