How USDA’s Egg Prices Data Exposes the Pitfalls of Corporatized Production
Farm Action released a statement and informational memo in reaction to USDA’s latest Egg Markets Overview report and the recent decline in egg prices.
Farm Action released a statement and informational memo in reaction to USDA’s latest Egg Markets Overview report and the recent decline in egg prices.
Farm Action’s letter to FTC and DOJ lays out new evidence on how the highly concentrated egg industry is ripe for manipulation by the dominant egg firms at the expense of both consumers and smaller egg producers.
Farm Action’s letter to FTC and DOJ lays out new evidence on how the highly concentrated egg industry is ripe for manipulation by the dominant egg firms at the expense of both consumers and smaller egg producers.
The industry narrative is that pork prices are up in California because of higher production costs to meet Prop. 12’s crate-free requirement, but this is not supported by the data.
Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell will draw from the organization’s research to call for the U.S. government to crack down on corporate price gouging.
FTC’s report found that the largest grocers took advantage of supply chain disruptions during the pandemic to raise prices on consumers.
Egg companies’ profits are skyrocketing as they blame avian flu and inflation for their price hikes. Let’s call this what it is: price gouging.
Meatpackers pay a pittance in settlements compared to the record profits they make off these pricing schemes. There must be serious consequences for corporations that get rich by cheating consumers.
Three years after Tyson’s Holcomb KS plant fire, Big Meat is still using it as an example of a supply chain disruption — but this excuse just provides cover while they reap excessive profits.
After yet another multi million-dollar price-fixing settlement barely dented JBS’s record profits, it’s clear to Farm Action that settlements are just the cost of doing business.