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# Farm Action

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- [Farm Groups Applaud Proposed “Product of U.S.A.” Label Rule for Benefits to Farmers, Consumers](https://farmaction.us/2023/06/12/farm-groups-applaud-proposed-product-of-u-s-a-label-rule-for-benefits-to-farmers-consumers/) - 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 Applauds USDA Effort to Improve “Antibiotic-Free” Labeling Oversight](https://farmaction.us/2023/06/14/farm-action-applauds-usda-effort-to-improve-antibiotic-free-labeling-oversight/) - 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 Columbia Missourian | The Price of Plenty](https://farmaction.us/2023/06/10/the-columbia-missourian-the-price-of-plenty/) - Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell and Sarah Carden feature in this series on how chemical fertilizer has changed agriculture — harming people, farmers, and the planet.
- [Ag Appropriations Bill Aims to Kill USDA Meatpacking Competition Rulemaking](https://farmaction.us/2023/05/17/ag-appropriations-bill-aims-to-kill-usda-meatpacking-competition-rulemaking/) - Caving to the corporate meatpacking lobby, House Appropriators included a harmful provision preventing USDA from leveling the playing field for farmers.
- [102 Groups Urge Congress to Choose Farmers over Big Meat in Ag Appropriations Bill](https://farmaction.us/2023/06/13/102-groups-urge-congress-to-choose-farmers-over-big-meat-in-ag-appropriations-bill/) - The groups urged the Appropriations Committee to remove a rider preventing USDA from advancing proposed rules to strengthen the Packers and Stockyards Act.
- [DOJ Egg Settlement Falls Short of Accountability](https://farmaction.us/doj-egg-settlement-falls-short-of-accountability/) - Cal-Maine reported billions in profits during the egg price spike, yet this settlement lets dominant egg producers treat alleged price fixing as the cost of doing business rather than real accountability.
- [How Farm Action Cracked the Corporate Egg Price Gouging Scheme](https://farmaction.us/how-farm-action-cracked-the-corporate-egg-price-gouging-scheme/) - We exposed corporate price gouging in the egg industry, leading to federal investigations, proposed legislation, and lower egg prices for families.
- [Farm Action Applauds DOJ Egg Pricing Case, Urges Strong Enforcement](https://farmaction.us/farm-action-applauds-doj-egg-pricing-case-urges-strong-enforcement/) - Farm Action’s Angela Huffman says anything less than full accountability risks allowing dominant firms to continue treating penalties as the cost of doing business.
- [Supreme Court Sides With Bayer-Monsanto, Shields Pesticide Companies From Accountability](https://farmaction.us/supreme-court-sides-with-bayer-monsanto-shields-pesticide-companies-from-accountability/) - “This ruling weakens protections for farmers, farmworkers, and the public, and it sets a dangerous precedent," said Farm Action's Angela Huffman.
- [Farm Action Responds to Senate Farm Bill](https://farmaction.us/farm-action-responds-to-senate-farm-bill/) - Farm Action President Angela Huffman said while there are some wins in the Senate's farm bill, it still misses the mark for America's farmers.
- [Progressive Farmer | Farm Action Offers a White Paper to Rebuild the Cattle Herd While Lowering Beef Prices](https://farmaction.us/progressive-farmer-farm-action-offers-a-white-paper-to-rebuild-the-cattle-herd-while-lowering-beef-prices/) - "An import-driven strategy fails to address the underlying structural challenges facing the U.S. cattle sector," Farm Action's report states.
- [Iowa Starting Line | Small Iowa Producers Critical of House Farm Bill](https://farmaction.us/iowa-starting-line-small-iowa-producers-critical-of-house-farm-bill/) - “A Farm Bill really needs to shift power back into the hands of farmers to grow healthy foods,” said Farm Action President Angela Huffman.
- [Farm Action Releases Rancher-Backed Plan to Lower Beef Prices by Rebuilding U.S. Cattle Production](https://farmaction.us/farm-action-releases-rancher-backed-plan-to-lower-beef-prices-by-rebuilding-u-s-cattle-production/) - Farm Action's rancher-backed roadmap offers solutions to lower beef prices by rebuilding U.S. cattle production and restoring competition.
- [Rethinking the Farm Bill: Supporting Organic and Regenerative Farming](https://farmaction.us/rethinking-the-farm-bill-supporting-organic-and-regenerative-farming/) - Nebraska farmer Kevin Fulton broke free from a farming system dependent on costly inputs. He says the farm bill can help more farmers make the same transition.
- [USDA Throwing Conservation Money Into the Manure Pit](https://farmaction.us/2024/02/05/usda-throwing-conservation-money-into-the-manure-pit/) - USDA should reconsider its decision to use IRA dollars to subsidize phony conservation practices by the largest, corporate-controlled industrial operations.
- [Farm Action Joins Call for Action on Rural Data Centers](https://farmaction.us/farm-action-joins-call-for-action-on-rural-data-centers/) - Farm Action joined a coalition of farmers, ranchers, and rural organizations urging elected officials to take immediate action on data centers in rural America.
- [Data Center Boom Leaves Rural America Shouldering the Costs](https://farmaction.us/data-center-boom-leaves-rural-america-shouldering-the-costs/) - Rural communities are being forced to give up farmland, strain local water and energy systems, and subsidize infrastructure built to serve tech corporations.
- [USDA Rule Delay Hurts Poultry Growers, Benefits Big Ag](https://farmaction.us/usda-rule-delay-hurts-poultry-growers-benefits-big-ag/) - USDA should stand with contract growers instead of upholding a system that benefits dominant poultry processors, said Farm Action's Angela Huffman.
- [FTC Fertilizer Investigation Welcomed By Farm Action](https://farmaction.us/ftc-fertilizer-investigation-welcomed-by-farm-action/) - "Farm Action welcomes the FTC’s investigation into fertilizer market concentration and pricing practices," said Farm Action President Angela Huffman.
- [Farm Action Urges USDA to Modernize Outdated Processing Size Definitions](https://farmaction.us/farm-action-urges-usda-to-modernize-outdated-processing-size-definitions/) - In its public comment, Farm Action explains that current definitions of establishment size often disadvantage smaller-scale, independent processors.
- [Rethinking the Farm Bill: Stop Leaving Fruit and Vegetable Farmers Out](https://farmaction.us/rethinking-the-farm-bill-stop-leaving-fruit-and-vegetable-farmers-out/) - We’re told to eat more fruits and vegetables, yet farmers like Cesar Mora who grow them receive little federal support. The 2026 Farm Bill could change that.
- [Who Will Control U.S. Agriculture?](https://farmaction.us/who-will-control-u-s-agriculture/) - 50 years ago, six food futures were mapped out. We break down the path we took—and the better ones we still have the power to choose.
- [ABC News | Inflation Surge Puts Spotlight on Rising Beef Prices](https://farmaction.us/abc-news-inflation-surge-puts-spotlight-on-rising-beef-prices/) - “More imports are not going to solve the real problem," Farm Action President Angela Huffman told ABC News.
- [Reuters | Groups Rally Against Bayer at Supreme Court](https://farmaction.us/reuters-groups-rally-against-bayer-at-supreme-court/) - "Farmers have other options," said Farm Action President Angela Huffman, about Bayer's empty threats to pull Roundup from the market.
- [Daily Caller | Angela Huffman: Pesticide Giants Want Special Treatment In Washington. Farmers Want Their Rights.](https://farmaction.us/daily-caller-angela-huffman-pesticide-giants-want-special-treatment-in-washington-farmers-want-their-rights/) - In an op-ed, Farm Action President Angela Huffman argues that legal immunity for pesticide companies would leave farmers without recourse when they are harmed.
- [Salon | Trump’s Iran War is Pushing American Farmers to the Brink](https://farmaction.us/salon-trumps-iran-war-is-pushing-american-farmers-to-the-brink/) - “Our freight expenses are really bad right now. So, all of our shipping costs, and then diesel, have hit us really hard,” Farm Action's Sarah Carden told Salon.
- [Trump Beef Import Plan Rewards JBS, Not Consumers or Ranchers](https://farmaction.us/trump-beef-import-plan-rewards-jbs-not-consumers-or-ranchers/) - Farm Action responds to Trump executive orders on beef imports, warning they won’t lower beef prices and will strengthen JBS and meatpacking monopolies.
- [NewsNation | Trump Administration Sides with Bayer-Monsanto Over Farmers](https://farmaction.us/newsnation-trump-administration-sides-with-bayer-monsanto-over-farmers/) - Farm Action President Angela Huffman joined NewsNation to discuss why the outcome of the Bayer-Monsanto Supreme Court case has high stakes for farmers.
- [Bloomberg | Bayer Banks on US Supreme Court’s Help to Rein In Roundup Lawsuits](https://farmaction.us/bloomberg-bayer-banks-on-us-supreme-courts-help-to-rein-in-roundup-lawsuits/) - “They’ve launched an extensive lobbying campaign at all levels of government,” said Angela Huffman, Farm Action president.
- [A Farm Bill Passed the House. Big Ag Still Has the Upper Hand.](https://farmaction.us/a-farm-bill-passed-the-house-big-ag-still-has-the-upper-hand/) - The House passed a new Farm Bill after a messy debate—but it leaves the same failing system in place.
- [Wisconsin State Farmer | Instability in Strait of Hormuz Causing Fertilizer and Fuel Price Whiplash](https://farmaction.us/wisconsin-state-farmer-instability-in-strait-of-hormuz-causing-fertilizer-and-fuel-price-whiplash/) - Farm Action has been urging federal lawmakers to pair near-term fertilizer solutions with structural reforms that address the root cause of price shocks.
- [Rethinking the Farm Bill: Supporting Farmers Close to Home](https://farmaction.us/rethinking-the-farm-bill-supporting-farmers-close-to-home/) - Local food systems didn’t collapse by accident. But Benji Ballmer is working to rebuild them—and pushing for a farm bill that helps communities feed themselves.
- [Rethinking the Farm Bill: Break Up Farm and Food Monopolies](https://farmaction.us/rethinking-the-farm-bill-break-up-farm-and-food-monopolies/) - Restoring competition in the food system would benefit farmers like Anna Pesek, who had to build her own markets just to survive.
- [Behind the Brands: The Meatpacking Monopoly and the Illusion of Choice](https://farmaction.us/behind-the-brands-the-meatpacking-monopoly-and-the-illusion-of-choice/) - When we pull back the curtain, only a handful of powerful companies own the sea of options we find at the grocery store, giving consumers an illusion of choice.
- [Farm Action Urges USDA Not to Delay Protections for Poultry Growers](https://farmaction.us/farm-action-urges-usda-not-to-delay-protections-for-poultry-growers/) - “Relief for poultry growers should not be delayed when the industry has already proven that reform is both practical and sustainable,” said Farm Action.
- [Food Price Fixing Is Still Rampant. DOJ’s Agri Stats Lawsuit Could Change That.](https://farmaction.us/2023/10/12/food-price-fixing-is-still-rampant-dojs-agri-stats-lawsuit-could-change-that/) - Agri Stats, a behind-the-scenes agriculture data and analysis company, is being called out for orchestrating an industry-wide price-fixing scheme.
- [Rethinking the Farm Bill: Tell Us Where Our Beef Comes From](https://farmaction.us/rethinking-the-farm-bill-tell-us-where-our-beef-comes-from/) - Congress could bring back Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling for beef in the farm bill—and ranchers like Carrie Richards say it’s long overdue.
- [Farm Action Joins Coalition in Urging USDA to Focus on Higher-Quality Meat and Dairy in Schools](https://farmaction.us/farm-action-joins-coalition-in-urging-usda-to-focus-on-higher-quality-meat-and-dairy-in-schools/) - “School meals should be setting kids up for lifelong health, not reinforcing the same industrial food system that’s driving chronic disease,” said Farm Action President Angela Huffman.
- [As of January 1, “Product of USA” Finally Means What You Think It Means](https://farmaction.us/as-of-january-1-product-of-usa-finally-means-what-you-think-it-means/) - A new USDA rule closes a policy loophole that allowed imported meat to receive the “Product of USA" label.
- [Liar, Liar, Plant’s on Fire: Dispelling the Smoke (and Mirrors) from Tyson’s Holcomb Plant Fire](https://farmaction.us/2022/05/03/liar-liar-plants-on-fire-dispelling-the-smoke-and-mirrors-from-tysons-holcomb-plant-fire/) - Three years after Tyson's Holcomb, KS plant fire, Big Meat is using it as an example of a supply chain disruption—but this excuse just provides cover while they reap excessive profits.
- [Farm Action Offers Support for USDA–DOJ Effort to Address Rising Input Costs](https://farmaction.us/farm-action-offers-support-for-usda-doj-effort-to-address-rising-input-costs/) - Farm Action sent a letter applauding the USDA-DOJ's new MOU to scrutinize skyrocketing farm input costs and offering support in their efforts.
- [Farm Action Urges Trump Administration to Prevent Another Fertilizer Price Spike](https://farmaction.us/farm-action-urges-trump-administration-to-prevent-another-fertilizer-price-spike/) - Farm Action's letter warns that without action, “temporary geopolitical disruptions” could escalate into “sustained financial harm” for struggling farmers.
- [Farm Action: Congress Risks Missing Root Cause of Fertilizer Price Spikes](https://farmaction.us/farm-action-congress-risks-missing-root-cause-of-fertilizer-price-spikes/) - Farm Action warns Congress that current proposals ignore the concentrated market forces that turn supply disruptions into steep price spikes for U.S. farmers.
- [National Post | A U.S. Probe Into Fertilizer Giants Could Ripple Through Canada](https://farmaction.us/national-post-a-u-s-probe-into-fertilizer-giants-could-ripple-through-canada/) - “Fertilizer corporations may be using these shocks as opportunities to profit,” said Farm Action's Research and Policy Director Sarah Carden.
- [Farm Action Joins Supreme Court Fight Over Monsanto’s Bid for Corporate Immunity](https://farmaction.us/farm-action-joins-supreme-court-fight-over-monsantos-bid-for-corporate-immunity/) - “No company should be shielded from accountability for harm that they caused,” said Farm Action President Angela Huffman.
- [The Hill | RFK Jr. Unveils New ‘Upside Down’ Food Pyramid](https://farmaction.us/the-hill-rfk-jr-unveils-new-upside-down-food-pyramid/) - “These guidelines influence what schools, the military, and other institutions buy with public dollars. That purchasing power shapes the markets farmers depend on," said Farm Action's Angela Huffman.
- [Barn Raiser | The Trojan Hog in the Farm Bill](https://farmaction.us/barn-raiser-the-trojan-hog-in-the-farm-bill/) - A rare market opportunity for smaller, independent hog farmers will be destroyed if laws like California's Proposition 12 are overturned in the 2026 Farm Bill.
- [The Guardian | Republican Farm Bill Criticized as Agribusiness Giveaway: ‘Pesticide Industry Wishlist’](https://farmaction.us/the-guardian-republican-farm-bill-criticized-as-agribusiness-giveaway-pesticide-industry-wishlist/) - “This makes it harder for farm workers and farmers to seek compensation when products cause health harm or crop damage," said Farm Action's Angela Huffman.
- [Bloomberg | DOJ Probes US Fertilizer Market for Possible Price Fixing](https://farmaction.us/bloomberg-doj-probes-us-fertilizer-market-for-possible-price-fixing/) - Nutrien and Mosaic control about 90% of the production capacity of potash and phosphate fertilizers, according to agriculture industry watchdog Farm Action.
- [Bloomberg | Trump Sets $700 Million to Improve Soil, Water on Farms](https://farmaction.us/bloomberg-trump-sets-700-million-to-improve-soil-water-on-farms/) - Farm Action, a nonpartisan group advocating for fair and sustainable food systems, said it welcomed the program.
- [Corrupt Meatpacker JBS Goes to Wall Street to Fund Global Takeover](https://farmaction.us/2024/01/23/corrupt-meatpacker-jbs-goes-to-wall-street-to-fund-global-takeover/) - JBS plans to go public on the New York Stock Exchange so it can secure the capital to complete its takeover of the world’s meat industry.
- [Trump’s DOJ Meatpacker Investigation Explained—and What Must Happen Next](https://farmaction.us/trumps-doj-meatpacker-investigation-explained-and-what-must-happen-next/) - The DOJ investigation is a welcome first step. But if policymakers are serious about standing up to abusive corporate power, they must go beyond an inquiry.
- [Rethinking the Farm Bill: Protect Prop 12 and Hog Farmers](https://farmaction.us/rethinking-the-farm-bill-protect-prop-12-and-hog-farmers/) - Missouri farmer Bob Street says Prop 12 helped keep his independent hog farm in business, and is urging Congress not to overturn it in the 2026 Farm Bill.
- [Rethinking the Farm Bill: Government Food Buying Should Put Local Farms First](https://farmaction.us/rethinking-the-farm-bill-government-food-buying-should-put-local-farms-first/) - Farmer Greg Gunthorp says U.S. government food purchases could boost rural communities and improve food quality if sourced through local, independent producers.
- [Farm Action Supports Rail Competition Reform to Better Serve Farmers](https://farmaction.us/farm-action-supports-rail-competition-reform-to-better-serve-farmers/) - The proposed rule would remove a long-standing barrier that hinders farmers and other shippers from challenging poor rail service, said Farm Action.
- [What Happens if Bayer Pulls Roundup?](https://farmaction.us/what-happens-if-bayer-pulls-roundup/) - Bayer has threatened to stop selling Roundup in the U.S., but the reality is that not much would change if they did. Here’s why the threat doesn’t hold up.
- [Farm Action Responds to House Farm Bill](https://farmaction.us/farm-action-responds-to-house-farm-bill/) - "The 2026 Farm Bill is an opportunity for Congress to reshape our food system, but the House’s newly released bill text signals more of the same."
- [We've Beaten Monopolies Before: Lessons From History and Paths Forward](https://farmaction.us/weve-beaten-monopolies-before-lessons-from-history-and-paths-forward/) - Monopoly power in agriculture is not inevitable, and it can be challenged. This blog lays out key lessons from the past that can help chart our path forward.
- [Civil Eats | EPA Affirms Farmers’ Right to Repair](https://farmaction.us/civil-eats-epa-affirms-farmers-right-to-repair/) - The EPA issued new guidance making clear that manufacturers cannot use the Clean Air Act to prevent farmers from fixing their own equipment.
- [Dicamba Drift Turned Neighbors Into Enemies. EPA Just Brought It Back.](https://farmaction.us/dicamba-drift-turned-neighbors-into-enemies-epa-just-brought-it-back/) - Farmers have been boxed into a system in which one neighbor’s weed control can become another neighbor’s loss.
- [The Human Cost of Monopolies: Farmers, Workers, and Rural Communities](https://farmaction.us/the-human-cost-of-monopolies-farmers-workers-and-rural-communities/) - The true cost of food system consolidation is measured in lives, not market share—farmers in debt, workers at risk, and rural communities losing security.
