---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 C.F.R. § 201.104"
title: "9"
number: "201.104"
heading: "Disclosures for broiler grower ranking system payments."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/201.104"
---

# §201.104. Disclosures for broiler grower ranking system payments.

- (a) **Poultry grower ranking system records.** If a live poultry dealer engaged in the production of broilers uses a poultry grower ranking system to calculate broiler grower payments, the live poultry dealer must produce records in accordance with paragraphs [(b)](#b) and [(c)](#c) of this section. The live poultry dealer must maintain these records for 5 years.
- (b) **Placement Disclosure.** Within 24 hours of flock delivery to a broiler grower's facility, the live poultry dealer must provide all the following information to the broiler grower regarding the placement:
  - (1) **The stocking density of the placement.**
  - (2) **Names and all ratios of breeds of the poultry delivered.**
  - (3) If the live poultry dealer has determined the sex of the birds, all ratios of male and female poultry delivered.
  - (4) **The breeder facility identifier.**
  - (5) **The breeder flock age.**
  - (6) **Information regarding any known health impairments of the breeder flock or of the poultry delivered.**
  - (7) Adjustments, if any, that the live poultry dealer may make to the calculation of the grower's pay based on the inputs in [paragraphs (b)(1) through (b)(6)](#b-1..b-6) of this section.
- (c) **Poultry grower ranking system settlement documents.** In addition to the requirements of [§ 201.100](/cfr/9/201.100.md) of this part, a live poultry dealer must provide disclosures to all broiler growers on the grouping or ranking sheets as described in paragraphs [(c)(1)](#c-1) and [(c)(2)](#c-2) of this section. The disclosures need not show the names of other growers.
  - (1) Live poultry dealers must disclose the housing specification for each broiler grower grouped or ranked during the specified period.
  - (2) Live poultry dealers must disclose all the following information to each broiler grower participant ranked under a poultry grower ranking system:
    - (i) **The stocking density for each placement in the ranking.**
    - (ii) **The names and all ratios of breeds of the poultry for each placement in the ranking.**
    - (iii) If the live poultry dealer has determined the sex of the birds, all ratios of male and female poultry for each placement in the ranking.
    - (iv) **All breeder facility identifiers for each placement in the ranking.**
    - (v) **The breeder flock age(s) for each placement in the ranking.**
    - (vi) The number of feed disruptions each ranked broiler grower endured during the growout period where the grower was completely out of feed for 12 hours or more.

## Notes

### Amendments

[88 FR 83294, Nov. 28, 2023]

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 181-229c.

### Amendments

[88 FR 83294, Nov. 28, 2023]