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Contracting with farmer-funded checkoffs gives lobbyists outsized influence, even though they “speak for a small minority of American farmers,” said Farm Action President Angela Huffman.
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Contracting with farmer-funded checkoffs gives lobbyists outsized influence, even though they “speak for a small minority of American farmers,” said Farm Action President Angela Huffman.
Farm Action and Open Markets Institute have released their latest report card assessing the Biden administration’s work to boost competition in agriculture.
Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell said the deal would give Bunge control over ports and grain terminals, and could create bottlenecks in the agricultural supply chain.
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His misleading return-on-investment studies prop up the legitimacy of the beef checkoff program and protect NCBA’s largest source of funding.
Our government is supposed to represent its citizens and look out for our best interests. Instead, it bows to the monied interests of big business lobbyists.
NCBA has rigged the checkoff contracting system to pour ranchers’ dollars into its own pockets.
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The Truth About Industrial Agriculture
Our report exposes the devious ways monopoly corporations maintain control over our food system.
The truth is, industrial agriculture is an economically flawed system that only survives by spending billions of dollars on myth-based marketing campaigns and passing the true costs of production on to taxpayers, farmers, workers, and everyone who eats.
Published alongside our groundbreaking “Truth About Industrial Agriculture” report, this mythbuster blog series debunks the tall tales that multinational food corporations use to defend their business model and defeat any meaningful reforms.
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