- [A Smaller Farm Bill Is Coming, With Big Consequences](https://farmaction.us/a-smaller-farm-bill-is-coming-with-big-consequences/) - Congress is about to start working on the 2026 Farm Bill, and the policy decisions at play will have high stakes for farmers and our food system.
- [How Monopolies Cash In on Farm Subsidies](https://farmaction.us/how-monopolies-cash-in-on-farm-subsidies/) - Corporations have transformed the farmer safety net into something entirely different: a hamster wheel that keeps farmers stuck, no matter how hard they run.
- [How Monopoly Agriculture Took Over the Food System](https://farmaction.us/how-monopoly-agriculture-took-over-the-food-system/) - This first blog post in our new series, The Food Monopoly Files, draws from our landmark report to explain how monopoly agriculture came to dominate the food system.
- [Standing in Solidarity Against America’s Legacy of Racism](https://farmaction.us/2020/06/05/standing-in-solidarity-against-americas-legacy-of-racism-2/) - Black Lives Matter. We stand in solidarity with the protests and individuals standing up for justice in our legal system.
- [Farm Action Supports USDA Rulemaking to Strengthen Foreign Farmland Ownership Reporting](https://farmaction.us/farm-action-supports-usda-rulemaking-to-strengthen-foreign-farmland-ownership-reporting/) - Farm Action backs USDA's proposed updates to the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA) to increase transparency around farmland ownership.
- [Farm Policy News | USDA’s Vaden Accuses Nutrien, Mosaic of Fertilizer Price Collusion](https://farmaction.us/farm-policy-news-usdas-vaden-accuses-nutrien-mosaic-of-fertilizer-price-collusion/) - “Nutrien and Mosaic were responsible for more than 90% of North American phosphate fertilizer and potash production in 2024, according to Farm Action."
- [Supreme Court Showdown: Farmers’ Rights vs. Corporate Power](https://farmaction.us/supreme-court-showdown-farmers-rights-vs-corporate-power/) - As the Supreme Court weighs Bayer-Monsanto’s challenge to Roundup lawsuits, farmers’ ability to hold powerful corporations accountable hangs in the balance.
- [China Stopped Buying U.S. Soybeans. The Real Problem Started Decades Ago.](https://farmaction.us/china-stopped-buying-u-s-soybeans-the-real-problem-started-decades-ago/) - When China stopped buying U.S. soybeans, it exposed decades of failed farm policy and export dependence that keep farmers trapped in crisis.
- [Farm Action Joins MAHA-Aligned Coalition in Urging HHS to Lead on Healthy Food](https://farmaction.us/farm-action-joins-maha-aligned-coalition-in-urging-hhs-to-lead-on-healthy-food/) - Farm Action joined a broad coalition urging Health and Human Services to use its food purchasing power to provide healthier meals across its programs.
- [The Corporate Playbook: How Monopolies Protect Their Power](https://farmaction.us/the-corporate-playbook-how-monopolies-protect-their-power/) - America’s food system didn’t become dominated by a handful of corporations by accident—it was built by design.
- [Farm Action Responds to Dietary Guidelines for Americans](https://farmaction.us/farm-action-responds-to-dietary-guidelines-for-americans/) - “It’s encouraging to see the Dietary Guidelines put whole, minimally processed foods back at the center," said Farm Action President Angela Huffman.
- [Farm Action Testifies Before Senate Committee Highlighting Food System Consolidation](https://farmaction.us/2024/05/22/farm-action-testifies-before-senate-committee-highlighting-corporate-price-gouging-and-food-system-consolidation/) - Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell will draw from the organization’s research to call for the U.S. government to crack down on corporate price gouging.
- [2025 in Review: 10 Ways We Demanded Accountability for a Fairer, Healthier Food System](https://farmaction.us/2025-in-review-10-ways-we-demanded-accountability-for-a-fairer-healthier-food-system/) - As a farmer-led watchdog, Farm Action challenged corporate power, pressed policymakers, and elevated farmers’ voices to build a fairer food system in 2025.
- [The Center Square | Trump Touts 'Golden Age' for Farmers as He Announces Federal Aid](https://farmaction.us/the-center-square-trump-touts-golden-age-for-farmers-as-he-announces-federal-aid/) - Joe Maxwell, Farm Action’s chief strategy officer and co-founder, said farmers across the country are hurting.
- [Fortune | Trump’s $12 Billion Farmer Bailout is a ‘Band-Aid on a Bigger Wound’ the American Agriculture Industry is Still Reeling From](https://farmaction.us/fortune-trumps-12-billion-farmer-bailout-is-a-band-aid-on-a-bigger-wound-the-american-agriculture-industry-is-still-reeling-from/) - “The message we’re wanting to get to Washington, D.C., is that the system is broke,” Farm Action's Joe Maxwell told Fortune.
- [USA Today | Desperate Farmers say the 'system is broken' as bailout arrives](https://farmaction.us/usa-today-desperate-farmers-say-the-system-is-broken-as-bailout-arrives/) - "The way we see it is these repeated bailouts are also a sign that the underlying system is broken," said Farm Action's Angela Huffman.
- [Farm Action Welcomes USDA’s Regenerative Agriculture Initiative](https://farmaction.us/farm-action-welcomes-usdas-regenerative-agriculture-initiative/) - Farm Action welcomes the announcement, saying it can improve soil health and cut costs for farmers—if USDA ensures fair access beyond major corporations.
- [Farm Action Responds to USDA’s Farmer Bailout: Relief Welcome, Structural Reform Still Urgent](https://farmaction.us/farm-action-responds-to-usdas-farmer-bailout-relief-welcome-structural-reform-still-urgent/) - Farmers are hurting, and relief is welcome—but without fixing the policies that perpetuate this crisis, the bailout cycle will continue.
- [Farm Action Applauds Food Supply Chain Executive Order, Urges Swift Action by New Task Forces](https://farmaction.us/farm-action-applauds-food-supply-chain-executive-order-urges-swift-action-by-new-task-forces/) - Farm Action welcomes the administration’s move to crack down on price fixing and anticompetitive behavior in our food and agriculture system.
- [Checkoff Programs: Farmers Funding Their Opponents](https://farmaction.us/checkoff-programs-farmers-funding-their-opponents/) - Checkoff dollars claim to help producers. In reality, they entrench corporate control, siphon farmers’ wealth, and fuel the system driving them out of business.
- [Farm Action Testifies, Urging Reinstatement of Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling at USTR Hearing](https://farmaction.us/farm-action-testifies-urging-reinstatement-of-mandatory-country-of-origin-labeling-at-ustr-hearing/) - “MCOOL is not optional—it is essential for rebuilding the herd, restoring fairness, and protecting our food security," said Farm Action's Joe Maxwell.
- [Farm Organizations Announce National "Enough Is Enough Tour”](https://farmaction.us/2024/04/18/farm-organizations-announce-national-enough-is-enough-tour/) - Farmers and ranchers across the U.S. will gather to call for an end to government policies that favor the largest food industry giants.
- [Grocery Retail: The Last Link in the Monopoly Chain](https://farmaction.us/grocery-retail-the-last-link-in-the-monopoly-chain/) - Grocery retail is now one of the most consolidated parts of the U.S. food chain, with just four corporations controlling 69% of the market.
- [NBC News | Trump Accuses Meatpackers of Price-Fixing as DOJ Launches Investigation](https://farmaction.us/nbc-trump-accuses-meatpackers-of-price-fixing-as-doj-launches-investigation/) - Farm Action has long highlighted the influence of the Big Four meatpacking groups: Tyson, Cargill, JBS, and National Beef.
- [The Hill | "Got Milk" Has Got to Go, Left and Right Agree](https://farmaction.us/2023/08/16/the-hill-got-milk-has-got-to-go-left-and-right-agree/) - Checkoff contracts give lobbyists outsized influence, even though they "speak for a small minority of American farmers,” said Farm Action's Angela Huffman.
- [POLITICO | Advocates Plan to Blitz Farm Country in a Bid to Include Checkoff Reforms in the Farm Bill](https://farmaction.us/2024/04/22/politico-advocates-plan-to-blitz-farm-country-in-a-bid-to-include-checkoff-reforms-in-the-farm-bill/)
- [How Did MAHA Take a Back Seat to Big Ag?](https://farmaction.us/how-did-maha-take-a-back-seat-to-big-ag/) - The MAHA Commission's May report exposed corporate capture in ag policy—but the leaked strategy draft dodges solutions. One big reason: government checkoffs.
- [Farm Action Launches National Push Urging Trump Administration to Restore Country of Origin Labeling for Beef and Pork](https://farmaction.us/farm-action-launches-national-push-urging-trump-administration-to-restore-country-of-origin-labeling-for-beef-and-pork/) - “For years, multinational meatpackers have been allowed to import beef without indicating its origin,” said Farm Action President Angela Huffman.
- [Trump’s Proposal to Buy Argentina’s Beef Betrays U.S. Ranchers](https://farmaction.us/trumps-proposal-to-buy-argentinas-beef-betrays-u-s-ranchers/) - "Washington should be focused on fixing our broken cattle market, not rewarding foreign competitors," said Farm Action's Christian Lovell.
- [Farm Action Urges Trade Officials to Reinstate Country-of-Origin Labels for Beef and Pork](https://farmaction.us/farm-action-urges-trade-officials-to-reinstate-country-of-origin-labels-for-beef-and-pork/) - As USTR prepares for the 2026 USMCA review, Farm Action calls for restoring MCOOL to ensure transparency for consumers and fair competition for U.S. producers.
- [Reuters | US Justice Department Probes Meatpackers, Attorney General Says](https://farmaction.us/reuters-us-justice-department-probes-meatpackers-attorney-general-says/) - "It’s time to fix this broken system once and for all," said Angela Huffman, president of Farm Action.
- [The Feed-Meat Complex: Unpacking the Truth About How Big Meat Pockets Billions in Farm Subsidies](https://farmaction.us/2020/11/16/thefeedmeatcomplex/) - Giant meatpackers like Cargill and JBS are the beneficiaries of billions of dollars of U.S. government subsidies. But they don’t get this money directly...
- [Farm Action Welcomes DOJ Investigation into Meatpacking Giants, Calls for Swift Action to Restore Fair Markets](https://farmaction.us/farm-action-welcomes-doj-investigation-into-meatpacking-giants-calls-for-swift-action-to-restore-fair-markets/) - "Ranchers need fair prices. Consumers deserve honesty at the checkout. It’s time to fix this broken system once and for all,” said Farm Action's Angela Huffman.
- [Farm Machinery: Monopoly and the Right to Repair](https://farmaction.us/farm-machinery-monopoly-and-the-right-to-repair/) - Just two companies—John Deere and CNH Industrial—control nearly 90% of the U.S. markets for large tractors and combines, harming farmers and rural communities.
- [Feeding the World? We Aren’t Even Feeding Ourselves: U.S. Ag Imports Reach Record High](https://farmaction.us/2022/09/26/feeding-the-world-we-arent-even-feeding-ourselves/) - The U.S. is growing less and less of its own food and is becoming increasingly dependent on foreign countries to feed itself as a result.
- [Politico | MAHA Advocates Press Rollins for USDA Policy Changes](https://farmaction.us/politico-maha-advocates-press-rollins-for-usda-policy-changes/) - “I'm really hopeful that this letter can help with the roadmap to some actionable steps," said Farm Action President Angela Huffman.
- [NPR | American Farmers Were Already Struggling. The Shutdown Made it Worse](https://farmaction.us/npr-american-farmers-were-already-struggling-the-shutdown-made-it-worse/) - NPR speaks with farmer and Farm Action co-founder Joe Maxwell about how the government shutdown is stressing already overwhelmed American farmers.
- [CNN | Trump’s Argentina Beef Deal Angers America’s Struggling Farmers: ‘You’re selling us out’](https://farmaction.us/cnn-trumps-argentina-beef-deal-angers-americas-struggling-farmers-youre-selling-us-out/) - “If Trump goes through with what he outlined, I do believe it’s a betrayal of the American rancher," said Farm Action's Christian Lovell.
- [BBC | US Beef Prices Are Soaring. Will Trump's Plans Lower Them?](https://farmaction.us/bbc-us-beef-prices-are-soaring-will-trumps-plans-lower-them/) - Ranchers say they are under pressure from four decades of consolidation among the meat processors that buy their livestock, while facing high input costs.
- [Unscripted | The Real Cost of Monopolies in Agriculture](https://farmaction.us/unscripted-the-real-cost-of-monopolies-in-agriculture/) - Joe Maxwell, co-founder of Farm Action, sheds light on how monopolies in markets like cattle and fertilizer are reshaping agriculture—and not for the better.
- [Farmers and MAHA-Aligned Organizations Urge USDA Action to Better Support Family Farmers and Local, Healthy Food](https://farmaction.us/farmers-and-maha-aligned-organizations-urge-usda-action-to-better-support-family-farmers-and-local-healthy-food/) - “We call on USDA to stand with farmers growing healthy food for Americans,” said Farm Action's Angela Huffman.
- [Farm Action Campaign Wins “Product of U.S.A.” Meat Label Reform](https://farmaction.us/2024/03/11/farm-action-movement-wins-product-of-u-s-a-meat-label-reform/) - The six-year fight to reform the "Product of USA" label was hard-won. Here's how a movement led by Farm Action's founders overcame the obstacles along the way.
- [Bloomberg | Trump’s Argentina Beef Plan Risks Rancher Ire, Little Relief](https://farmaction.us/bloomberg-trumps-argentina-beef-plan-risks-rancher-ire-little-relief/) - “President Trump’s plan to buy beef from Argentina is a betrayal of the American rancher,” said Farm Action's Christian Lovell.
- [What Would More Trump Tariffs Mean for Food and Farmers?](https://farmaction.us/2024/10/17/what-would-more-trump-tariffs-mean-for-food-and-farmers/) - With just a handful of corporations controlling our food and agriculture system, new agricultural tariffs would only further harm U.S. farmers and consumers.
- [USA Today | Trump Threatens China Import Ban Amid Soybean Trade Tensions](https://farmaction.us/usa-today-trump-threatens-china-import-ban-amid-soybean-trade-tensions/) - Farm Action said soybeans were the top U.S. agricultural export in 2024, with China purchasing more than half of them.
- [Farm Action Weighs in on GM Corn Trade Dispute in Support of Higher-Value Non-GM Market Opportunity for Corn Growers](https://farmaction.us/2023/11/07/farm-action-weighs-in-on-gm-corn-trade-dispute-in-support-of-higher-value-non-gm-market-opportunity-for-corn-growers/) - 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.
- [Farm Action Releases Briefing Paper, "Balancing the U.S. Agricultural Trade Deficit with Higher-Value Food Crops"](https://farmaction.us/2023/09/11/farm-action-releases-briefing-paper-balancing-the-u-s-agricultural-trade-deficit-with-higher-value-food-crops/) - 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.
- [Rethinking Tariffs: Let's Talk About What's Really Happening with Ag Trade](https://farmaction.us/rethinking-tariffs-lets-talk-about-whats-really-happening-with-ag-trade/) - Broad sweeping tariffs are counterproductive in today's highly consolidated food and farm system. We need a strategic approach in order to protect our farmers.
- [RFD-TV | Farm Action Wants DOGE to Investigate Checkoff Program Fraud](https://farmaction.us/rfd-tv-farm-action-wants-doge-to-investigate-checkoff-program-fraud/) - Farm Action says checkoff programs lack transparency and oversight and cost farmers more than a billion dollars a year.
- [The Wall Street Journal | Justice Department Opens Probe of Sharp Surge in Egg Prices](https://farmaction.us/the-wall-street-journal-justice-department-opens-probe-of-sharp-surge-in-egg-prices/) - The Department of Justice launched an investigation into egg prices following Farm Action's letter to federal agencies.
- [Washington Examiner | Farmers Call on DOGE to Investigate Billion Dollar Commodity Checkoff Fund](https://farmaction.us/washington-examiner-farmers-call-on-doge-to-investigate-billion-dollar-commodity-checkoff-fund/) - Farm Action Fund's Joe Maxwell said that while farmers have been paying billions into commodity checkoff programs, we have lost hundreds of thousands of farmers.
- [Fertilizer: The Hidden Engine of Corporate Power](https://farmaction.us/fertilizer-the-hidden-engine-of-corporate-power/) - Just three companies—Nutrien, Mosaic, and CF Industries—dominate the North American fertilizer market, wielding near-total control over supply and prices.
- [Meatpacking: Four Corporations, Total Control](https://farmaction.us/meatpacking-four-corporations-total-control/) - How did four corporations come to control America’s beef supply—and what does it mean for farmers and consumers?
- [Seeds and Pesticides: Farming Under Corporate Patents](https://farmaction.us/seeds-and-pesticides-farming-under-corporate-patents/) - This third blog post in our Food Monopoly Files series draws from our landmark report to explain how corporations came to control farmers' inputs.
- [Independent Hog Farmers Launch D.C. Campaign Supporting Prop 12](https://farmaction.us/independent-hog-farmers-launch-d-c-campaign-supporting-prop-12/) - The campaign aims to ensure that family farmers are heard in D.C. as corporate meatpackers are lobbying aggressively to overturn California's Proposition 12.
- [MAHA Strategy Underwhelms Amid Industry Pressure](https://farmaction.us/maha-strategy-underwhelms-amid-industry-pressure/) - This strategy report demonstrates how corporate interests, including checkoff groups, hinder genuine reform—ignoring the root causes of America’s health crisis.
- [Trump’s Promises on the Line: Rural America Is Watching](https://farmaction.us/trumps-promises-on-the-line-rural-america-is-watching/) - Will the administration keep its word, or let powerful interests maintain the same rigged system that has failed the American people for decades?
- [Leaked MAHA Strategy Falls Short, Earns D+ from Farm Action](https://farmaction.us/leaked-maha-strategy-falls-short-earns-d-from-farm-action/) - Farm Action's Angela Huffman said the report avoids the structural reforms needed to deliver on the MAHA Commission’s own diagnosis of the problem.
- [Turning Regenerative Ag Ideas Into Policy: Lessons From “The Future of Farming”](https://farmaction.us/turning-regenerative-ag-ideas-into-policy-lessons-from-the-future-of-farming/) - We break down key takeaways from the Heritage Foundation's “The Future of Farming” event, where panelists discussed scaling regenerative agriculture in the U.S.
- [Newsweek | RFK Jr.'s MAHA Strategy Blasted by Farm Group That Endorsed Him](https://farmaction.us/newsweek-rfk-jr-s-maha-strategy-blasted-by-farm-group-that-endorsed-him/) - "Between April and August, the White House met with powerful lobbyists—and the influence shows," said Angela Huffman, president of Farm Action.
