Bloomberg | US Chicken Merger Spells End to ‘Abusive’ Pay System for Farmers
As the DOJ prohibits the use of the poultry tournament system for Cargill-Continental, Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell calls the settlement historic.
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.
Farm Action joined advocacy groups to file an FTC complaint against Deere, because as our President Joe Maxwell notes, “half of America’s farmers [are] under the thumb and control” of the corporation.
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.