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Lia Chien

Lia Chien

Lia was a Capitol Reporting Fellow based in the States Newsroom Washington, D.C Bureau. She is passionate about covering agriculture, climate, and education policy areas.

Kentucky Lantern is part of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization.

USDA aims to aid small farmers by barring pay deductions from poultry companies
By: - June 3, 2024

WASHINGTON — A rule proposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture would eliminate pay deductions for chicken producers, Secretary Tom Vilsack said Monday. Under the current poultry payment system, an incentive-based arrangement known within the industry as a tournament system, farmers who raise poultry earn a base payment from the companies that buy the product […]