Farm Action praised the USDA’s actions to strengthen the Packers and Stockyards Act, which will benefit farmers, ranchers, small businesses, and consumers.
Farm Action tells Forbes that if the newly-merged Wayne-Sanderson corporation cannot use the tournament system, it may change the entire industry’s dynamics,.
As the DOJ prohibits the use of the poultry tournament system for Cargill-Continental, Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell calls the settlement historic.
As fertilizer prices remain at all-time highs and corporations reap record profits, Farm Action and 23 groups urged USDA to decentralize fertilizer production.
Issuing a report card grading the Biden administration’s work to increase food system competition, Farm Action and Open Markets said time is of the essence.
Farm Action’s Angela Huffman says Congress should use every possible tool to stop monopoly abuses — including a 1914 act authorizing Congress to direct the FTC to investigate antitrust violations.
Farm Action’s Angela Huffman says false labels are dangerous to health and damaging to farmers, and called on the USDA to act swiftly.
Our data on the fertilizer industry suggests price spikes are due to concentration. Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell says eventually, farmers forced to use less fertilizer will mean less food for all.
While monopoly meatpackers pay fines, Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell says, as “the cost of doing business,” some ranchers are fighting back against the exploitation.
Farm Action is calling on the federal government to enforce antitrust laws against the powerful fertilizer manufacturers that remain in the highly-consolidated industry.
