Farm Action Urges Checkoff Reform at White House Convening on Agriculture Competition
Farm Action President Angela Huffman said it’s time to reform checkoffs to shift power from consolidated corporate interests back to U.S. farmers and ranchers.
Farm Action President Angela Huffman said it’s time to reform checkoffs to shift power from consolidated corporate interests back to U.S. farmers and ranchers.
USDA has not accounted for three years of spending by the nation’s largest checkoff program, which collects mandatory funds from struggling dairy farmers.
Farm Action’s President Angela Huffman says this plan could prevent fraud that deceives consumers and stunts the growth of local and regional food systems.
The rule would enable consumers to find meat products bred and raised in the U.S., shifting spending toward independent producers and growing local economies.
Angela Huffman has spent more than a decade advocating for policies that break up corporate food monopolies and build fair competition in rural America.
“Proposition 12 is a lifeline for farmers working to feed their communities and stay in business,” said Joe Maxwell, president of Farm Action and Missouri hog farmer.
Farm Action’s Joe Van Wye said any increases in Price Loss Coverage reference prices will ultimately be captured by just a few large corporations, and urged Congress to tackle monopoly power instead.
Farm Action urged Congress to use the 2023 Farm Bill as an opportunity to scale up sustainable conservation practices in order to create a safer and more resilient food system.
Increasing reference prices will ultimately benefit just a few large corporations, further entrenching their power, said Farm Action and allied groups.
Farm Action Local Leader Willie Cade was invited to the signing of a Colorado law enshrining farmers’ right to fix their own tractors.