“Ranchers need fair prices. Consumers deserve honesty at the checkout. It’s time to fix this broken system once and for all,” said Farm Action’s Angela Huffman.
As USTR prepares for the 2026 USMCA review, Farm Action calls for restoring MCOOL to ensure transparency for consumers and fair competition for U.S. producers.
“We call on USDA to stand with farmers growing healthy food for Americans and fulfill the promise at the heart of the Make America Healthy Again movement,” said Angela Huffman, president of Farm Action.
“For years, multinational meatpackers have been allowed to import beef without indicating its origin—undermining U.S. ranchers and leaving consumers in the dark,” said Farm Action President Angela Huffman.
“Washington should be focused on fixing our broken cattle market, not rewarding foreign competitors,” said Farm Action’s Christian Lovell.
This strategy report demonstrates how corporate interests, including checkoff groups, hinder genuine reform—ignoring the root causes of America’s health crisis.
The campaign aims to ensure that family farmers are heard in D.C. as corporate meatpackers are lobbying aggressively to overturn California’s Proposition 12.
Farm Action’s Angela Huffman said the report avoids the structural reforms needed to deliver on the MAHA Commission’s own diagnosis of the problem.
Farm Action and Farm Action Fund’s policy recommendations call for a shift in U.S. government farm support programs and policies to align with the administration’s stated public health goals.
This report marks the first time we’ve seen the government bring these issues to the forefront in a coordinated, hard-hitting way.