- [Momentous White House Executive Order Aims to Break the Corporate Stranglehold in Food and Farming](https://farmaction.us/2021/07/09/momentous-white-house-executive-order-aims-to-break-the-corporate-stranglehold-in-food-and-farming/)
- [Bill Gates: Naïve Farmland Investor or Power-Hungry Megalomaniac?](https://farmaction.us/2022/09/14/bill-gates-naive-farmland-investor-or-power-hungry-megalomaniac/) - The speed, size, and secrecy of “Farmer Bill’s” land purchases set off alarm bells. Why does a tech-obsessed billionaire need 240,000 acres of farmland?
- [The 5 Reforms the MAHA Commission Can’t Ignore](https://farmaction.us/the-5-reforms-the-maha-commission-cant-ignore/) - We laid out a roadmap for the MAHA Commission. Now, ahead of its strategy report release, we're making our top 5 must-have recommendations loud and clear.
- [Beef Checkoff Corruption: Two New Lawsuits Expose Shady Dealings](https://farmaction.us/beef-checkoff-corruption-two-new-lawsuits-expose-shady-dealings/) - Two new lawsuits are ripping the lid off the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) beef checkoff programs.
- [The Washington Post | The Great Egg Heist](https://farmaction.us/the-washington-post-the-great-egg-heist/) - Farm Action is at the center of the Washington Post story, diving into how we first cracked open this probable case of corporate egg price gouging.
- [The New York Times | A Troubled Meatpacker Makes a Stunning Comeback](https://farmaction.us/the-new-york-times-after-trumps-election-a-troubled-meatpacker-makes-a-stunning-comeback/) - JBS could use its new access to American markets to gain more of the global meat market, hurting small farmers, said Joe Maxwell of Farm Action.
- [The Hill | Making America Healthy Begins With Farmers](https://farmaction.us/the-hill-making-america-healthy-begins-with-farmers/) - "The American diet, shaped by a consolidated food system dominated by a handful of corporations, is fueling a chronic-disease crisis," writes Angela Huffman.
- [Release: Farmer-Led Solutions to Advance MAHA Commission Report](https://farmaction.us/release-farmer-led-solutions-to-advance-maha-commission-report/) - The policy recommendations call for a shift in U.S. government farm support programs and policies to align with the administration’s stated public health goals.
- [CNBC | Why the U.S. is Growing Less Food](https://farmaction.us/2024/11/22/cnbc-why-the-u-s-is-growing-less-food/) - Farm Action’s Angela Huffman sounded the alarm on CNBC news that America’s family farmers are struggling under harmful government policies that put the largest corporations first. As a result, the U.S. is growing less and less of its own food and we are becoming increasingly dependent on foreign countries to feed us.
- [Putting Our Money Where Our Mouths Should Be: The Great Contradiction Between U.S. Food Subsidies and Dietary Guidelines](https://farmaction.us/2022/08/04/putting-our-money-where-our-mouths-should-be-the-great-contradiction-between-u-s-food-subsidies-and-dietary-guidelines/) - Thanks to corporate lobbying, there is a big, glaring contradiction between the kind of food our government recommends and the kinds of food it supports.
- [Buying from Big Ag: How Government Food Procurement Reinforces Monopoly Power (and What We Can Do About It!)](https://farmaction.us/2023/11/28/buying-from-big-ag-how-government-food-procurement-reinforces-monopoly-power-and-what-we-can-do-about-it/) - USDA should be using its federal food procurement dollars to jump-start the local food systems that were decimated by decades of industry consolidation.
- [Farm Action Secures “Product of U.S.A.” Meat Labeling Victory](https://farmaction.us/2024/03/11/farm-action-secures-product-of-u-s-a-meat-labeling-victory/) - “These are long, hard fights that are measured in years — but today’s ‘Product of U.S.A.’ labeling win shows that our efforts were worth it,” said Joe Maxwell.
- [Farm Action to the White House: U.S. Food and Farm Policies Are Making Americans Sick](https://farmaction.us/2022/07/18/farm-action-to-the-white-house-u-s-food-and-farm-policies-are-making-americans-sick/) - Farm Action's recommendations to the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health point out that food and farm policy is causing our health crisis.
- [Farm Action Kicks Off Food Not Feed Movement With D.C. Summit](https://farmaction.us/2023/02/16/farm-action-kicks-off-food-not-feed-movement-with-d-c-summit/) - Hundreds gathered at the Food Not Feed Summit with a shared goal of establishing an agenda to shift federal farm programs toward food, not feed.
- [Farm Action Calls for Increased Fruit and Vegetable Farmer Supports to Boost Food System Resilience](https://farmaction.us/2024/03/14/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.
- [Farm Action Applauds MAHA Commission Report](https://farmaction.us/farm-action-applauds-maha-commission-report/) - This report marks the first time we’ve seen the government bring these issues to the forefront in a coordinated, hard-hitting way.
- [How Could RFK Jr. Challenge Food Monopolies as HHS Secretary?](https://farmaction.us/how-could-rfk-jr-challenge-food-monopolies-as-hhs-secretary/) - Farm Action dove into how RFK Jr. could advance an agenda that strips undue corporate influence and achieves a healthier food system if he is confirmed.
- [Big Ag Mythbusters: Are Industrial Agriculture’s Practices Really Harmless to Public Health?](https://farmaction.us/2021/09/23/big-ag-mythbusters-are-industrial-agricultures-practices-really-harmless-to-public-health/) - In order to reap huge profits, the industrial agriculture model relies on practices that pose significant and well-documented risks to human health.
- [Why Harris’s Plan to Take on Monopolies and Lower Consumer Costs Works](https://farmaction.us/2024/08/20/why-harriss-plan-to-take-on-monopolies-and-lower-consumer-costs-works/) - Kamala Harris's agenda includes policies like blocking unfair mergers and a first-ever federal ban on price gouging.
- [Spring Updates From Our Farms](https://farmaction.us/spring-updates-from-our-farms/) - Our team members are hard at work growing and raising healthy foods. Check out these updates from their farms.
- [President Trump Could Actually Lower Egg Prices. Here’s How](https://farmaction.us/president-trump-could-actually-lower-egg-prices-heres-how/) - There is a solution, and it’s now in the hands of President Donald Trump—who campaigned on lowering prices—to do something about it.
- [Farm Action Calls for an Investigation into Skyrocketing Egg Prices and Restricted Supply](https://farmaction.us/farm-action-calls-for-an-investigation-into-skyrocketing-egg-prices-and-restricted-supply/) - Farm Action lays out new evidence on how the highly concentrated egg industry is ripe for manipulation by the dominant egg firms.
- [Farm Action Investigation Into Rising Egg Prices Results in Federal Antitrust Probe](https://farmaction.us/farm-action-investigation-into-rising-egg-prices-results-in-federal-antitrust-probe/)
- [How USDA’s Egg Prices Data Exposes the Pitfalls of Corporatized Production](https://farmaction.us/how-usdas-egg-prices-data-exposes-the-pitfalls-of-corporatized-production/) - Farm Action released a statement and informational memo in reaction to USDA’s latest Egg Markets Overview report and the recent decline in egg prices.
- [Exposed: Billionaire Egg Baron Pays Contract Farmers Just 26 Cents Per Dozen](https://farmaction.us/exposed-billionaire-egg-baron-pays-contract-farmers-just-26-cents-per-dozen/) - The largest egg corporations are raking in profits as prices soar, but how are contract farmers getting along? As it turns out, not well.
- [Avian Flu: Big Chicken Is Bringing Us Big Problems](https://farmaction.us/2024/04/18/avian-flu-big-chicken-is-bringing-us-big-problems/) - Dominant food corporations tell us that cyclical avian flu outbreaks are out of their control. But their industrialized practices are largely to blame.
- [Family Farmers Need Support. Increasing Reference Prices Isn’t the Answer.](https://farmaction.us/2023/11/03/family-farmers-need-support-increasing-reference-prices-isnt-the-answer/) - Major corporations and the largest farms are gearing up to take advantage of our farm safety net programs in the next farm bill.
- [Crop Insurance: How the Big Farms Get Bigger](https://farmaction.us/2023/03/02/crop-insurance-how-the-big-farms-get-bigger/) - Crop insurance is a major driver of consolidation in our food system. It leads to fewer, larger farms that degrade the land and hollow out rural communities.
- [Farm Action Urges USDA to Direct Climate Funds to Farms, Not Monopolies](https://farmaction.us/2022/12/21/farm-action-urges-usda-to-direct-climate-funds-to-farms-not-monopolies/) - Our public comment calls on USDA to prioritize equitable and farmer-led conservation proposals as it implements funds from the Inflation Reduction Act.
- [New Polling Shows Widespread Support for Prioritizing Sustainability and Growing Healthy Foods in 2023 Farm Bill](https://farmaction.us/2023/02/02/new-polling-shows-widespread-support-for-prioritizing-sustainability-and-growing-healthy-foods-in-2023-farm-bill/) - "This poll shows that Americans across party lines want a better agricultural system," said Farm Action's Joe Maxwell.
- [Wins for Food, Not Feed Movement Shows Pressure on USDA Is Working](https://farmaction.us/2023/11/16/wins-for-food-not-feed-movement-shows-pressure-on-usda-is-working/) - This month’s announcements from the USDA that it will support farmers producing specialty crops show the department is succumbing to our collective pressure.
- [Farmers and Advocates Hold "Food Not Feed Summit" to Raise Awareness for Fairer Farm Bill](https://farmaction.us/2023/02/07/farmers-and-advocates-hold-food-not-feed-summit-to-raise-awareness-for-fairer-farm-bill/) - Summit speakers included Senator Cory Booker, who noted that U.S. farm subsidies support commodity crops and not healthy food for families.
- [Food System Groups and Academics Back Vice President Harris’s Price Gouging Ban](https://farmaction.us/2024/09/24/food-system-groups-and-academics-back-vice-president-harriss-price-gouging-ban/) - The letter expresses support for VP Harris’s proposal to implement a federal ban on food price gouging.
- [Reuters | Farmers Ask US Justice Department to Investigate Fertilizer Price Spikes](https://farmaction.us/2021/12/08/reuters-farmers-ask-us-justice-department-to-investigate-fertilizer-price-spikes/) - Following suspiciously-timed price hikes, Farm Action called on the DOJ to investigate the practices of fertilizer corporations.
- [The Wall Street Journal | Surging Fertilizer Costs Push Farmers to Shift Planting Plans, Raise Prices](https://farmaction.us/2021/12/15/wall-street-journal-surging-fertilizer-costs-push-farmers-to-shift-planting-plans-raise-prices/) - Doubling fertilizer prices are wreaking havoc on farmers and may be a sign of market manipulation. Farm Action has asked the DOJ to investigate.
- [Bayer-Monsanto’s "Gag Laws": Silencing Farmers and Shielding Corporations](https://farmaction.us/bayer-monsantos-gag-laws-silencing-farmers-and-shielding-corporations/) - Amidst hundreds of thousands of lawsuits, Bayer has launched a campaign to restrict farmers' and the public's ability to hold them accountable.
- [Updates from Our Team Members’ Farms](https://farmaction.us/2023/08/02/updates-from-our-team-members-farms/) - Our team members are hard at work growing and raising healthy foods for their communities, and they're excited to share updates from their farms.
- [Q&A: Sonja Trom Eayrs Discusses Her New Book, Dodge County, Incorporated: Big Ag and the Undoing of Rural America](https://farmaction.us/2024/10/24/qa-sonja-trom-eayrs-discusses-her-new-book-dodge-county-incorporated-big-ag-and-the-undoing-of-rural-america/) - A conversation with Sonja Trom Eayrs on her upcoming book titled Dodge County, Incorporated: Big Ag and the Undoing of Rural America.
- [Election’s Over: What Does It Mean for the Farm Action Movement?](https://farmaction.us/2024/11/07/elections-over-what-does-it-mean-for-the-farm-action-movement/) - Here is our initial take on what the 2024 election could mean for the movement toward fair competition in food and agriculture.
- [What Independent Meatpackers Need Beyond Government Investment](https://farmaction.us/what-independent-meatpackers-need-beyond-government-investment/) - Farm Action followed up with two meatpackers who received USDA grants to see how they are faring now and what support would help ensure their longevity.
- [Cracking Down on Egg Industry’s Excuses: It’s Price Gouging](https://farmaction.us/2023/01/25/cracking-down-on-egg-industrys-excuses-its-price-gouging/) - Egg companies' profits are skyrocketing as they blame avian flu and inflation for their price hikes. Let’s call this what it is: price gouging.
- [Associated Press | Are Egg Producers Inflating Prices During the Bird Flu Outbreak to Boost Profits?](https://farmaction.us/associated-press-are-egg-producers-inflating-prices-during-the-bird-flu-outbreak-to-boost-profits/) - "While the egg supply has fallen only slightly, these companies' profits have soared," said Farm Action's Angela Huffman.
- [Farm Action Releases Most Comprehensive Food and Agriculture Concentration Data, Announces Forthcoming Data Hub](https://farmaction.us/2024/07/25/farm-action-releases-most-comprehensive-food-and-agriculture-concentration-data-announces-forthcoming-data-hub/) - This is the first piece of Farm Action’s new Food and Agriculture Consolidation Data Hub, which will include an in-depth research report.
- [NPR | USDA Unveils a $1 Billion Plan to Address the Egg Crisis](https://farmaction.us/npr-usda-unveils-a-1-billion-plan-to-address-the-egg-crisis/) - Farm Action has called for an investigation into whether industry concentration and practices are behind this price spike.
- [The Financial Times | Dynasty Behind US Egg Giant Looks to Cash in as Profits Soar Amid Bird Flu](https://farmaction.us/the-financial-times-dynasty-behind-us-egg-giant-looks-to-cash-in-as-profits-soar-amid-bird-flu/) - The family that controls the largest US egg seller is seeking to cash out amid a bird flu crisis that has driven prices to all-time highs.
- [The Fence Post | Judge Halts Kroger-Albertsons Merger](https://farmaction.us/the-fence-post-judge-halts-kroger-albertsons-merger/) - “Today’s ruling is a necessary blow to corporate control over our food and agriculture system," said Farm Action's president and co-founder Angela Huffman.
- [Big Ag Mythbusters: Will Reforming Our Food System Really Drive Up Food Prices?](https://farmaction.us/2021/07/01/big-ag-mythbusters-food-affordability/) - Welcome to the first of our Big Ag Mythbuster series, in which we’ll debunk the tall tales that multinational corporations use to defend their business model.
- [Documents Reveal Lack of Oversight and Misuse of Funds in USDA Checkoff Programs](https://farmaction.us/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.
- [The New York Times | Is Bird Flu the Only Reason Egg Prices Are Soaring?](https://farmaction.us/the-new-york-times-is-bird-flu-the-only-reason-egg-prices-are-soaring/) - Farm Action contends that the losses from culling egg-laying chickens has been “relatively modest”, while producers’ profit margins have soared.
- [Checkoff Corruption: It’s What’s for Dinner](https://farmaction.us/2023/04/12/checkoff-corruption/) - Behind the scenes, the checkoff extracts money from farmers and funnels it to corporate lobbyists — who work to consolidate power over our food system.
- [Latest Widespread Illegal Checkoff Lobbying Activity Demonstrates Need for Reform](https://farmaction.us/2023/07/25/latest-widespread-illegal-checkoff-lobbying-activity-demonstrates-need-for-reform/) - Checkoff programs are banned from lobbying, yet checkoff boards are engaging in behavior clearly designed to influence government policy.
- [Reuters | Biden Administration Finalizes Higher Standard for 'Product of USA' Meat Label](https://farmaction.us/2024/03/18/biden-administration-finalizes-higher-standard-for-product-of-usa-meat-label/) - 'Product of U.S.A.' labeling abuse stripped America's cattle producers of a vital opportunity to market their USA beef, said Farm Action's Joe Maxwell.
- [Farm Action Calls for FTC to Investigate Record-High Egg Prices](https://farmaction.us/2023/01/19/farm-action-calls-for-ftc-to-investigate-record-high-egg-prices/) - In response to record-high egg prices and just before testifying before the FTC, Farm Action urged the agency to open an investigation.
- [Farm and Dairy | FTC Sues Deere for Blocking Farmers’ Right to Repair](https://farmaction.us/farm-and-dairy-ftc-sues-deere-for-blocking-farmers-right-to-repair/) - “Manufacturers are forcing farmers to often face long wait times and drive hundreds of miles to find an authorized dealer,” said Farm Action's Joe Maxwell.
- [Farm Action Applauds FTC’s Lawsuit Against John Deere for Illegal Repair Restrictions](https://farmaction.us/farm-action-applauds-ftcs-lawsuit-against-john-deere-for-illegal-repair-restrictions/) - “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," said Farm Action.
- [Farm Action Responds to USDA’s Announcement on Packers and Stockyards Act Rulemakings](https://farmaction.us/farm-action-responds-to-usdas-announcement-on-packers-and-stockyards-act-rulemakings/) - The USDA announced it will be finalizing a third Packers and Stockyards Act rulemaking and withdrawing another.
- [Farm Action Urges USDA to Strengthen Protections for America’s Cattle Ranchers](https://farmaction.us/farm-action-urges-usda-to-strengthen-protections-for-americas-cattle-ranchers/) - Cattle ranchers and farmers are being exploited by an anti-competitive market structure, which gives the largest beef packing corporations outsizedpower.
- [The Lever | The Rise Of Big Potato](https://farmaction.us/the-lever-the-rise-of-big-potato/) - “These are supposed to be competitors, but they’re sharing all of this proprietary data," said Farm Action's Sarah Carden.
- [Farm Action Disappointed by USMCA’s Ruling on Mexico’s Corn Restrictions](https://farmaction.us/farm-action-disappointed-by-usmcas-ruling-on-mexicos-corn-restrictions/) - "This ruling will make winners out of agrochemical corporations and losers out of everyone else,” Farm Action President Angela Huffman said.
- [2024 in Review: Cracking Down on Corporate Abuse and Holding Government Accountable](https://farmaction.us/2024-in-review-cracking-down-on-corporate-abuse-and-holding-government-accountable/) - As we gear up to continue our fight for a fair food system in 2025, we’re reflecting on the successes we achieved this year thanks to our supporters and allies.
- [Farm Action Commends Court’s Decision to Block Kroger-Albertsons Merger](https://farmaction.us/farm-action-commends-courts-decision-to-block-kroger-albertsons-merger/) - "Today’s ruling is a win for farmers, workers, and consumers alike,” said Farm Action President Angela Huffman.
- [Reuters | U.S. to Clarify Enforcement of Antitrust Laws in Meatpacking](https://farmaction.us/2024/06/25/reuters-us-to-clarify-enforcement-of-antitrust-laws-in-meatpacking/) - "Farmers have long deserved this certainty," said Sarah Carden, research and policy development director for Farm Action.
