USDA announced three new efforts to promote fair and competitive markets for farmers and ranchers and lower food prices for consumers.
This announcement is a win for farmers as large corporations are typically the main beneficiaries of billions of food procurement dollars each year.
The letter expresses support for Vice President Harris’s proposal to implement a federal ban on food price gouging, which has been enabled by high levels of concentration and a lack of competition across food and agriculture sectors.
An upcoming webinar will include remarks by Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter, and report author Basel Musharbash will discuss the implications of these findings and examine how the government can rein in corporate power.
Farm Action submitted a public comment commending the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for its Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets proposal.
Farm Action submitted a public comment urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to revise its proposed rule by eliminating the predatory poultry tournament system.
This data is the first piece of Farm Action’s new Food and Agriculture Consolidation Data Hub, which will include an in-depth research report to be published in September.
“We welcome USDA’s steps toward upholding farmers’ rights to hold abusive corporate meatpackers accountable,” said Farm Action’s Sarah Carden.
USDA’s proposed rule helps free poultry growers from poultry companies’ abusive measures of control, Farm Action said.
Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell will draw from the organization’s research to call for the U.S. government to crack down on corporate price gouging.