Farm Action Calls for Increased Fruit and Vegetable Farmer Supports to Boost Food System Resilience
Offering more federal support to America’s fruit and vegetable farmers will secure our food supply, said Farm Action.
Offering more federal support to America’s fruit and vegetable farmers will secure our food supply, said Farm Action.
Through coercive and anticompetitive repair restrictions, farm equipment manufacturers are harming farmers, independent mechanics, and rural communities.
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.
Renewed antitrust enforcement will revitalize critical protections for the liberty and welfare of America’s farmers and workers, consumers and small businesses.
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.
Farm Action is encouraged by efforts to strengthen antitrust enforcement by reinvigorating the Packers & Stockyards Act, and offered recommendations to USDA.
Our public comment calls on USDA to prioritize equitable and farmer-led conservation proposals as it implements funds from the Inflation Reduction Act.
In a public comment, Farm Action commended the Justice Department for putting a stop to corporate abuse and taking a critical step toward restoring competition in poultry markets.
The tournament system is intrinsically unfair because it lacks a base price guarantee. Furthermore, growers’ bonuses are not paid by the company, but are instead docked from other growers’ paychecks.