- [CNN | Here We Go Again: Egg Prices Are Spiking. Here’s Why](https://farmaction.us/2024/10/02/cnn-here-we-go-again-egg-prices-are-spiking-heres-why/) - As of 2020, the five biggest egg companies controlled between 36% and 40% of all egg-laying hens in the United States, according to a recent Farm Action report.
- [Investigate Midwest | As Ag Consolidation Grows, Harris and Trump Pitch Different Approaches](https://farmaction.us/2024/10/29/investigate-midwest-as-ag-consolidation-grows-harris-and-trump-pitch-different-approaches/) - The agricultural supply chain is dominated today by roughly three dozen companies, according to an analysis from Farm Action.
- [Investigate Midwest | Ag Secretary Vilsack Deflects on Future Career Plans, Regulatory ‘Revolving Door’](https://farmaction.us/2024/10/08/investigate-midwest-ag-secretary-vilsack-deflects-on-future-career-plans-regulatory-revolving-door/) - “Government has a responsibility to put the safeguards in place so our economy works for people,” said Farm Action's co-founder Joe Maxwell.
- [Civil Eats | For Contract Farmers, the Election Could Change Everything—or Nothing at All](https://farmaction.us/2024/10/08/civil-eats-for-contract-farmers-the-election-could-change-everything-or-nothing-at-all/) - “FTC and DOJ now have much stronger guidelines. Over time, I think that’s going to make a big difference, regardless of who’s president,” said Angela Huffman.
- [Farm Action Encouraged by USDA’s Continued Work to Address Corporate Power in the Food and Agriculture System](https://farmaction.us/2024/10/08/farm-action-encouraged-by-usdas-continued-work-to-address-corporate-power-in-the-food-and-agriculture-system/) - USDA announced three new efforts to promote fair and competitive markets for farmers and ranchers and lower food prices for consumers.
- [AgNet West | Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter Addresses Agricultural Consolidation in Webinar](https://farmaction.us/2024/10/02/agnet-west-assistant-attorney-general-jonathan-kanter-addresses-agricultural-consolidation-in-webinar/) - During a recent Farm Action webinar, AAG Jonathan Kanter discussed the DOJ's approach to addressing concentration and corporate consolidation in agriculture.
- [DOJ Comes Out on Top With Tournament System Ban: Time for USDA to Step Up](https://farmaction.us/2022/08/04/doj-comes-out-on-top-with-tournament-system-ban/) - The DOJ beat the USDA to the punch on reforming the poultry market by banning the tournament system for 15% of the market. The USDA needs to ban it entirely.
- [Farm Action Applauds Biden-Harris Administration’s Commitment to Purchasing from Local, Regional, and Domestic Farmers](https://farmaction.us/2024/10/01/farm-action-applauds-biden-harris-administrations-commitment-to-purchasing-from-local-regional-and-domestic-farmers/) - This announcement is a win for farmers as large corporations are typically the main beneficiaries of billions of food procurement dollars each year.
- [Farm Action’s Comprehensive Report Reveals Monopolistic Corporate Control Over America’s Food and Agriculture System](https://farmaction.us/2024/09/12/farm-actions-comprehensive-report-reveals-monopolistic-corporate-control-over-americas-food-and-agriculture-system/) - An upcoming webinar will include remarks by Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter and a discussion with report author Basel Musharbash.
- [A Debate Fit for Farm Country: Analysis of Monday’s Ag Policy Debate](https://farmaction.us/2024/09/11/a-debate-fit-for-farm-country-analysis-of-mondays-ag-policy-debate/) - The farm policy debate served as an early window into how both presidential candidates would approach agricultural policy in their administrations.
- [Farm Action Applauds USDA Effort to Ensure Protections for America’s Farmers and Ranchers](https://farmaction.us/2024/09/11/farm-action-applauds-usda-effort-to-ensure-protections-for-americas-farmers-and-ranchers/) - Farm Action submitted a public comment commending the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for its Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets proposal.
- [Groups Call for Investigation into Koch Industries’ Iowa Fertilizer Company Acquisition](https://farmaction.us/2024/01/22/groups-call-for-investigation-into-koch-industries-iowa-fertilizer-company-acquisition/) - America's antitrust enforcers must prevent dominant firms from capitalizing on investments made with public resources, we told DOJ and FTC in a letter.
- [DTN/Progressive Farmer | Ag Groups: End Fertilizer 'Cartels'](https://farmaction.us/2022/06/21/dtn-progressive-farmer-ag-groups-end-fertilizer-cartels/) - As fertilizer prices remain at all-time highs and corporations reap record profits, Farm Action and 23 groups urged USDA to decentralize fertilizer production.
- [Modern Farmer | Farmers Frustrated as Fertilizer Costs Soared in 2022](https://farmaction.us/2022/12/29/modern-farmer-farmers-frustrated-as-fertilizer-costs-soared-in-2022/) - Fertilizer corporations blamed 2022's record-breaking prices on market disruptions, but Farm Action's Joe Maxwell says monopolistic practices are to blame.
- [POLITICO | Competition Corner: Iowa Fertilizer Deal](https://farmaction.us/2024/01/16/politico-competition-corner-iowa-fertilizer-deal/) - Consolidated fertilizer corporations shouldn’t benefit from the very government projects meant to curb their industry power, said Farm Action.
- [Latest USDA Grants Drive Agricultural Consolidation with Taxpayer Funds](https://farmaction.us/2024/01/23/latest-usda-grants-drive-agricultural-consolidation-with-taxpayer-funds/) - “These latest government handouts will only further consolidate the agricultural industry," said Farm Action's Angela Huffman.
- [Foreign Corporate Farmland Ownership Explained](https://farmaction.us/2021/04/01/foreign-corporate-farmland-ownership-explained/) - As of late 2019, foreign investors have held an interest in almost 35.2 million acres of U.S. farmland. That’s an area larger than the state of New York. In the past 17 years alone, foreign farmland holdings have doubled in the U.S. and the trend is showing no signs of slowing.
- [Farm Advocates Call for DOJ Investigation into Suspicious Spike in Fertilizer Prices](https://farmaction.us/2021/12/08/farm-advocates-call-for-doj-investigation-into-suspicious-spike-in-fertilizer-prices/) - With higher grain prices, farmers have more dollars to pay for inputs — and fertilizer corporations may be taking advantage of that.
- [Integration Nation: How Big Ag Cornered the Food Market](https://farmaction.us/2024/08/14/integration-nation-how-big-ag-cornered-the-food-market-2/) - How does our food make it from the farm fields to the table? The answer used to be simple, but in the past 100 years, it's gotten a lot more complicated and increasingly hidden from the public eye. 
- [Integration Nation: How Big Ag Cornered the Food Market](https://farmaction.us/2020/12/01/integration-nation-how-big-ag-cornered-the-food-market/) - How does our food make it from the farm fields to the table? The answer used to be simple, but in the past 100 years, it's gotten a lot more complicated and increasingly hidden from the public eye.
- [Farm Action Calls on USDA to Strengthen Protections for America’s Poultry Growers](https://farmaction.us/2024/08/08/farm-action-calls-on-usda-to-strengthen-protections-for-americas-poultry-growers/) - Farm Action submitted a public comment urging the USDA to revise its proposed rule by eliminating the predatory poultry tournament system.
- [1819 News | Poultry Farmers Struggling to Make Ends Meet Due to ‘Abusive Levels of Power’](https://farmaction.us/2024/07/30/1819-news-poultry-farmers-struggling-to-make-ends-meet-due-to-abusive-levels-of-power/) - The industry has what they call a “tournament system” which helps suppress what is paid to a farmer.
- [The Guardian | Your Food Is More Expensive – Are U.S. Corporate Profits to Blame?](https://farmaction.us/2024/07/26/the-guardian-your-food-is-more-expensive-are-us-corporate-profits-to-blame/) - “The reason they are able to do that is because there are so few companies in each of these sectors," said Angela Huffman, president of Farm Action.
- [Supreme Court Decision Does Not Restrict USDA Authority to Protect Farmers, Competition Under the Packers and Stockyards Act](https://farmaction.us/2024/07/02/supreme-court-decision-does-not-restrict-usda-authority-to-protect-farmers-competition-under-the-packers-and-stockyards-act/) - Many are wondering what last week’s Supreme Court decision overturning “Chevron deference” means for the USDA’s efforts to protect farmers. The answer: Not much.
- [Farm Action: USDA’s Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets Proposal Must Restore Farmers’ Rights, Denounce Court’s Harm to Competition Standard](https://farmaction.us/2024/06/25/farm-action-usdas-fair-and-competitive-livestock-and-poultry-markets-proposal-must-restore-farmers-rights-denounce-courts-harm-to-competition-standard/) - “We welcome USDA’s steps toward upholding farmers’ rights to hold abusive corporate meatpackers accountable," said Farm Action's Sarah Carden.
- [Pork Industry Price Gouging Scheme Revealed](https://farmaction.us/2024/06/12/pork-industry-price-gouging-scheme-revealed/) - The industry narrative is that pork prices are up in California because of higher production costs to meet Prop. 12’s crate-free requirement, but this is not supported by the data.
- [Farm Action Applauds Proposal to Reform Poultry Tournament System Through New Packers and Stockyards Act Rule](https://farmaction.us/2024/06/03/farm-action-applauds-proposal-to-reform-poultry-tournament-system-through-new-packers-and-stockyards-act-rule/) - USDA’s proposed rule helps free poultry growers from poultry companies’ abusive measures of control, Farm Action said.
- [Investigate Midwest | The National Pork Board Gives More Grant Money Than Any Other Checkoff. Critics Say It Favors Big Pork.](https://farmaction.us/2023/09/21/investigate-midwest-the-national-pork-board-gives-more-grant-money-than-any-other-checkoff-critics-say-it-favors-big-pork/) - The pork checkoff is supposed to work for the entire industry, but Farm Action's Joe Maxwell says the research it funds only benefits the biggest companies.
- [Dairy Farmers Shouldn’t Be Forced to Fund Domino’s Marketing](https://farmaction.us/2023/10/26/dairy-farmers-shouldnt-be-forced-to-fund-dominos-marketing/) - The government forces dairy farmers to fund Domino's new marketing campaign with their checkoff dollars. Great news for Domino's, bad news for dairy farmers.
- [POLITICO | USDA Publishes 2020 Dairy Checkoff Report, Two Others Still Pending](https://farmaction.us/2023/09/25/politico-usda-publishes-2020-dairy-checkoff-report-two-others-still-pending/) - Members of Congress called for the reports after Farm Action and the National Dairy Producers Organization exposed the issue in a letter sent to USDA in June.
- [The Counter | JBS Agrees to Pay Beef Wholesalers $52.5 Million in Latest Price-Fixing Settlement](https://farmaction.us/2022/02/04/the-counter-jbs-agrees-to-pay-beef-wholesalers-52-5-million-in-latest-price-fixing-settlement/) - Farm Action's Joe Maxwell notes that repeated payouts over price-fixing allegations come nowhere close to the true cost of damages for industry collusion.
- [The Daily Yonder | Skyrocketing Fertilizer Prices Gouge Farmer Profits; Groups Blame Consolidation](https://farmaction.us/2022/03/15/the-daily-yonder-skyrocketing-fertilizer-prices-gouge-farmer-profits-groups-blame-consolidation/) - Farm Action is calling on the federal government to enforce antitrust laws against the powerful fertilizer manufacturers that remain in the industry.
- [Financial Times | Fertiliser Inflation Presages a Global Food Supply Crisis](https://farmaction.us/2022/03/29/financial-times-fertiliser-inflation-presages-a-global-food-supply-crisis/) - Data on the fertilizer industry suggests concentration caused price spikes. Farm Action's Joe Maxwell says farmers using less fertilizer will mean less food.
- [24 Farm and Food Groups Urge USDA to End U.S. Dependence on Global Fertilizer Cartels](https://farmaction.us/2022/06/15/24-farm-and-food-groups-urge-usda-to-end-u-s-dependence-on-global-fertilizer-cartels/) - Farm Action and 23 allied organizations issued an urgent call to decentralize fertilizer production ahead of a global food crisis.
- [TIME | Your Egg Prices Could Be So High Because of Price Gouging, Farm Group Says](https://farmaction.us/2023/01/20/time-your-egg-prices-could-be-so-high-because-of-price-gouging-farm-group-says/) - Farm Action's Joe Maxwell and Basel Musharbash shared evidence suggesting that egg companies are using supply chain disruptions as an excuse to gouge consumers.
- [TIME | How Food Companies' Massive Profits Are Making Your Groceries More Expensive](https://farmaction.us/2023/04/10/time-how-food-companies-massive-profits-are-making-your-groceries-more-expensive/) - Staggering costs for Americans at the grocery store are due to "the market concentration that allows for price gouging," says Farm Action's Joe Maxwell.
- [The Epoch Times | After Reaching Record Levels, Egg Prices Drop Steeply in March as Price Gouging Allegations Linger](https://farmaction.us/2023/04/13/the-epoch-times-after-reaching-record-levels-egg-prices-drop-steeply-in-march-as-price-gouging-allegations-linger/) - Cal-Maine continues to blame the avian flu for production costs despite not reporting a positive test at any of its facilities, Farm Action told The Epoch Times.
- [Civil Eats | Food Prices Are Still High. What Role Do Corporate Profits Play?](https://farmaction.us/2023/05/22/civil-eats-food-prices-are-still-high-what-role-do-corporate-profits-play/) - So few firms control so much of our food system that market dynamics aren't working, said Farm Action’s Joe Maxwell. And now consumers are paying the price.
- [Marketplace | White House Moves to Stop Alleged Price Gouging](https://farmaction.us/2023/07/19/marketplace-the-white-house-moves-to-stop-alleged-price-gouging/) - Dominant food and agriculture firms can "literally set the price as high as they want," which has led to inflation, said Farm Action's Joe Maxwell.
- [Koch’s Iowa Fertilizer Plant Acquisition Is a Warning for USDA’s Investments](https://farmaction.us/2024/01/09/kochs-iowa-fertilizer-plant-acquisition-is-a-warning-for-usdas-investments/) - Without proper safeguards, USDA's investments will inevitably end up in the hands of the dominant corporations they are trying to challenge.
- [Meatpackers Make Record Profits, Settle Price-Fixing Cases for Peanuts](https://farmaction.us/2022/11/17/meatpackers-make-record-profits-settle-price-fixing-cases-for-peanuts/) - Meatpackers continue paying a pittance in price-fixing lawsuit settlements compared to the record profits they make off these pricing schemes.
- [DTN/Progressive Farmer | Groups Oppose Fertilizer Plant Deal](https://farmaction.us/2024/01/22/dtn-progressive-farmer-groups-oppose-fertilizer-plant-deal/) - Farm Action and allies asked DOJ and FTC to investigate Koch Industries' acquisition over concerns it would further concentrate the fertilizer industry.
- [Farm Organizations Kick Off "Enough Is Enough Tour” As Farm Bill Looms](https://farmaction.us/2024/05/14/farm-organizations-kick-off-enough-is-enough-tour-as-farm-bill-looms/) - “We have a key window of opportunity this month to push for legislation to enact meaningful food system reform,” said Farm Action's Angela Huffman.
- [First Look: Senate Releases Farm Bill Framework](https://farmaction.us/2024/05/08/first-look-senate-releases-farm-bill-framework/) - Check out highlights from the Senate farm bill framework that caught our eye.
- [Salon | "Seismic win for workers": FTC Bans Noncompete Clauses](https://farmaction.us/2024/05/06/salon-seismic-win-for-workers-ftc-bans-noncompete-clauses/) - "This rule is a critical step for protecting our nation's workers and making labor markets fairer and more competitive," said Farm Action's Angela Huffman.
- [First Look: House Releases Farm Bill Framework](https://farmaction.us/2024/05/02/first-look-house-releases-farm-bill-framework/) - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson released his framework for the 2024 Farm Bill. Here's what caught our eyes in the proposal.
- [Latest Meat Price-Fixing Settlement Underscores Need for Antitrust Action from Biden Administration](https://farmaction.us/2022/02/03/latest-meat-price-fixing-settlement-underscores-need-for-antitrust-action-from-biden-administration/) - After yet another price-fixing settlement barely dented JBS's record profits, it's clear to Farm Action that settlements are just the cost of doing business.
- [Agri-Pulse | Decrease in Small, Midsized Farms Highlighted in Ag Census](https://farmaction.us/2024/02/26/agri-pulse-decrease-in-small-midsized-farms-highlighted-in-ag-census/) - Increasing concentration within our agricultural markets is squeezing America’s small and mid-sized farms out of business, said Farm Action's Joe Maxwell.
- [Corporate Interests Drive U.S. Imperial Overreach on Mexico’s GM Corn Ban](https://farmaction.us/2023/03/14/corporate-interests-drive-u-s-imperial-overreach-on-mexicos-gm-corn-ban/) - The U.S. is bullying Mexico into accepting our GM corn on behalf of Big Ag monopolies, paralleling the circumstances that led to American independence.
- [FTC’s Ban on Restrictive Noncompete Agreements Will Boost Wages, Unleash Entrepreneurship](https://farmaction.us/2024/04/23/ftcs-ban-on-restrictive-noncompete-agreements-will-boost-wages-unleash-entrepreneurship/)
- [Busted: Largest Grocers Exploited Consumers During Pandemic Disruptions](https://farmaction.us/2024/04/04/busted-largest-grocers-exploited-consumers-during-pandemic-disruptions/) - FTC's report found that the largest grocers took advantage of supply chain disruptions during the pandemic to raise prices on consumers.
- [10,000 Farm Action Supporters Demand Fair Playing Field for Farmers As EU Protests Continue](https://farmaction.us/2024/04/01/10000-farm-action-supporters-demand-fair-playing-field-for-farmers-as-eu-protests-continue/) - Farm Action urged advocates to join the global movement by supporting a list of demands to help level the playing field for America’s farmers and ranchers.
- [The New York Times | The Chicken Tycoons vs. the Antitrust Hawks](https://farmaction.us/2023/11/29/the-new-york-times-the-chicken-tycoons-vs-the-antitrust-hawks/) - Farm Action's Joe Maxwell is optimistic that the DOJ and FTC have an “appetite to deliver” their directives from the executive order on competition.
- [FTC’s Kroger-Albertsons Lawsuit a Win for Farmers, Too](https://farmaction.us/2024/03/06/ftcs-kroger-albertsons-lawsuit-a-win-for-farmers-too/) - The mega-merger would be detrimental to America’s farmers and ranchers — FTC may secure a huge win for them by suing to block it.
- [Farm Action Applauds USDA’s Packers and Stockyards Act Rule on Discrimination and Retaliation](https://farmaction.us/2024/03/05/farm-action-applauds-usdas-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, said Farm Action's Joe Maxwell.
- [Farm Action Applauds FTC’s Lawsuit to Block Kroger-Albertsons Merger](https://farmaction.us/2024/02/26/farm-action-applauds-ftcs-lawsuit-to-block-kroger-albertsons-merger/) - FTC seeks to shield farmers from getting further squeezed by retail market consolidation, Farm Action said.
