Farm Action Applauds USDA’s Packers and Stockyards Act Rule on Discrimination and Retaliation
USDA’s newly finalized rule helps put teeth back into a critical livestock producer protection law, Farm Action said.
USDA’s newly finalized rule helps put teeth back into a critical livestock producer protection law, Farm Action said.
FTC seeks to shield farmers from getting further squeezed by retail market consolidation, Farm Action said.
The latest census demonstrates that corporate consolidation is driving farmers off the land, said Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell.
Through coercive and anticompetitive repair restrictions, farm equipment manufacturers are harming farmers, independent mechanics, and rural communities.
USDA is directing substantial funds for renewable energy and domestic fertilizer to big industrial operations, “while America’s farmers get the crumbs,” said Farm Action president Angela Huffman.
America’s antitrust enforcers must prevent dominant firms from capitalizing on investments made with public resources, we told DOJ and FTC in a letter.
“These new merger guidelines will help restore economic freedom and strengthen our democracy,” said Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell.
In a letter to the president, the advocacy groups said that USDA must swiftly restore the P&S Act to ensure our nation’s farmers and ranchers can thrive.
The USDA is taking steps in the right direction but has not yet made it over the finish line on behalf of America’s farmers, said Farm Action’s Angela Huffman.
Mexico’s preference for higher-value non-GM corn is a market opportunity for U.S. farmers, but our government is focused instead on a misguided trade dispute.