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WORC, WORC petition: The acronym stands for the
Western Organization of Resource Councils, a private advocacy organization
representing some western ranchers who want USDA
to play a more prominent regulatory role in live cattle markets. In 1996, WORC
submitted a controversial petition calling on the Department to initiate
rulemaking to limit most forward contracting and cattle feeding by meat packers.
The Department published the petition for public comment in January 1997 but, as
of early 1999, had not decided on whether to issue such a rule, which is opposed
by packers and many cattlemen themselves.
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