- [Kick Monopoly Corporations Out of Our Government: Join With EU Farmer Protesters in Global Power Struggle](https://farmaction.us/2024/02/13/kick-monopoly-corporations-out-of-our-government-join-with-eu-farmer-protesters-in-global-power-struggle/) - Farmers’ frustrations with decades of abusive conditions have reached a boiling point. Add your name to support farmers across the world and join the fight.
- [Farm Action Responds to 2022 Census of Agriculture, Corporate Consolidation’s Impact on Farmers](https://farmaction.us/2024/02/13/farm-action-responds-to-2022-census-of-agriculture-corporate-consolidations-impact-on-farmers/) - The latest census demonstrates that corporate consolidation is driving farmers off the land, said Farm Action's Joe Maxwell.
- [RFD TV | Right to Repair Costs Farmers More Than $4 Billion per Year, According to Farm Action](https://farmaction.us/2024/02/12/rfd-tv-right-to-repair-costs-farmers-more-than-4-billion-per-year-according-to-farm-action/)
- [Farm Action Calls for FTC Rulemaking on Right to Repair](https://farmaction.us/2024/02/05/farm-action-calls-for-ftc-rulemaking-on-right-to-repair/) - Our comment illustrated the harms inflicted by farm equipment manufacturers on farmers, independent mechanics, and rural communities.
- [Farm Action Applauds FTC and DOJ for New Merger Guidelines, Urges Agencies to Enforce Vigorously](https://farmaction.us/2023/09/18/farm-action-applauds-ftc-and-doj-for-new-merger-guidelines-urges-agencies-to-enforce-vigorously/) - Renewed antitrust enforcement will revitalize critical protections for the liberty and welfare of America’s farmers and workers, consumers and small businesses.
- [The Road Ahead: Farm Action’s Top 2024 Priorities](https://farmaction.us/2024/01/09/the-road-ahead-farm-actions-top-2024-priorities/) - We've zeroed in on these exciting opportunities in 2024 to meaningfully reform our food and farm system.
- [2023 in Review: Big Wins; Bigger Plans](https://farmaction.us/2023/12/20/2023-in-review-big-wins-bigger-plans/) - Together with our supporters and allies, we made massive strides towards creating a fairer food system in 2023.
- [Final Merger Guidelines from FTC and DOJ Will Restore Competition and Strengthen Democracy, Says Farm Action](https://farmaction.us/2023/12/18/final-merger-guidelines-from-ftc-and-doj-will-restore-competition-and-strengthen-democracy-says-farm-action/) - “These new merger guidelines will help restore economic freedom and strengthen our democracy,” said Farm Action's Joe Maxwell.
- [Our Top 2023 Headlines: Stories from the Movement against Monopoly Power in the Food System](https://farmaction.us/2023/12/14/our-top-2023-headlines-stories-from-the-movement-against-monopoly-power-in-the-food-system/) - Here are the biggest stories of the year in our movement to take down monopoly power in the food system.
- [Public News Service | Mexico's GM Corn Ban Opens Market for American Farmers](https://farmaction.us/2023/11/27/public-news-service-mexicos-gm-corn-ban-opens-market-for-american-farmers/) - Farm Action's Joe Maxwell says Mexico's corn market "could pay over $80 an acre more on almost 4 million acres" and that USDA should help U.S. corn farmers.
- [62 Groups to Biden: Swift Completion of Packers and Stockyards Act Rules Needed to Protect Historic Competition Advances](https://farmaction.us/2023/12/13/62-groups-to-biden-swift-completion-of-packers-and-stockyards-act-rules-needed-to-protect-historic-competition-advances/) - 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.
- [Agri-Pulse | USDA Warns Seed Companies to Adhere to Labeling Requirements](https://farmaction.us/2023/11/15/agri-pulse-usda-warns-seed-companies-to-adhere-to-labeling-requirements/) - USDA is following through on directives from President Biden's executive order on competition, said Farm Action's Joe Maxwell.
- [Farm Action Public Comments Tell USDA to End the Abusive Poultry Tournament System](https://farmaction.us/2022/08/23/farm-action-public-comments-tell-usda-to-end-the-abusive-poultry-tournament-system/) - Farm Action’s public comments emphatically assert that the tournament system is intrinsically unfair because it lacks a base price guarantee.
- [The Hill | Federal Regulators Take a Bite out of Meat Monopolies](https://farmaction.us/2023/11/10/the-hill-federal-regulators-take-a-bite-out-of-meat-monopolies/) - A new P&S Act rule will improve transparency for poultry farmers — but time is running out for USDA to issue the rest, said Farm Action's Angela Huffman.
- [The Daily Yonder | Analysis: USDA and DOJ Take on Deceptive Poultry Contracts](https://farmaction.us/2023/11/17/the-daily-yonder-analysis-usda-and-doj-take-on-deceptive-poultry-contracts/) - USDA has more work to do on behalf of chicken farmers. Its new rule "simply shows farmers the terms of their exploitation,” said Farm Action's Angela Huffman.
- [Farm Groups Urge Congress to Reject Proposals Funneling More Taxpayer Dollars to Big Ag Corporations](https://farmaction.us/2023/05/01/farm-groups-urge-congress-to-reject-proposals-funneling-more-taxpayer-dollars-to-big-ag-corporations/) - Increasing reference prices will ultimately benefit just a few large corporations, further entrenching their power, said Farm Action and allied groups.
- [USDA Competition Announcement Shows Movement but No Victory Yet, Says Farm Action](https://farmaction.us/2023/11/08/usda-competition-announcement-shows-movement-but-no-victory-yet-says-farm-action/) - 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.
- [Meet the Beef Checkoff’s Million Dollar Man](https://farmaction.us/2023/09/25/meet-the-beef-checkoffs-million-dollar-man/) - His misleading return-on-investment studies prop up the legitimacy of the beef checkoff program and protect NCBA's largest source of funding.
- [POLITICO | ‘Rome’s Burning’: Small Farmers Complain Biden Administration Is Fiddling as They Vanish](https://farmaction.us/2023/09/26/politico-romes-burning-small-farmers-complain-biden-administration-is-fiddling-as-they-vanish/) - Farm Action gave the USDA a “C” in our report card on the administration’s efforts to increase food system competition and level the playing field for farmers.
- [POLITICO | Competition Corner: Making the Grade?](https://farmaction.us/2023/07/17/competition-corner-making-the-grade/) - Farm Action and Open Markets Institute have released their latest report card assessing the Biden administration's work to boost competition in agriculture.
- [Farmers Are Fed Up: USDA Secretary Reinforces Corporate Control of Our Food System](https://farmaction.us/2023/09/28/farmers-are-fed-up-usda-secretary-reinforces-corporate-control-of-our-food-system/) - Vilsack is shielding our food system from meaningful reform and is propping up the sector’s most powerful corporations. Farmers are tired of waiting for change.
- [Farm Action Applauds FTC’s Proposal to Strengthen Premerger Rules](https://farmaction.us/2023/09/28/farm-action-applauds-ftcs-proposal-to-strengthen-premerger-rules/) - The proposed updates will empower the FTC to quickly and accurately identify threats to competition in agriculture and across our economy, said Farm Action.
- [Bipartisan Members of Congress Call out USDA’s Ongoing Failure to Publish Dairy Checkoff Reports](https://farmaction.us/2023/09/25/bipartisan-members-of-congress-call-out-usdas-ongoing-failure-to-publish-dairy-checkoff-reports/) - The Congressional letter comes after Farm Action and the National Dairy Producers Organization exposed the missing reports in June.
- [Surprising No One, NCBA Awards Itself the Biggest Checkoff Contract — Again](https://farmaction.us/2023/09/14/surprising-no-one-ncba-awards-itself-the-biggest-checkoff-contract-again/) - NCBA has rigged the checkoff contracting system to pour ranchers’ dollars into its own pockets.
- [From GM Corn to Gestation Crate Pork, Big Government is Big Ag’s Best Sales Rep](https://farmaction.us/2023/09/14/from-gm-corn-to-gestation-crate-pork-big-government-is-big-ags-best-sales-rep/) - Our government is supposed to represent its citizens and look out for our best interests. Instead, it bows to the monied interests of big business lobbyists.
- [Farm Action Applauds White House Actions to Restore Competition to Food and Agriculture System](https://farmaction.us/2023/07/19/farm-action-applauds-white-house-actions-to-restore-competition-to-food-and-agriculture-system/) - The strides made today toward the goals in the executive order on competition will substantially benefit farmers, ranchers, workers, and rural Americans.
- [The Daily Yonder | Colorado’s Right to Repair Law Could Save Farmers Time, Money and Spur Local Business](https://farmaction.us/2023/05/10/the-daily-yonder-colorados-right-to-repair-law-could-save-farmers-time-money-and-spur-local-business/) - “We’re gonna return a lot of money to the farmer’s pocket and reduce the burden that they suffer,” said Farm Action's Joe Van Wye.
- [The Wall Street Journal | Farmers Worry $8.2 Billion Agriculture Deal Will Diminish Competition](https://farmaction.us/2023/06/17/the-wall-street-journal-farmers-worry-8-2-billion-agriculture-deal-will-diminish-competition/) - Farm Action's Joe Maxwell said the deal would give Bunge control over ports and grain terminals, and could create bottlenecks in the agricultural supply chain.
- [Anti-Monopoly Groups Issue Report Card Urging Biden Administration to Complete Food System Competition by End of Term](https://farmaction.us/2023/07/17/anti-monopoly-groups-issue-report-card-urging-biden-administration-to-complete-food-system-competition-by-end-of-term/) - Farm Action and Open Markets Institute graded the Biden Administration’s progress on the executive order to promote competition in the economy.
- [Farm Action Urges Checkoff Reform at White House  Convening on Agriculture Competition](https://farmaction.us/2023/07/13/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 Groups Call out Failure of USDA to Release Federally Mandated Dairy Checkoff Reports](https://farmaction.us/2023/06/20/farm-groups-call-out-failure-of-usda-to-release-federally-mandated-dairy-checkoff-reports/) - USDA has not accounted for three years of spending by the nation’s largest checkoff program, which collects mandatory funds from struggling dairy farmers.
- [Taxpayer, Farm, and Environmental Advocates Urge Congress to Reject Farm Subsidy Increases](https://farmaction.us/2023/05/10/taxpayer-farm-and-environmental-advocates-urge-congress-to-reject-farm-subsidy-increases/) - Farm Action's Joe Van Wye said that any increases in Price Loss Coverage reference prices will ultimately be captured by just a few large corporations.
- [Retail Consolidation: Crisis Across the Food Chain](https://farmaction.us/2023/06/08/retail-consolidation-crisis-across-the-food-chain/) - Independent grocers and farmers are driven out of business as mega-retailers take over, negatively impacting everyone except company shareholders.
- [The American Prospect | How Washington Bargained Away Rural America](https://farmaction.us/2023/05/24/the-american-prospect-how-washington-bargained-away-rural-america/) - Farm Action is "leading the charge" to reshape the farm bill so that it prioritizes food for people — instead of feed for corporate-controlled livestock.
- [Brownfield Ag News | SCOTUS Rejects Challenge of California's Prop 12](https://farmaction.us/2023/05/15/brownfield-ag-news-scotus-rejects-challenge-of-californias-prop-12/) - This decision is a win for family farmers who see prop 12 as a lifeline to stay in business, says Farm Action's Joe Maxwell.
- [Farm Action Applauds Prop 12 Decision as a Win for Family Farmers Over Monopoly Meatpackers](https://farmaction.us/2023/05/11/farm-action-applauds-prop-12-decision-as-a-win-for-family-farmers-over-monopoly-meatpackers/) - “Proposition 12 is a lifeline for farmers working to feed their communities and stay in business," said Joe Maxwell, president of Farm Action and MO hog farmer.
- [Meatpackers Make Billions, NCBA Squanders Millions](https://farmaction.us/2023/05/10/meatpackers-make-billions-ncba-squanders-millions/) - NCBA receives the majority of ranchers' checkoff dollars each year, but they spend that money helping corporate meatpackers instead of America's ranchers.
- [Chasing Checkoff Dollars: NCBA's 2021 Budget Continues the Corruption](https://farmaction.us/2021/01/28/chasing-checkoff-dollars-the-corruption-continues/) - Checkoff programs were once voluntary and beneficial for producers. NCBA's latest budget reveals how these programs have slid toward corruption.
- [The American Prospect | Farmers Pay Big Ag to Lobby Against Them](https://farmaction.us/2023/04/06/the-american-prospect-farmers-pay-big-ag-to-lobby-against-them/) - Checkoffs extract farmers' money and funnel it to lobbyists "that work against fair competition and market transparency,” said Farm Action's Angela Huffman.
- [Farm Action Statement on Illinois Dust Storm: a More Resilient Food System Is a Life-or-Death Matter](https://farmaction.us/2023/05/02/farm-action-statement-on-illinois-dust-storm-a-more-resilient-food-system-is-a-life-or-death-matter/) - Farm Action pointed to the 2023 Farm Bill as an opportunity to scale up sustainable conservation practices and create a safer and more resilient food system.
- [Colorado Governor Signs Nation’s First Agricultural Right to Repair Bill into Law](https://farmaction.us/2023/04/25/colorado-governor-signs-nations-first-agricultural-right-to-repair-bill-into-law/) - Farm Action Local Leader Willie Cade was invited to the signing of a Colorado law enshrining farmers' right to fix their own tractors.
- [Farm Action Releases Policy Priorities for a Fair Farm Bill](https://farmaction.us/2023/03/30/farm-action-releases-policy-priorities-for-a-fair-farm-bill/) - Farm Action's recommendations would begin to transform our food system into one that pays farmers a fair price for delivering nutritious, affordable food.
- [The Hill | Five Fights Brewing in the Crucial $1.4 Trillion Farm Bill](https://farmaction.us/2023/03/20/the-hill-five-fights-brewing-in-the-crucial-1-4-trillion-farm-bill/) - Decades of farm bill programs have bankrupted family farmers and enabled a few corporations to dominate our food system, explains Farm Action's Joe Maxwell.
- [DTN/Progressive Farmer | Proposed USDA 'Product of USA' Meat Label Draws Mixed Reaction](https://farmaction.us/2023/03/08/dtn-progressive-farmer-proposed-usda-product-of-usa-meat-label-draws-mixed-reaction/) - A proposed "Product of U.S.A." label rule would help "stop the cheaters picking the pockets of America's farmers and ranchers," said Farm Action's Joe Maxwell.
- [Farm and Ranch Groups Applaud USDA’s “Product of U.S.A.” Label Announcement](https://farmaction.us/2023/03/06/farm-and-ranch-groups-applaud-usdas-product-of-u-s-a-label-announcement/) - Following a five year fight, Farm Action and American Grassfed Association applaud USDA’s announced rule limiting the use of the “Product of U.S.A.” label.
- [Food and Farm Groups Applaud the Biden Administration for Promoting Fair Competition in Seed](https://farmaction.us/2023/03/06/food-and-farm-groups-applaud-the-biden-administration-for-promoting-fair-competition-in-seed/) - Farm Action and other advocacy groups applaud a new USDA report addressing consolidation in the seed industry, which traps farmers and stifles innovation.
- [The Hagstrom Report | Food Not Feed Summit held in Washington](https://farmaction.us/2023/02/09/the-hagstrom-report-food-not-feed-summit-held-in-washington/) - Farm Action and a coalition of organizations representing agriculture, health, faith, academia, conservation, labor, and animal welfare co-hosted the Summit.
- [The Hill | Americans Want Farm Subsidies to Go to Human Food, Not Animal Feed: Survey](https://farmaction.us/2023/02/02/the-hill-americans-want-farm-subsidies-to-go-to-human-food-not-animal-feed-survey/) - Faced with an historic trade deficit for produce and impending opportunities for farm system change, U.S. voters across the spectrum called for food, not feed.
- [Big Ag Mythbusters: Are There Really No Alternatives to Industrial Agriculture?](https://farmaction.us/2021/10/27/big-ag-mythbusters-are-there-really-no-alternatives-to-industrial-agriculture/) - We’re pushing back against corporate-created myths: the components of a fair, competitive, and inclusive food system exist. We just need to prioritize them.
- [The American Prospect | John Deere Says Farmers Can Fix Their Own Tractors—Sometimes](https://farmaction.us/2023/01/12/the-american-prospect-john-deere-says-farmers-can-fix-their-own-tractors-sometimes/) - Willie Cade, a Farm Action Local Leader and right to repair advocate, is concerned Deere is only agreeing to the memorandum to publicly placate critics.
- [Farm Action Urges USDA to Hold Monopolies Accountable for Discrimination and Retaliation with Proposed Packers and Stockyards Act Rule](https://farmaction.us/2023/01/17/farm-action-urges-usda-to-hold-monopolies-accountable-for-discrimination-and-retaliation-with-proposed-packers-and-stockyards-act-rule/) - Farm Action is encouraged by efforts to strengthen antitrust enforcement by reinvigorating the Packers & Stockyards Act, and offered recommendations to USDA.
- [Farm Action’s Vision for the New Year and Beyond](https://farmaction.us/2023/01/12/farm-actions-vision-for-the-new-year-and-beyond/) - We’re thrilled about the opportunities that lie ahead to reform our food and farm system to work better for farmers, consumers, and food system workers.
- [Farm Action Welcomes New Members to Congress Ahead of 2023 Farm Bill Reauthorization](https://farmaction.us/2023/01/09/farm-action-welcomes-new-members-to-congress-ahead-of-2023-farm-bill-reauthorization/) - Announcing our Food Not Feed Summit, Farm Action's Angela Huffman invited the 118th Congress to learn about bipartisan reforms possible via the 2023 Farm Bill.
- [Farm Action Applauds FTC’s Proposed Rule to Ban Anticompetitive Noncompete Agreements](https://farmaction.us/2023/01/05/farm-action-applauds-ftcs-proposed-rule-to-ban-anticompetitive-noncompete-agreements/) - “Noncompete clauses enable corporations to hold workers hostage and entrench monopsony power,” said Joseph Van Wye, Farm Action's Policy and Outreach Director.
- [Brownfield Ag News | Farm Group Sees Mexico's GM-Corn Ban as an Opportunity](https://farmaction.us/2022/12/21/brownfield-ag-news-farm-group-sees-mexicos-gm-corn-ban-as-an-opportunity/) - Farm Action's Joe Maxwell says USDA should stop defending GM corn and help farmers transition to non-GM, which would put "more money in their pockets."
- [RFD TV | Mexico’s Ban on GMO Corn Could be...Opportunistic for Farmers?](https://farmaction.us/2022/12/27/rfd-tv-mexicos-ban-on-gmo-corn-could-be-opportunistic-for-farmers/) - USDA Secretary Vilsack should be helping U.S. corn farmers access a premium market, says Farm Action's Joe Maxwell.
