(NAFB.com) – The National Chicken Council released a statement responding to the announcement of USDA’s new proposed rule, “Poultry Grower Payment Systems and Capital Improvement Systems.” NCC President Mike Brown says these are solutions in search of problems that do not exist. “This is the latest example of the Biden administration racing to impose its anti-business regulatory agenda ahead of November’s election,” Brown says. “This rule, which Congress never asked for, will lead to rigid, one-size-fits-all requirements on chicken growing contracts that would stifle innovation, lead to higher costs for consumers, decrease competition, and cost jobs by driving some of the best farmers out of the chicken business.” He also says the administration likes to deflect the blame at our country’s food producers as the reason for high grocery prices, instead of looking in the mirror at their failed policies and increased regulation. “We plan to express strong opposition in comments,” Brown adds.