The Hill | Federal Regulators Take a Bite out of Meat Monopolies
A new Packers and Stockyards Act rule will improve transparency for poultry farmers — but time is running out for USDA to issue the rest, said Farm Action’s Angela Huffman.
A new Packers and Stockyards Act rule will improve transparency for poultry farmers — but time is running out for USDA to issue the rest, said Farm Action’s Angela Huffman.
The USDA is taking steps in the right direction but has not yet made it over the finish line on behalf of America’s farmers, said Farm Action’s Angela Huffman.
Mexico’s preference for higher-value non-GM corn is a market opportunity for U.S. farmers, but our government is focused instead on a misguided trade dispute.
Major corporations and the largest farms are gearing up to take advantage of our farm safety net programs in the next farm bill.
The government is forcing dairy farmers to fund Domino’s new marketing campaign with their checkoff dollars. But the farmers forced to fund the campaign aren’t the ones who benefit from it.
Agri Stats, a behind-the-scenes agriculture data and analysis company, is being called out for orchestrating an industry-wide price-fixing scheme.
Vilsack is shielding our food system from meaningful reform and is propping up the sector’s most powerful corporations. Farmers are tired of his broken promises.
The proposed updates will empower the FTC to quickly and accurately identify threats to competition in agriculture and across our economy, said Farm Action.
In our report card grading the administration’s efforts to increase food system competition and level the playing field for farmers, USDA got a “C.”
“It is unfortunate that it took a letter from Congress to shake USDA’s tree and get them to respond to the farmers they should be accountable to,” said Farm Action’s Angela Huffman.