The American Prospect | The Big Tech Monopoly Down on the Farm
Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell says John Deere is using their technological equipment and outsized market power to hoard data points, stealing profit from farmers.
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Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell says John Deere is using their technological equipment and outsized market power to hoard data points, stealing profit from farmers.
Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell notes that repeated payouts over price-fixing allegations come nowhere close to the true cost of damages for industry collusion.
Farm Action has been recognized by The Hill as an “influential force” in the movement to create more competition in our food and farm system.
As Big Meat gouges producers and consumers, Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell says investing in processing capacity is a significant first step toward more competition.
Doubling fertilizer prices are wreaking havoc on farmers and may be a sign of market manipulation. Farm Action has asked the DOJ to investigate.
Farm Action called on the DOJ to investigate the fertilizer sector as recent record-breaking prices suspiciously coincide with an increase in income farmers are earning from commodity crops like soybeans and corn.
Over the first three days of November, Farm Action Fund led a coalition of farmers, ranchers, and rural advocates to meet virtually with more than 20 Congressional and Administrative offices, sharing their vision for a fair farm bill.
Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell says corporate monopolies have been extracting wealth all along the supply chain. But farmers are getting sick of the scare tactics and bad contracts, and are joining a grassroots movement to tackle food system concentration.
Cautiously optimistic about Secretary Vilsack’s performance, Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell praised the commitments to equity and competition he has made so far.
Lawsuits tackle misleading food labels, which Farm Action co-founder Angela Huffman says trick consumers into supporting monopoly corporations instead of family farmers.