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.
The proposed updates will empower the FTC to quickly and accurately identify threats to competition in agriculture and across our economy, said Farm Action.
The Congressional letter comes after Farm Action and the National Dairy Producers Organization exposed the missing reports in June.
Renewed antitrust enforcement will revitalize critical protections for the liberty and welfare of America’s farmers and workers, consumers and small businesses.
As the U.S. ag trade deficit is forecast to increase by 45%, our research shows we could balance it by converting less than .5% of farmland to high-value crops.