What Independent Meatpackers Need Beyond Government Investment
Farm Action followed up with two meatpackers who received USDA grants to see how they are faring now and what support would ensure their longevity.
Farm Action followed up with two meatpackers who received USDA grants to see how they are faring now and what support would ensure their longevity.
Here is our initial take on what the 2024 election could mean for the movement toward fair competition in food and agriculture.
A conversation with Sonja Trom Eayrs on her upcoming book Dodge County, Incorporated: Big Ag and the Undoing of Rural America, which details her family’s decades-long fight against industrial agriculture in their rural Minnesota community.
There has been widespread pushback against these proposed tariffs, with leading economists agreeing that Trump’s plan to impose hefty tariffs on imported goods would likely send prices surging.
The farm policy debate served as an early window into how both presidential candidates would approach agricultural policy in their administrations.
Kamala Harris’s agenda includes policies like blocking unfair mergers and a first-ever federal ban on price gouging.
Many are wondering what the recent Supreme Court decision overturning “Chevron deference” means for the USDA’s efforts to protect farmers. The answer: Not much.
The industry narrative is that pork prices are up in California because of higher production costs to meet Prop. 12’s crate-free requirement, but this is not supported by the data.
Check out highlights from the Senate farm bill framework that caught our eye.
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson released his framework for the 2024 Farm Bill. Here’s what caught our eyes in the proposal.