Farm Action Applauds White House Actions to Restore Competition to Food and Agriculture System
The strides made today toward the goals in the executive order on competition will substantially benefit farmers, ranchers, workers, and rural Americans.
The strides made today toward the goals in the executive order on competition will substantially benefit farmers, ranchers, workers, and rural Americans.
Dominant food and agriculture firms can “literally set the price as high as they want,” which has led to inflation, said Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell.
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 and Open Markets Institute graded the Biden Administration’s progress on the executive order to promote competition in the economy.
Farm Action President Angela Huffman said it’s time to reform checkoffs to shift power from consolidated corporate interests back to U.S. farmers and ranchers.
USDA has not accounted for three years of spending by the nation’s largest checkoff program, which collects mandatory funds from struggling dairy farmers.
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.
Farm Action’s President Angela Huffman says this plan could prevent fraud that deceives consumers and stunts the growth of local and regional food systems.
The farmer, rancher, consumer, labor, farmworker, and faith organizations urged the Appropriations Committee to remove a policy rider preventing USDA from advancing proposed rules to strengthen the Packers and Stockyards Act.
The rule would enable consumers to find meat products bred and raised in the U.S., shifting spending toward independent producers and growing local economies.