Dear USDA: Issue the Packers and Stockyards Rules Now!
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.
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.
With higher grain prices, farmers have more dollars to pay for inputs — and Farm Action suspects fertilizer corporations may be taking advantage of that.
A coalition of national and regional research, policy, and advocacy organizations filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission today arguing that Smithfield, the nation’s largest pork producer, routinely makes false and misleading claims about the sustainability of its pork products and the company’s environmental record.
Farm Action and allies request an FTC investigation of Cargill for making false and misleading claims about its turkey products.