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GOP Probes Grants to Poultry Farm That Filed for Bankruptcy (1)

Oct 30, 2024Oct 30, 2024

Senior Republicans are pressing the Biden administration for further details about a Minnesotan poultry farm that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after receiving $45.6 million in Agriculture Department loans and grants.

Pure Prairie Poultry ceased operations earlier this month and left as many as 50 farmers working with the company without payment or feed for more than 2 million chickens, leading lawmakers to raise concerns “about the lack of oversight USDA has provided in this case,” according to a letter exclusively shared with Bloomberg Government. Senior Senate Agriculture Committee member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Agriculture Committee member Rep. Brad ...

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