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 Van Wye said any increases in Price Loss Coverage reference prices will ultimately be captured by just a few large corporations, and urged Congress to tackle monopoly power instead.
In response to record-high egg prices and just before testifying before the FTC, Farm Action urged the agency to open an investigation.
Farm Action’s letter urges the USDA to use changing priorities in agriculture to the benefit of farmers, instead of catering to multinational corporations.
Farm Action’s statement asserted that under no conditions should the merger be allowed to proceed, due to the manifold catastrophic effects it would have on farmers, workers, consumers, and our food system.
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.
We urged the USDA to respond immediately to Whole Foods’ false labeling claims: Only a recall and investigation will protect consumers and farmers.
Farm Action and its partners told the USDA that they can and should act without further delay to help farmers and ranchers escape from under the thumb of corporate monopolies.
In open letters addressed to President Biden and members of Congress, Farm Action and other organizations urged Congress to reconsider taking money away from essential food system resiliency programs.
Farm Action joined National Farmers Union, six state Farmers Unions, and several advocate organizations including the U.S. Public Interest Research Group in filing a complaint against John Deere for their abusive restrictions on tractor and other farm equipment repair.
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