Unscripted | The Real Cost of Monopolies in Agriculture
Joe Maxwell, co-founder of Farm Action, joins Unscripted to discuss how monopolies in markets like cattle and fertilizer are reshaping agriculture—and not for the better.
Joe Maxwell, co-founder of Farm Action, joins Unscripted to discuss how monopolies in markets like cattle and fertilizer are reshaping agriculture—and not for the better.
Ranchers say they are under pressure from four decades of consolidation among the meat processors that buy their livestock, while facing high input costs.
“If Trump goes through with what he outlined, I do believe it’s a betrayal of the American rancher,” said Farm Action’s Christian Lovell, and Illinois cattle rancher.
“President Trump’s plan to buy beef from Argentina is a betrayal of the American rancher,” said Farm Action’s Christian Lovell.
NPR speaks with farmer and Farm Action co-founder Joe Maxwell about how the government shutdown is stressing already overwhelmed American farmers.
Farm Action said soybeans were the top U.S. agricultural export in 2024, with China purchasing more than half of them.
“Between April and August, the White House met with powerful lobbyists—and the influence shows,” said Angela Huffman, president of Farm Action.
Farm Action is at the center of the Washington Post story, diving into how we first cracked open this probable case of corporate egg price gouging.
JBS could use its new access to American markets to gain more of the global meat market, hurting small farmers, said Joe Maxwell of Farm Action.
Farm Action’s Angela Huffman writes that the American diet, shaped by a highly consolidated food system dominated by a handful of corporations, is fueling a chronic-disease crisis.