- [Farm Action Letter to USDA: Mexico’s GM Corn Ban Is a Market Opportunity for U.S. Farmers](https://farmaction.us/2022/12/20/farm-action-letter-to-usda-mexicos-gm-corn-ban-is-a-market-opportunity-for-u-s-farmers/) - Farm Action's letter urges the USDA to use changing priorities in agriculture to the benefit of farmers, instead of catering to multinational corporations.
- [U.S. Rejects Market Opportunity Amidst Mexico’s GM Corn Ban](https://farmaction.us/2022/12/07/u-s-rejects-market-opportunity-amidst-mexicos-gm-corn-ban/) - The USDA failed our farmers by forgoing an opportunity to help them transition to non-GM corn production with a strong market in sight.
- [USDA Inches Toward Truthful Labeling](https://farmaction.us/2022/03/04/usda-inches-toward-truthful-labeling/) - Prompted by Farm Action and others, USDA is slowly moving to review its labeling policies. Learn more about this issue and what we're doing about it.
- [The FERN | Ahead of White House Hunger Conference, Groups Argue for Equity and a Stronger Safety Net](https://farmaction.us/2022/07/28/the-fern-ahead-of-white-house-hunger-conference-groups-argue-for-equity-and-a-stronger-safety-net/) - In our recommendations to the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, we called for alignment between our subsidies and nutritional guidelines.
- [2022 in Review: Gaining Ground on Corporate Monopolies](https://farmaction.us/2022/12/14/2022-in-review/) - Everyday people were the winners of this year's battles against monopoly power in the food system. Check out this play-by-play of our work and wins in 2022!
- [Missouri Independent | Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Push to Restrict Foreign Ownership of Missouri Farmland](https://farmaction.us/2022/12/12/missouri-independent-bipartisan-group-of-lawmakers-push-to-restrict-foreign-ownership-of-missouri-farmland/) - Allowing foreign corporations unlimited access to U.S. farmland drives up property values and prices Missourians out of farming, says Farm Action's Joe Maxwell.
- [Farm Action Policies Reflected in Task Force Report for White House Conference](https://farmaction.us/2022/08/25/farm-action-policies-reflected-in-task-force-report/) - Farm Action’s recommendations are reflected in the report from the Task Force on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health to advance the White House Conference's goals.
- [Farm Action Opposes Kroger-Albertsons Merger Ahead of Hearing by U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights](https://farmaction.us/2022/11/29/farm-action-opposes-kroger-albertsons-merger-ahead-of-hearing-by-u-s-senate-judiciary-subcommittee-on-competition-policy-antitrust-and-consumer-rights/) - Farm Action’s statement asserted that the merger would have catastrophic effects on farmers, workers, consumers, and our food system.
- [DTN/Progressive Farmer | Federal Court May Soon Approve Consent Decree Aimed at Poultry Tournament System](https://farmaction.us/2022/11/17/progressive-farmer-federal-court-may-soon-approve-consent-decree-aimed-at-poultry-tournament-system/) - The Justice Department's consent decree "enforces the law against brazen violations that have gone unchecked for decades," Farm Action said in its comment.
- [Enough About Bushels per Acre — Let’s Focus on Profit per Acre](https://farmaction.us/2022/10/12/enough-about-bushels-per-acre-lets-focus-on-profit-per-acre/) - We need to change the conversation to focus on profitability for farmers instead of making high yields the main measure of success.
- [Farm Action Supports Justice Department’s Consent Decree in Wayne-Sanderson Merger Lawsuit](https://farmaction.us/2022/11/15/farm-action-supports-justice-departments-consent-decree-in-wayne-sanderson-merger-lawsuit/) - 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 New American | Foreign-owned Farms in the Southwest Taking Precious Water to Feed Overseas Livestock](https://farmaction.us/2022/11/11/the-new-american-foreign-owned-farms-in-the-southwest-taking-precious-water-to-feed-overseas-livestock/) - Farm Action's research shows that in the past 17 years alone, foreign farmland holdings have doubled in the U.S. and the trend shows no signs of slowing.
- [The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting | States Mull Limits on Foreign Ownership of Farmland](https://farmaction.us/2022/11/11/the-midwest-center-for-investigative-reporting-states-mull-limits-on-foreign-ownership-of-farmland/) - Farm Action's Joe Maxwell hopes an uptick in concern among legislators over foreign corporate farmland ownership may lead to guidelines for foreign investment.
- [AIM for Climate Agenda at COP27 Opens the Door to Greater Corporate Control of Global Food Systems](https://farmaction.us/2022/11/11/aim-for-climate-agenda-at-cop27-opens-the-door-to-greater-corporate-control-of-global-food-systems/) - Instead of pouring funding into high-tech, corporate-backed projects, we should support grassroots and farmer-led conservation and regeneration initiatives.
- [The Story of Seeds: Our Collective Legacy, Our Stolen Birthright](https://farmaction.us/2022/11/10/the-story-of-seeds/) - This is the story of how corporations seized and consolidated control over the seed industry and the impact on innovation, biodiversity, and food security.
- [Civil Eats | How the Midterm Elections Will Impact Food and Agriculture](https://farmaction.us/2022/11/07/civil-eats-how-the-midterm-elections-will-impact-food-and-agriculture/) - Ahead of the 2022 midterms, Farm Action Fund's Joe Van Wye said efforts to rein in corporate consolidation are expected to continue no matter who's up in power.
- [Thanks to USDA, “no antibiotics, ever” meat actually means “antibiotics, sometimes”](https://farmaction.us/2022/10/19/thanks-to-usda-no-antibiotics-ever-meat-actually-means-antibiotics-sometimes/) - Corporations use misleading labels to sell generic products, deceiving customers into paying a premium for products that don't actually align with their values.
- [Farm Action Debates the Meatpacking Monopoly](https://farmaction.us/2022/04/14/farm-action-debates-the-meatpacking-monopoly/) - Our two founders go head-to-head with powerful meatpacking behemoths in very public battles over the truth about the food and farm system.
- [Broad Coalition Demands Real-World Solutions from White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition & Health](https://farmaction.us/2022/09/26/broad-coalition-demands-real-world-solutions-from-white-house-conference-on-hunger-nutrition-health/) - A nationwide coalition of farmers, ranchers, fishers, workers, and advocates calls on the White House to address realities of hunger across all demographics.
- [Politico | USDA Announces New Competition Rule, Initiatives to Tackle Consolidation in Agriculture](https://farmaction.us/2022/09/26/politico-usda-announces-new-competition-rule-initiatives-to-tackle-consolidation-in-agriculture/) - Farm Action praised the USDA's actions to strengthen the Packers and Stockyards Act, which will benefit farmers, ranchers, small businesses, and consumers.
- [Farm Action Responds to White House Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health](https://farmaction.us/2022/09/28/farm-action-responds-to-white-house-strategy-on-hunger-nutrition-and-health/) - The National Strategy aims to implement policy solutions for this crisis, and includes several measures recommended by Farm Action.
- [Farm Action Condemns Poultry Tournament System’s Unfairness in Latest Comments to USDA](https://farmaction.us/2022/09/26/farm-action-condemns-poultry-tournament-systems-unfairness-in-latest-comments-to-usda/) - Unfairness is at the rotten heart of the tournament system, which punishes farmers for circumstances that only the corporations control.
- [More Than 150 Organizations Across Sectors Call on President Biden to  Demand A Transformative Farm Bill](https://farmaction.us/2022/09/13/more-than-150-organizations-across-sectors-call-on-president-biden-to-demand-a-transformative-farm-bill/) - Farm Action joined other advocates in laying out core values that must be reflected in the upcoming legislation, which has the power to reshape the food system.
- [Walmart Tightens Its Grip on Meat Processing With New Investment](https://farmaction.us/2022/09/09/walmart-tightens-its-grip-on-meat-processing-with-new-investment/) - We’re wary of Walmart’s investment in Sustainable Beef, an independent processor. Walmart's goal is to gain profit and power at the expense of everyone else.
- [Time to Break up with Big Chicken? A Hard Look at the Contract Growing System](https://farmaction.us/2022/08/17/time-to-break-up-with-big-chicken-a-hard-look-at-the-contract-growing-system/) - The contract poultry growing system is a bad deal for farmers, consumers, and the communities that surround large industrial operations.
- [Civil Eats | Op-ed: It’s Time to End the Poultry Industry’s Exploitative Contracts](https://farmaction.us/2022/08/18/civil-eats-op-ed-its-time-to-end-the-poultry-industrys-exploitative-contracts/) - Farm Action's Joe Maxwell breaks down the abusive tournament system and encourages the USDA to follow the DOJ's lead in putting a stop to the practice.
- [A Guide to the Farmer Fair Practices Rules](https://farmaction.us/2021/02/24/a-guide-to-the-farmer-fair-practices-rules/) - The fight to protect farmers, ranchers and poultry growers from Big Ag monopolies is as important as it is complicated. We look at the fight to protect producers from corporate abuses, providing a one-stop shop for background and resources.
- [Another Slimy Move From Big Chicken: What Is Mountaire Trying to Hide?](https://farmaction.us/2022/08/10/another-slimy-move-from-big-chicken-what-is-mountaire-trying-to-hide/) - Mountaire is urging their contract farmers to oppose a transparency rule that would make it easier for farmers to protect themselves from unfair practices.
- [Forbes | Higher Chicken Prices Expected After $4.5 Billion Poultry Merger Wins U.S. Approval](https://farmaction.us/2022/08/05/forbes-higher-chicken-prices-expected-after-4-5-billion-poultry-merger-wins-u-s-approval/) - Farm Action tells Forbes that if the newly-merged Wayne-Sanderson corporation cannot use the tournament system, it may change the entire industry's dynamics,.
- [Bloomberg | US Chicken Merger Spells End to ‘Abusive’ Pay System for Farmers](https://farmaction.us/2022/07/27/bloomberg-us-chicken-merger-spells-end-to-abusive-pay-system-for-farmers/) - As the DOJ prohibits use of the poultry tournament system for Cargill-Continental, Farm Action's Joe Maxwell calls the settlement historic.
- [Farm Action Responds to Cargill-Continental Acquisition of Sanderson Farms](https://farmaction.us/2022/07/25/farm-action-responds-to-cargill-continental-acquisition-of-sanderson-farms/) - Farm Action is disappointed that DOJ did not block this merger, but applauds the agency for negotiating a historic consent decree backed by the authority of a court-appointed antitrust monitor
- [The Hagstrom Report | Open Markets, Farm Action Grade Biden on Food System Competition](https://farmaction.us/2022/06/14/the-hagstrom-report-open-markets-farm-action-grade-biden-on-food-system-competition/) - Issuing a report card grading the Biden administration's work to increase food system competition, Farm Action and Open Markets said time is of the essence.
- [Farm Action Grades the USDA, DOJ, and FTC at a D.C. Event](https://farmaction.us/2022/06/17/farm-action-grades-the-usda-doj-and-ftc-at-a-d-c-event/) - We released our report card grading the Biden administration's work to address monopoly power in the food system at an event in Washington, D.C.
- [USDA to Take On Livestock Market Concentration Through Packers and Stockyards Act Rulemaking](https://farmaction.us/2021/06/11/usda-to-take-on-livestock-market-concentration-through-packers-and-stockyards-act-rulemaking/) - Proposed changes to the Packers and Stockyards Act signal that USDA is heeding calls from farmers and policymakers to address market concentration.
- [Farm-Labor Alliance Applauds Farm System Reform Act Reintroduction](https://farmaction.us/2021/07/13/farm-labor-alliance-applauds-farm-system-reform-act-reintroduction/) - The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) and Family Farm Action call for the bill's swift passage to diminish corporate control over our food system.
- [Senate Bill to Liberate Meatpacking Workers and Farmers from Monopoly Meatpackers' Abuses](https://farmaction.us/2021/11/22/senate-bill-to-liberate-meatpacking-workers-and-farmers-from-monopoly-meatpackers-abuses/) - Family Farm Action Alliance applauds the Protecting America’s Meatpacking Workers Act, which combats monopoly control across the food and farm system.
- [Dear USDA: Issue the Packers and Stockyards Rules Now!](https://farmaction.us/2022/04/07/dear-usda-issue-the-packers-and-stockyards-rules-now/) - Farm Action told the USDA that they can and should act without delay to help farmers and ranchers escape from under the thumb of corporate monopolies.
- [Our Upcoming Testimony to Congress: Rein in Big Ag!](https://farmaction.us/2022/01/14/our-upcoming-testimony-to-congress-rein-in-big-ag/) - Farm Action has been invited to testify before the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust at a hearing on the state of food system concentration.
- [Modern Farmer | What Is the “Protect Interstate Commerce Act” and Why Does It Matter?](https://farmaction.us/2018/02/27/modern-farmer-what-is-the-protect-interstate-commerce-act-and-why-does-it-matter/) - 64 separate groups concerned with how food is produced issued a letter demanding that these proposals be stopped. “We feel that this bill puts us under attack,” says Chelsea Davis, the communications director for Family Farm Action.
- [Yahoo! News | Farmers Come Together to Give Views about 2023 Farm Bill: Kansas Leader Says to Make Bill Equitable for All](https://farmaction.us/2021/11/09/yahoo-news-farmers-come-together-to-give-views-about-2023-farm-bill-kansas-leader-says-to-make-bill-equitable-for-all/) - Farm Action Fund's coalition of farmers met virtually with more than 20 Congressional and Administrative offices, sharing their vision for a fair farm bill.
- [Farm Action Publishes a “Fair Farm Bill Policy Handbook” to Reform the U.S. Food and Farm System](https://farmaction.us/2022/05/23/farm-action-publishes-a-fair-farm-bill-policy-handbook-to-reform-the-u-s-food-and-farm-system/) - If Congress made the changes recommended by the Fair Farm Bill Policy Handbook, they could create a fair, inclusive, and competitive food and farm system.
- [Turkey Label Fraud: Groups File FTC Complaint Against Cargill for Misleading ‘Family Farmer’ Claims](https://farmaction.us/2020/11/24/turkey-label-fraud-groups-file-ftc-complaint-against-cargill-for-misleading-family-farmer-claims/) - Cargill has widely marketed and labeled its brand products as being raised by “independent family farmers.” These labeling practices imply benefits for workers, animals and the environment, when in fact, the turkeys produced for these two brands come from large, corporate-controlled factory farms.
- [FTC to Pick Up USDA’s Country of Origin Meat Labeling Slack](https://farmaction.us/2020/09/14/ftc-to-pick-up-usdas-country-of-origin-meat-labeling-slack/) - Family Farm Action Alliance Applauds New FTC Proposed Rule.
- [Smithfield’s Deceptive Sustainability Claims Slammed in FTC Complaint](https://farmaction.us/2021/02/04/smithfields-deceptive-sustainability-claims-slammed-in-ftc-complaint/) - A coalition of national and regional research, policy, and advocacy organizations filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission today arguing that Smithfield, the nation’s largest pork producer, routinely makes false and misleading claims about the sustainability of its pork products and the company’s environmental record.
- [Senators Announce Bipartisan Bill to Mandate Country of Origin Labeling for Beef](https://farmaction.us/2021/09/09/senators-announce-bipartisan-bill-to-mandate-country-of-origin-labeling-for-beef/) - Family Farm Action Alliance applauds legislation that would improve food labeling transparency and cattle market competition.
- [FTC and USDA Move to Clean up Rampant Meat Origin Labeling Fraud](https://farmaction.us/2021/07/06/ftc-and-usda-move-to-clean-up-rampant-meat-origin-labeling-fraud/) - FTC and USDA signal a commitment to creating more competitive markets, in which independent farmers and ranchers can be rewarded for their honest practices.
- [Brownfield Ag News | Groups See FTC Made In USA Proposed Rule Opening For COOL](https://farmaction.us/2020/09/15/brownfield-ag-groups-see-ftc-made-in-usa-proposed-rule-opening-for-cool/) - R-CALF USA and other groups see the new Federal Trade Commission proposed rule for product labels using “Made in the USA” as an opening to bring back the intent of Country of Origin Labeling.
- [Farm Action Tells USDA: Save Geographical Labeling for Upcoming “Product of U.S.A.” Rule](https://farmaction.us/2020/11/13/farm-action-tells-usda-save-geographical-labeling-for-upcoming-product-of-the-u-s-a-rule/) - Today, Family Farm Action Alliance submitted public comments to the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
- [Civil Eats | ‘Right to Repair’ Advocates Petition the FTC to Investigate John Deere](https://farmaction.us/2022/03/03/civil-eats-right-to-repair-advocates-petition-the-ftc-to-investigate-john-deere/) - Farm Action joined advocacy groups to file an FTC complaint against Deere, as "half of America’s farmers [are] under the thumb and control" of the corporation.
- [Agriculture Right to Repair Act Is a Common-Sense Move to Boost Rural Economies and Restore Farmers’ Rights, Says Farm Action](https://farmaction.us/2022/02/01/agricultural-right-to-repair-act-is-a-common-sense-move-to-boost-rural-economies-and-restore-farmers-rights-says-farm-action/) - Farm Action applauds Senator Tester for filing this legislation, which counterbalances the excessive power consolidated by global equipment manufacturers.
- [Farmer Organizations File “Right-To-Repair” Complaint Against Deere, Urging FTC to Investigate and Stop Abusive Restrictions on Farm Equipment Repair](https://farmaction.us/2022/03/03/farmer-organizations-file-right-to-repair-complaint-against-deere-urging-ftc-to-investigate-and-stop-abusive-restrictions-on-farm-equipment-repair/) - Farm Action joined National Farmers Union and US PIRG in filing a complaint against John Deere for their restrictions on farm equipment repair.
- [The American Prospect | The Big Tech Monopoly Down on the Farm](https://farmaction.us/2022/02/08/the-american-prospect-the-big-tech-monopoly-down-on-the-farm/) - Farm Action's Joe Maxwell says John Deere is using their technological equipment and outsized market power to hoard data points, stealing profit from farmers.
- [FTC Complaint Sparks Investigation into Deere's Repair Restrictions](https://farmaction.us/2022/04/04/ftc-complaint-sparks-investigation-into-deeres-repair-restrictions/) - Farm Action's FTC complaint has sparked a formal investigation into John Deere’s abusive equipment repair restrictions, according to the Capitol Forum.
- [Reuters | U.S. Senators Propose FTC Investigate Beef Price Fixing](https://farmaction.us/2022/05/20/reuters-u-s-senators-propose-ftc-investigate-beef-price-fixing/) - Farm Action's Angela Huffman says Congress should use every tool to stop monopoly abuses — including a 1914 rule directing FTC to investigate violations.
- [Report Exposes Meatpacking Monopoly’s Fake Shortages During Pandemic](https://farmaction.us/2022/05/13/report-exposes-meatpacking-monopolys-fake-shortages-during-pandemic/) - A congressional report has revealed the devious and unethical underpinnings of meat corporations' lobbying efforts in the early months of the pandemic.
