Documents Reveal Lack of Oversight and Misuse of Funds in USDA Checkoff Programs
Internal documents reveal that the USDA failed to meet legal oversight requirements for checkoff programs and enabled the misuse of funds.
Internal documents reveal that the USDA failed to meet legal oversight requirements for checkoff programs and enabled the misuse of funds.
Farm Action’s letter to FTC and DOJ lays out new evidence on how the highly concentrated egg industry is ripe for manipulation by the dominant egg firms at the expense of both consumers and smaller egg producers.
“We applaud the FTC for this bold action to bring justice to farmers who have been stripped of their right to repair their own equipment, robbing them of time and money as a result,” said Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell.
The USDA announced it will be finalizing a third Packers and Stockyards rulemaking and withdrawing another.
Cattle ranchers and farmers are being exploited by an anti-competitive market structure, which gives the largest beef packing corporations outsized purchasing power.
“This ruling will make winners out of agrochemical corporations and losers out of everyone else,” Farm Action President Angela Huffman said.
“Today’s ruling is a win for farmers, workers, and consumers alike,” Farm Action President Angela Huffman said.
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.