The New York Times | The Chicken Tycoons vs. the Antitrust Hawks
Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell is optimistic that the DOJ and FTC have an “appetite to deliver” their directives from the executive order on competition.
Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell is optimistic that the DOJ and FTC have an “appetite to deliver” their directives from the executive order on competition.
Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell says Mexico’s corn market “could pay over $80 an acre more on almost 4 million acres” and that USDA should be helping U.S. corn farmers access it.
USDA has more work to do to protect chicken farmers from monopolies. USDA’s latest rule “simply shows farmers the terms of their exploitation,” said Farm Action’s Angela Huffman.
USDA is following through on directives from President Biden’s executive order on competition, said Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell.
A new Packers and Stockyards Act rule will improve transparency for poultry farmers — but time is running out for USDA to issue the rest, said Farm Action’s Angela Huffman.
In our report card grading the administration’s efforts to increase food system competition and level the playing field for farmers, USDA got a “C.”
“It is unfortunate that it took a letter from Congress to shake USDA’s tree and get them to respond to the farmers they should be accountable to,” said Farm Action’s Angela Huffman.
The pork checkoff is supposed to work for the entire industry, but Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell says the research it funds only benefits the biggest companies.
Contracting with farmer-funded checkoffs gives lobbyists outsized influence, even though they “speak for a small minority of American farmers,” said Farm Action President Angela Huffman.
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.