- [Farm Action Calls for End of Reagan-Era Antitrust Framework in Public Comments to FTC and DOJ](https://farmaction.us/2022/04/22/farm-action-calls-for-end-of-reagan-era-antitrust-framework-in-public-comments-to-ftc-and-doj/) - Farm Action submitted a comment to the FTC and DOJ setting out the case for ending a 40-year failed experiment in antitrust law enforcement.
- [Farm Action Urges Lamb Checkoff Reform at USDA](https://farmaction.us/2020/12/07/farm-action-urges-lamb-checkoff-reform-at-usda/) - Family Farm Action Alliance recommends broader checkoff reforms can be implemented that truly benefit farmers and ranchers: a return to a voluntary point of sale checkoff to allow farmers, ranchers and producers to opt into checkoff payments as they could when the programs were first established.
- [Farm Action Comments on COVID Stimulus Grant Distribution](https://farmaction.us/2021/03/31/farm-action-comments-on-covid-stimulus-grant-distribution/) - Family Farm Action Alliance submitted a comment to the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service, recommending how COVID stimulus grants should be developed, distributed, and implemented for small businesses throughout the food system.
- [Farm Action Comments on Biden’s EO on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad](https://farmaction.us/2021/04/29/farm-action-comments-on-bidens-eo-on-tackling-the-climate-crisis-at-home-and-abroad/) - While the comment addressed key issues identified by USDA, it went further to make policy recommendations that would center farmers and ranchers as a part of the climate solution while detailing the safeguards needed to deter the continued concentration of the food system.
- [Farm Action Comments on the Executive Order on America’s Supply Chains](https://farmaction.us/2021/06/22/farm-action-comments-on-the-executive-order-on-americas-supply-chains/) - Farm Action submitted comments to the USDA to shift policy priorities toward more resilient food supply chains and a democratized food system.
- [$500 Million Investment In Small Meat Processing an Opportunity for Competitive, Equitable Livestock Markets](https://farmaction.us/2021/08/30/500-million-investment-in-small-meat-processing-an-opportunity-for-competitive-equitable-livestock-markets/) - Family Farm Action Alliance urged the USDA to prioritize competition and fairness as it invests $500 million in local and regional meat processing capacity.
- [162 Organizations Criticize Congress’ Move to Rescind USDA Funding Ahead of a Global Food Crisis](https://farmaction.us/2022/04/05/162-organizations-criticize-congress-move-to-rescind-usda-funding-ahead-of-a-global-food-crisis/) - In letters to President Biden and Congress members, the organizations urged Congress to reconsider taking money away from food system resiliency programs.
- [Farm Groups Urge USDA to Investigate Whole Foods’ “Antibiotic-Free” Claims for Public Safety and Market Fairness](https://farmaction.us/2022/04/08/farm-groups-urge-usda-to-investigate-whole-foods-antibiotic-free-claims-for-public-safety-and-market-fairness/) - We urged the USDA to respond immediately to Whole Foods' false labeling claims: Only a recall and investigation will protect consumers and farmers.
- [Farm Action Local Leader Web Davis Has a Vision](https://farmaction.us/2021/01/22/farm-action-local-leader-web-davis-has-a-vision/) - Meet Farm Action Local Leader Webster (Web) Davis. Web took an active role in the drafting of our Farmers Bill of Rights, motivated by his belief that “economic and social justice are intertwined.”
- [Drovers | FSIS Asked to Recall Beef Over Failed Antibiotic Tests](https://farmaction.us/2022/04/12/drovers-fsis-asked-to-recall-beef-over-failed-antibiotic-tests/) - Farm Action's Angela Huffman says false labels are dangerous to health and damaging to farmers, and called on the USDA to act swiftly.
- [A Backroom Deal Threatens $1.65 Billion of Our Hard Fought for Dollars](https://farmaction.us/2022/03/28/a-backroom-deal-threatens-1-65-billion-of-our-hard-fought-for-dollars/) - Congress is poised to take money away from critical rural development and food security programs at the USDA. We won't give it up without a fight.
- [The White House Has a Four-Part Plan to Oust Big Meat](https://farmaction.us/2022/01/14/the-white-house-has-a-four-part-plan-to-oust-big-meat/) - While funding is an important first step, Farm Action will continue urging swift action to complete the remaining steps and break the corporate stranglehold.
- [Policy and Personnel Wins for a Better Rural America](https://farmaction.us/2021/04/29/policy-and-personnel-wins-for-a-better-rural-america/) - Democratizing our food system is a heavy lift, but in just four months, the Farm Action team has made substantial progress towards actualizing this vision. Join us to pause and reflect on the progress of the policies and people we have pushed for, and all that we have to look forward to.
- [Trailblazers and Game Changers: How Kansan Black Women Leaders Are Fighting for Family Farms](https://farmaction.us/2021/05/27/kansan-black-women-leaders-are-fighting-for-family-farms/) - Our latest blog tells the history of Kansas' prosperous Black farmers, and how the present-day fight to reclaim that legacy will benefit all family farmers.
- [The Wall Street Journal | Cattle Ranchers Take Aim at Meatpackers’ Dominance](https://farmaction.us/2022/03/21/the-wall-street-journal-cattle-ranchers-take-aim-at-meatpackers-dominance/) - While monopoly meatpackers pay fines, Farm Action's Joe Maxwell says, as “the cost of doing business,” some ranchers are fighting back against the exploitation.
- [Farm Action’s Testimony Before Congressional Committee to Illustrate How Food System Concentration Impacts Farmers, Workers, and Rural Communities](https://farmaction.us/2022/01/19/farm-actions-testimony-before-congressional-committee-to-illustrate-how-food-system-concentration-impacts-farmers-workers-and-rural-communities/) - Farm Action's testimony for the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust will focus on the real-world impacts of corporate concentration.
- [The Hill | Standing up for Family Farms](https://farmaction.us/2022/01/11/the-hill-standing-up-for-family-farms/) - Farm Action has been recognized by The Hill as an "influential force" in the movement to create more competition in our food and farm system.
- [Bloomberg Government | Agribusiness Critics Seek to Head Off Heitkamp’s USDA Prospects](https://farmaction.us/2020/11/17/bloomberg-government-agribusiness-critics-seek-to-head-off-heitkamps-usda-prospects/) - Former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), a possible pick to head the Agriculture Department under President-elect Joe Biden, should be ruled out for her ties to agribusiness corporations and fossil fuel interests, more than 150 environmental, social justice, and labor groups said.
- [Now This Podcast | Who Is Big Meat?](https://farmaction.us/2020/08/25/now-this-podcast-who-is-big-meat/) - Whether it’s beef, chicken, or pork, most of the meat produced in the U.S. is the result of an industrial food system controlled by a handful of powerful multinational meatpacking corporations.
- [Down to Earth: The Planet to Plate Podcast | Shifting our food system to benefit farmers and eaters–not corporate monopolies](https://farmaction.us/2021/01/21/down-to-earth-the-planet-to-plate-podcast-its-the-policy-stupid-shifting-our-food-system-to-benefit-farmers-and-eaters-not-corporate-monopolies/) - Joe Maxwell, President of the Family Farm Action Alliance has witnessed the shift from a functional capitalism to one that favors large monopolies at the expense of farmers, consumers, and the earth itself. He lays out the problems—and some ways forward—as we look to a new presidential administration.
- [Newsweek | Young Farmers Say Foreign Developers Buying Up U.S. Land as They Can't Pay Student Loan Debt](https://farmaction.us/2021/03/16/newsweek-young-farmers-say-foreign-developers-buying-up-u-s-land-as-they-cant-pay-student-loan-debt/) - Family Farm Action Alliance co-founders Angela Huffman and Joe Maxwell highlight the threat of foreign corporate interest in U.S. farmland in Newsweek magazine.
- [WNAX | Family Farm Action Alliance Backs Climate Stewardship Act Legislation](https://farmaction.us/2021/04/14/wnax-family-farm-action-alliance-backs-climate-stewardship-act-legislation/) - The Climate Stewardship Act was reintroduced in Congress. Family Farm Action Alliance President Joe Maxwell says it incentivizes climate change mitigation strategies.
- [Christian Science Monitor | ‘Personnel is policy’: How progressives are shaping Biden administration](https://farmaction.us/2021/07/08/christian-science-monitor-personnel-is-policy-how-progressives-are-shaping-biden-administration/) - Ahead of an executive order that will diminish corporate power, Family Farm Action President Joe Maxwell says Big Ag is a "threat to our democracy."
- [Politico | China is buying up American farms. Washington wants to crack down.](https://farmaction.us/2021/07/21/politico-china-is-buying-up-american-farms-washington-wants-to-crack-down/) - Without Congressional action, Family Farm Action's Joe Maxwell says global corporate interests will cut young farmers out of the market as older farmers retire.
- [Common Dreams | Family Farm Action Alliance Releases Report to 'Counter Big Ag's Deception'](https://farmaction.us/2021/07/28/common-dreams-family-farm-action-alliance-releases-report-to-counter-big-ags-deception/) - The Truth About Industrial Agriculture report documents how agribusiness corporations "intentionally evade costs all along their supply chains."
- [The American Prospect | Bipartisan Group Converges on Ag Concentration](https://farmaction.us/2021/07/28/american-prospect-bipartisan-group-converges-on-ag-concentration/) - Amid a growing bipartisan movement against corporate monopolies, a report from Farm Action exposes the impact of industrial agriculture.
- [The New Yorker | Is It Time to Break up Big Ag?](https://farmaction.us/2021/08/17/the-new-yorker-is-it-time-to-break-up-big-ag/) - Shifting attitudes toward antitrust law created today's consolidation. Our polling found that rural U.S. will support candidates who liberate them from Big Ag.
- [Farm Action Releases Toolkit for New Congress  to Tackle Food Monopoly Crisis](https://farmaction.us/2021/01/13/farm-action-releases-toolkit-for-new-congress-to-tackle-food-monopoly-crisis/) - Family Farm Action Alliance released a comprehensive toolkit for the 117th Congress to tackle the dangerous levels of consolidation in today’s food system. Its policy recommendations are based on conclusions from the pivotal report, "The Food System: Concentration and Its Impacts."
- [Farm Action Applauds Justice for Black Farmers Act Reintroduction](https://farmaction.us/2021/02/09/farm-action-applauds-justice-for-black-farmers-act-reintroduction/) - Family Farm Action Alliance applauds the introduction of the Justice for Black Farmers Act and stands in support of the sponsoring Senators and lead organizations. This legislation is an important step to end systemic discrimination by redistributing power and providing land and resources so that all farmers may have the opportunity to prosper, steward the land, and feed their communities.
- [Family Farm Action Alliance Stands with India’s Farmers](https://farmaction.us/2021/02/19/family-farm-action-alliance-stands-with-indias-farmers/) - Family Farm Action Alliance and 86 other food and farm justice groups issued a petition to let India’s farmers know that we stand with them in their fight against corporations attempting to increase their stranglehold over India’s food and agricultural system.
- [COVID Relief Bill Takes Cues From Family Farm Action Alliance’s Policy Toolkit](https://farmaction.us/2021/03/07/covid-relief-bill-takes-cues-from-family-farm-action-alliances-policy-toolkit/) - In the recently passed 1.9 trillion dollar pandemic aid stimulus bill, Family Farm Action Alliance saw the advancement of multiple provisions aimed at tackling the faults in today’s food system.
- [Farm Action Applauds Reintroduction of the Safe Line Speeds During COVID-19 Act](https://farmaction.us/2021/03/11/farm-action-applauds-reintroduction-of-the-safe-line-speeds-during-covid-19-act/) - Family Farm Action Alliance commends the reintroduction of the Safe Line Speeds During COVID-19 Act. This pandemic has taken a disproportionate toll on meatpacking workers’ health, and increased line speeds have made these workers' jobs even more dangerous. Meatpacker monopolies should not be rewarded with increased line speeds to make up for supply chain failures caused by their own pursuit of profit and consolidation.
- [Farm Action Applauds Reintroduction of Climate Stewardship Act](https://farmaction.us/2021/04/12/farm-action-applauds-reintroduction-of-climate-stewardship-act/) - Stacked with sweeping provisions centering voluntary incentives for conservation, renewable energy, and local food system programs, Family Farm Action Alliance is optimistic that if enacted, this legislation would offer both immediate and long-term relief to farmers struggling to navigate a brittle, consolidated food system in a changing climate.
- [Groundbreaking Report Exposes Industrial Agriculture’s Myths and Hidden Costs](https://farmaction.us/2021/07/28/groundbreaking-report-exposes-industrial-agricultures-myths-and-hidden-costs/) - Announcing the release of a report that exposes the devious practices of large, monopolistic agrifood corporations in well-researched detail.
- [The Washington Post | In latest effort to combat rising prices, White House to offer $1 billion in aid for smaller meat-industry producers](https://farmaction.us/2022/01/04/washington-post-in-latest-effort-to-combat-rising-prices-white-house-to-offer-1-billion-in-aid-for-smaller-meat-industry-producers/) - As Big Meat gouges producers and consumers, Farm Action's Joe Maxwell says investing in processing capacity is a significant first step toward more competition.
- [Big Ag Mythbusters: Is Industrial Agriculture Really Inevitable?](https://farmaction.us/2021/10/12/big-ag-mythbusters-is-industrial-agriculture-really-inevitable/) - We’re pushing back against corporate-created myths: industrial agriculture is nothing more than the result of specific policy decisions, which can be reversed.
- [2021 in Review: How We Took Action in a Critical Year](https://farmaction.us/2021/12/20/2021-in-review-how-we-took-action-in-a-critical-year/) - In 2021, we mobilized our strategy to dismantle industrial agriculture and shift power into the hands of individuals all along the food supply chain.
- [New White House Action Plan Pledges to Open Up Consolidated Meat and Poultry Industries](https://farmaction.us/2022/01/03/new-white-house-action-plan-pledges-to-open-up-consolidated-meat-and-poultry-industries/) - The Action Plan honors recommendations made by our staff to improve competition and resilience by investing in local and regional food systems.
- [KMEG 14 FOX 44 Siouxland News | Farmers from across the country came together for change at the Family Farm Action Rally](https://farmaction.us/2020/03/30/kmeg-14-fox-44-siouxland-news-farmers-from-across-the-country-came-together-for-change-at-the-family-farm-action-rally/) - Farmers and advocates came together to call on politicians in Washington D.C. and State Houses across the country to pledge reforms guided by the Farmers Bill of Rights.
- [Fox News | Biden agricultural secretary pick made $1M a year off struggling farmers](https://farmaction.us/2020/12/11/fox-news-biden-agricultural-secretary-pick-made-1m-a-year-off-struggling-farmers/) - President-elect Joe Biden plucked Tom Vilsack to serve as agricultural secretary, a former Iowa governor who filled the role under President Obama. But some farmers are sure to be outraged by the decision... At a hearing nearly two years earlier, in May 2017, the Ohio Democrat had let Perdue go on at length describing his goals for reorganizing the Department of Agriculture. Running it like a corporate CEO would bring better results to rural America, he'd said.
- [The Guardian | Are Biden’s carbon markets as good as they look? No, say smaller farms](https://farmaction.us/2021/05/14/the-guardian-are-bidens-carbon-markets-as-good-as-they-look-no-say-smaller-farms/) - Farmers and activists say carbon markets will lock in monocrop systems and industrial operations that degrade the environment and shut out smaller farms.
- [2020: How We Fought for Justice in Our Food System](https://farmaction.us/2020/12/20/2020-in-review/) - In the face of humbling challenges, we learned new ways to work, connect with our supporters and stakeholders, and keep policymakers engaged in food system reform. We are proud to say that, together, we have had success during these challenging times.
- [Big Ag Mythbusters: Do We Really Need Industrial Agriculture to Feed the World?](https://farmaction.us/2021/08/27/do-we-really-need-industrial-agriculture-to-feed-the-world/) - Dispelling the myths of Big Ag: when profit for monopoly companies is the top priority, industrial agriculture will never successfully feed the world.
- [The Washington Post | Tom Vilsack Is Reassuring Farmers that Biden's Proposal Will Help Them](https://farmaction.us/2021/09/15/the-washington-post-tom-vilsack-is-reassuring-farmers-that-bidens-proposal-will-help-them/) - Cautiously optimistic about Secretary Vilsack's performance, Farm Action's Joe Maxwell praised the commitments to equity and competition he has made so far.
- [Bloomberg | Thanksgiving Brings Complaints Over Turkey Farming Claims](https://farmaction.us/2020/11/24/bloomberg-thanksgiving-brings-complaints-over-turkey-farming-claims/) - Thanksgiving week kicked off with complaints about how turkeys processed by some U.S. poultry producers are handled.
- [Times of India | How ‘Big Ag’ Ate Up America’s Small Farms](https://farmaction.us/2021/03/09/times-of-india-how-big-ag-ate-up-americas-small-farms/) - 40 years ago, the US threw open farming to the corporate sector, something India now wants to do. How has this played out there?
- [Vox | How Biden can rein in the Big Meat monopoly](https://farmaction.us/2021/02/25/vox-how-biden-can-rein-in-the-big-meat-monopoly/) - How we produce meat has profound implications for people, the environment, and animals. Big Meat corporations operate on an industrial model of animal agriculture that drives farmers off the land, injures workers, traps billions of animals in horrid conditions, pollutes rural drinking water, and in some states disproportionately sickens rural communities of color.
- [The Daily Yonder | Senate Democrats take aim at antitrust and lack of competition in ag markets](https://farmaction.us/2021/02/11/the-daily-yonder-senate-democrats-take-aim-at-antitrust-and-lack-of-competition-in-ag-markets/) - Family farm groups are applauding a new proposal by Senate Democrats to strengthen antitrust enforcement and make markets fairer and more competitive.
- [Brownfield Ag News | Klobuchar introduces Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act](https://farmaction.us/2021/02/09/brownfield-ag-news-klobuchar-introduces-competition-and-antitrust-law-enforcement-reform-act/) - Minnesota Democrat Amy Klobuchar filed the Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act. She says while the United States once had some of the most effective antitrust laws in the world, today’s economy faces a massive competition problem that can’t be swept under the rug.
- [Bloomberg | Biden Moves to Strengthen Market Protections for Farmers](https://farmaction.us/2021/06/14/bloomberg-biden-moves-to-strengthen-market-protections-for-farmers/) - The Biden Administration proposed new regulations under the Packers and Stockyards Act to protect farmers and ranchers from unfair trade practices.
- [Mother Jones | Here’s How Biden’s New Executive Order Could Shake Up Big Ag](https://farmaction.us/2021/07/12/mother-jones-heres-how-bidens-new-executive-order-could-shake-up-big-ag/) - Farmer and labor advocates hailed a sweeping Executive Order aimed at massive corporations that dominate multiple marketplaces.
