The Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act (LMRA), which provided GIPSA with authority to collect information posted on this site, expired September 30, 2005. After that date, packers were no longer required to submit contract information to GIPSA, although GIPSA asked them to continue doing so voluntarily. The LMRA was reauthorized on October 5, 2006. However, submission of contract information continues to be voluntary until GIPSA regulations can be reissued.

Since October 1, 2005, contract information for the Swine Contract Library has been submitted on a voluntary basis. As a result, GIPSA cannot assure the accuracy or completeness of the information provided through this program on or after that date.