- [The Guardian | Revealed: The True Extent of America's Food Monopolies, and Who Pays the Price](https://farmaction.us/2021/07/14/the-guardian-revealed-the-true-extent-of-americas-food-monopolies-and-who-pays-the-price/) - A handful of powerful companies control the majority market share of almost 80% of dozens of grocery items bought by ordinary Americans, new analysis reveals.
- [The Guardian | ‘They rake in profits – everyone else suffers’: US workers lose out as big chicken gets bigger](https://farmaction.us/2021/08/11/the-guardian-they-rake-in-profits-everyone-else-suffers-us-workers-lose-out-as-big-chicken-gets-bigger/) - Monopoly corporations keep workers and farmers on a treadmill, underpaying them despite true labor and environmental costs, says Farm Action's Joe Maxwell.
- [Washington Monthly | More Trouble with Big Chicken](https://farmaction.us/2021/08/25/washington-monthly-more-trouble-with-big-chicken/) - Farm Action's Joe Maxwell says continued consolidation in poultry is about control — which antitrust enforcers currently have an opportunity to challenge.
- [The New York Times | Lawsuits Over ‘Misleading’ Food Labels Surge as Groups Cite Lax U.S. Oversight](https://farmaction.us/2021/09/07/the-new-york-times-lawsuits-over-misleading-food-labels-surge-as-groups-cite-lax-u-s-oversight/) - Lawsuits tackle misleading food labels, which Farm Action co-founder Angela Huffman says trick consumers into supporting monopolies instead of family farmers.
- [Big Ag Mythbusters: Does Industrial Agriculture Really Support Rural Economies?](https://farmaction.us/2021/07/15/big-ag-mythbusters-does-industrial-agriculture-really-support-rural-economies/) - We’re pushing back against corporate-created myths: industrial agriculture creates problems — not solutions — for rural communities.
- [Big Ag Mythbusters: Is Industrial Agriculture Really Climate-Smart and Environmentally Sound?](https://farmaction.us/2021/08/12/big-ag-mythbusters-is-industrial-agriculture-really-climate-smart-and-environmentally-sound/) - We’re pushing back against Big Ag's myths: their toxic, extractive practices damage the environment and pass the costs of cleanup along to taxpayers.
- [Food & Environment Reporting Network | Facing a Merger and a Pay Cut, Chicken Farmers Push Back](https://farmaction.us/2021/10/04/food-environment-reporting-network-facing-a-merger-and-a-pay-cut-chicken-farmers-push-back/) - Farm Action's Joe Maxwell says corporate monopolies extract wealth from farmers. But farmers, sick of the scare tactics and bad contracts, are pushing back.
- [Reintroduction of Commodity Checkoff Reform Legislation Aims to End Program Corruption](https://farmaction.us/2021/09/28/reintroduction-of-commodity-checkoff-reform-legislation-aims-to-end-program-corruption/) - By reintroducing two checkoff reform bills, Congress members are stepping in to "do what’s right for family farmers and ranchers,” says Farm Action's Joe Maxwell.
- [Meatingplace | Smithfield’s sustainability claims challenged in FTC complaint](https://farmaction.us/2021/02/05/meatingplace-smithfields-sustainability-claims-challenged-in-ftc-complaint/) - Food & Water Watch and other consumer advocacy groups on Thursday filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, asking the body to enjoin Smithfield Foods from making “false claims” about its pork products and how the company produces them.
- [Farmers, Workers and Rural Communities Could See Significant Support from Latest COVID-19 Relief Package](https://farmaction.us/2020/12/21/farmers-workers-and-rural-communities-could-see-significant-support-from-latest-covid-19-relief-package/) - Congress listened to the concerns of farmers, ranchers, and rural communities as they drafted the latest version of COVID-19 relief. Many of the grants, payments, and regulatory changes in this legislation will help working families, small businesses and farmers get through a difficult time.
- [Sen. Klobuchar’s Competition and Antitrust Bill is a Historic Step Toward Curbing Monopolies](https://farmaction.us/2021/02/08/sen-klobuchars-competition-and-antitrust-bill-is-a-historic-step-toward-curbing-monopolies/) - This comprehensive Act is a major overhaul of existing anti-monopoly law, taking aim at the growing stranglehold a few corporations have over our markets and economy.
- [The Counter | When meat is sourced from “independent family farms,” what does that really mean?](https://farmaction.us/2021/01/05/the-counter-when-meat-is-sourced-from-independent-family-farms-what-does-that-really-mean/) - A coalition of sustainable farming groups is calling on FTC to regulate use of the term, which it calls deceptive to customers and harmful to “truly independent farmers.”
- [Farm Action Applauds New Justice for Black Farmers Act](https://farmaction.us/2020/11/19/farm-action-applauds-new-justice-for-black-farmers-act/) - Today, Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Elizabeth Warren (D-NH), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) are filing the Justice for Black Farmers Act of 2020. This bill takes up issues at the root of the historic racial discrimination in U.S. agriculture
- [COVID-19 Policy Response: A Stronger, More Inclusive Economy for All Americans](https://farmaction.us/2020/03/25/family-farm-action-alliances-response-covid-19-a-stronger-more-inclusive-economy-for-all-americans-2/) - We as Americans have overcome individual and community adversity many times in our collective history, and we can overcome the threat the COVID-19 pandemic presents to all of our health and safety.
- [The Counter | Covid-19 made our food system more vulnerable. Turns out it also generated massive amounts of waste.](https://farmaction.us/2020/11/25/the-counter-covid-19-made-our-food-system-more-vulnerable-turns-out-it-also-generated-massive-amounts-of-waste/) - America's consolidated food system is not doing what it needs to do, which is feed people. Farm Action’s new report exposes how our food system has wasted a staggering amount of meat during the pandemic and exacerbated the hunger of millions.
- [Feedstuffs | Report: Ag concentration negatively affecting food supply chain](https://farmaction.us/2020/11/19/feedstuffs-report-ag-concentration-negatively-affecting-food-supply-chain/) - Consequences of increased agribusiness concentration became very evident with the COVID-19 crisis, and a new report reveals shortfalls in the current system.
- [Farm Action Releases Pivotal Agricultural Consolidation Report in Partnership with Open Markets Institute](https://farmaction.us/2020/11/19/family-farm-action-alliance-releases-pivotal-agricultural-consolidation-report-in-partnership-with-open-markets-institute/) - Today, Family Farm Action Alliance, in partnership with Open Markets Institute, released a groundbreaking report titled, “The Food System: Concentration and Its Impacts,” at a virtual event
- [Common Dreams | Calls to Break Up 'Big Meat' as Nearly 900 Workers at Single Tyson Processing Plant Test Positive for Covid-19](https://farmaction.us/2020/05/01/calls-to-break-up-big-meat-as-nearly-900-workers-at-single-tyson-processing-plant-test-positive-for-covid-19/) - As hundreds of workers at a Tyson meat plant tested positive Thursday for Covid-19—days after the president ordered meat processing plants to remain open—one advocacy organization demanded a break-up of the nation’s “big four” meat producers, saying the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the deep-seated issues of a highly centralized food system.
- [The Pitch | Butcher Kings: COVID-19 Exposes a Meat Industry “Too Big to Fail”](https://farmaction.us/2020/05/15/butcher-kings-covid-19-exposes-a-meat-industry-too-big-to-fail/) - When thinking of COVID-19’s fastest-growing hotspots, forget our urban centers. The Midwest’s new ground zero? Meatpacking plants.
- [Vox | Farmers and animal rights activists are coming together to fight big factory farms](https://farmaction.us/2020/07/08/farmers-and-animal-rights-activists-are-coming-together-to-fight-big-factory-farms/) - About a year before Sen. Cory Booker officially ran for president, he took a trip through the Midwest, meeting voters in the states he knew he’d need to win.

## Pages

- [Farm Action](https://farmaction.us/) - Farm Action is a nonpartisan, farmer-led watchdog advocating for accountability from our government and large corporations within the agricultural sector.
- [2018 Drovers Poll: Beef Checkoff Not Working for Cattle Producers](https://farmaction.us/droverspoll/) - A beef industry magazine poll found ranchers were irate about the mismanaged funds, collusive relationships, and corporate greed they had witnessed with the beef checkoff.
- [Add Your Name: Time To Reform Corrupt Checkoff Programs](https://farmaction.us/reform-corrupt-checkoff-programs/) - Programs entrusted with the hard-earned dollars of America's family farmers should maintain the highest levels of integrity and transparency.
- [About Us](https://farmaction.us/about-us/) - Farm Action is building a movement for a fair, inclusive, and competitive food and agriculture system.
- [Prop 12: Farmers’ Voices](https://farmaction.us/prop-12-farmers-voices/) - Prop 12 is a lifeline for family farms, and we’re fighting to protect it.
- [Lowering Beef Prices While Rebuilding America's Cattle Sector](https://farmaction.us/lowering-beef-prices-while-rebuilding-americas-cattle-sector/) - Policymakers can support both consumers and ranchers by rebuilding the U.S. cattle herd, restoring competition, and expanding regional processing.
- [2026 Farm Bill](https://farmaction.us/farm-bill-2026/) - We're fighting for farm policy that supports independent farmers, healthy food, and U.S. food security.
- [Policy Recommendations](https://farmaction.us/policy-recommendations/) - Farm Action's policy recommendations toward a more fair, inclusive, and competitive food and agriculture system.
- [Farm Action Local Leaders](https://farmaction.us/local-leaders/) - This network of farmers, ranchers, workers, rural advocates, and eaters are taking charge in the movement for a fair, inclusive, and competitive food system.
- [Stay Connected: Join the Farm Action Movement](https://farmaction.us/sign-up/) - Stay Connected: Join the Farm Action Movement
- [Agriculture Consolidation Data Hub](https://farmaction.us/agriculture-consolidation-data-hub/) - Explore Farm Action’s agriculture consolidation data hub to learn about the state of concentration in our food system, why it matters, and how to reform it.
- [Agriculture Concentration Data](https://farmaction.us/concentrationdata/) - Our agricultural system concentration data reveals the widespread market concentration in nearly every agricultural sector in the U.S.
- [Employment](https://farmaction.us/employment/)
- [Our Team](https://farmaction.us/our-team/) - Board and Staff of Farm Action
- [Tell Congress: Protect Family Farmers, Not Corporations](https://farmaction.us/tell-congress-protect-family-farmers-not-corporations/) - In just a few clicks, tell Congress to back independent farmers—not corporate giants.
- [Tell USDA: No Delays on Poultry Grower Protections](https://farmaction.us/tell-usda-no-delays-on-poultry-grower-protections/) - USDA is considering delaying a rule that establishes fair pay protections for poultry growers. Tell the agency to implement it now in just a few clicks.
- [Tell Congress to Protect Our Food and Farmers](https://farmaction.us/tell-congress-to-protect-our-food-and-farmers/) - Right now, Congress is writing the 2026 Farm Bill. In just a few clicks, tell Congress: Back independent farmers—not corporate giants.
- [Restore Country of Origin Labels for Meat](https://farmaction.us/labeling/) - Consumers deserve to know where their meat comes from — and farmers deserve a fair shot in the marketplace.
- [Checkoff Program Reform](https://farmaction.us/checkoffreform/) - Checkoff programs have evolved into a behind-the-scenes government machine extracting money from farmers and funneling it to corporate lobbyists.
- [Thanks for Staying Subscribed!](https://farmaction.us/still-in/)
- [Our Finances](https://farmaction.us/our-finances/) - Farm Action is nonprofit and nonpartisan and we do not accept any funding from government or corporations.
- [Give Now](https://farmaction.us/give-now/) - Chip in to revitalize rural America.
- [Donate](https://farmaction.us/donate/) - Chip in to revitalize rural America.
- [Testimonies](https://farmaction.us/testimonies/) - The Farm Action educates policymakers across the U.S. government about how to create a more fair, inclusive, and competitive food system.
- [Food, Not Feed](https://farmaction.us/foodnotfeed/) - Our corporate-controlled food system prioritizes feeding industrial livestock, not people. It’s time to shift our support toward Food, Not Feed.
- [Tell Trade Officials: Restore Country of Origin Meat Labeling](https://farmaction.us/tell-trade-officials-restore-country-of-origin-meat-labeling/) - Add your voice: urge trade officials to reinstate MCOOL and put American farmers, ranchers, and consumers first.
- [Tell Secretary Rollins and the USDA to Promote Healthy Food and Protect America’s Farmers](https://farmaction.us/tell-secretary-rollins-and-the-usda-to-promote-healthy-food-and-protect-americas-farmers/) - Join us in urging USDA to stand with family farmers—not corporate giants—to rebuild local, healthy food systems.
- [Investigation Reveals USDA’s Failure to Prevent Checkoff Program Abuse](https://farmaction.us/investigation-reveals-usdas-failure-to-prevent-checkoff-program-abuse/) - Our investigation found that USDA has reneged on its responsibilities to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of farmer tax dollars.
- [Reports](https://farmaction.us/reports/) - A guide to Farm Action's research reports and policy recommendations
- [A Healthy Food System Begins With Farmers: Policy Recommendations to the MAHA Commission](https://farmaction.us/a-healthy-food-system-begins-with-farmers-policy-recommendations-to-the-maha-commission/) - Farm Action and Farm Action Fund's policy recommendations in response to the MAHA Report center farmers in the solutions for improving our nation’s health.
- [A 2023 Review of the Biden Administration’s Commitment to Food System Competition](https://farmaction.us/a-2023-review-of-the-biden-administrations-commitment-to-food-system-competition/) - Farm Action and Open Markets Institute graded federal agencies' progress toward President Biden's executive order to promote competition throughout the economy.
- [“Kings Over the Necessaries of Life”: Monopolization and the Elimination of Competition in America’s Agriculture System](https://farmaction.us/kings-over-the-necessaries-of-life-monopolization-and-the-elimination-of-competition-in-americas-agriculture-system/) - This report shows how market concentration across the food and agriculture system enables a handful of corporations to dictate who farms, what they farm, and what we eat.
- [Stop the Fertilizer Price Hikes](https://farmaction.us/stop-the-fertilizer-price-hikes/) - Fertilizer corporations are using global crises as an excuse to raise prices and pocket record profits. Join our campaign to stop the price hikes!
- [Strengthening the Packers and Stockyards Act](https://farmaction.us/ps-act-reform/) - We're using everything at our disposal to get the Packers & Stockyards Act the boost it needs to prevent massive corporations from accruing and abusing power.
- [Tell the FTC: Investigate and Prosecute Egg Industry Price Fixing](https://farmaction.us/sign-the-petition-tell-the-ftc-to-investigate-the-egg-industrys-price-hikes/) - Egg companies are raking in record profits while blaming avian flu and inflation for their price hikes. It's time for an investigation.
- [Right to Repair Campaign](https://farmaction.us/righttorepair/) - Farmers should be allowed to fix their own tractors.
- [Add Your Name: Tell President Trump and Congress: Americans Want a Healthy Food System!](https://farmaction.us/add-your-name-tell-president-trump-and-congress-americans-want-a-healthy-food-system/) - It’s time to prioritize our nation’s farmers and the public’s health over the profits of dominant corporations.
- [Stop the Price Gouging](https://farmaction.us/stop-the-price-gouging/) - Farm Action stays vigilant against price gouging and corporate greed in our fight for a truly competitive food and farm system.
- [Register for Farm Action's 5th Anniversary Reception](https://farmaction.us/register-for-farm-actions-5th-anniversary-reception/) - This event is a unique opportunity to come together and commemorate our shared fight against corporate food monopolies and set the stage for what's next.
- [Tell USDA: Restore Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets for America’s Producers](https://farmaction.us/tell-usda-restore-fair-and-competitive-livestock-and-poultry-markets-for-americas-producers/) - The largest meatpackers have been getting away with cheating and abusing America’s farmers and ranchers for too long. They deserve the right to fight back.
- [Tell USDA: Protect America’s Poultry Growers](https://farmaction.us/tell-usda-protect-americas-poultry-growers/) - Tell USDA to strengthen its proposed rule so that it better supports poultry growers across the country.
- [Fair Farm Bill Campaign](https://farmaction.us/fair-farm-bill/) - The 2023 farm bill is the best opportunity to deliver on our vision of a fair, inclusive, and competitive food and agriculture system.
- [Enough Is Enough Tour](https://farmaction.us/enough-is-enough-tour/) - Farmers and ranchers are gathering across the country to demand a fair farm bill.
- [Building Power Through Information](https://farmaction.us/buildingpower/) - Chip in to Revitalize Rural America.
- [Advocates in Alliance](https://farmaction.us/advocatesinalliance/) - Chip in to Revitalize Rural America.
- [We Won the Fight over "Product of U.S.A." Label Reform!](https://farmaction.us/we-won-the-fight-over-product-of-usa-label-reform/) - We stopped global corporations from cheating U.S. farmers and consumers by labeling imported meat as a “Product of U.S.A.”
- [Tell USDA: Support Fruit and Vegetable Farmers](https://farmaction.us/tell-usda-support-fruit-and-vegetable-farmers-ad/) - Family farmers need support, but government policies are standing in the way. It only takes a few clicks to make a difference.
- [Tell USDA: Support Fruit and Vegetable Farmers](https://farmaction.us/tell-usda-support-fruit-and-vegetable-farmers-2/) - In just a few clicks, you can tell the USDA how to better support fruit and vegetable farmers across the country.
- [Add Your Name: Stand With Protesting Farmers and Endorse Our Demands](https://farmaction.us/add-your-name-stand-with-protesting-farmers-and-endorse-our-demands/) - Add your name to support farmers across the world and join the fight.
- [Tell USDA: Support Fruit and Vegetable Farmers](https://farmaction.us/tell-usda-support-fruit-and-vegetable-farmers/) - In just a few clicks, you can tell the USDA how to better support fruit and vegetable farmers across the country.
- [Thank You for Taking Action!](https://farmaction.us/thank-you-for-taking-action/) - Your actions will help us shift power and influence away from harmful corporate monopolies.
- [Help Secure Farmers’ Right to Repair Their Own Equipment](https://farmaction.us/help-secure-farmers-right-to-repair-their-own-equipment/) - In just a few clicks, you can submit a comment to the FTC to help restore this vital right for farmers across the country.
- [Fair Farm Bill Toolkit Download Page](https://farmaction.us/ffb/) - Working on a farm bill campaign in your state? We have created a free, downloadable, unbranded advocacy toolkit packed with resources for a successful campaign!
- [Balancing the US Agricultural Trade Deficit with Higher-Value Food Crops](https://farmaction.us/balancing-the-agricultural-trade-deficit-with-higher-value-food-crops/) - Documenting the decline in domestic production of produce, legumes, and whole grains, this report reveals that the U.S. is increasingly dependent on imports for these essential foods.
- [Tell the USDA: End Fraudulent “Product of U.S.A.” Labeling!](https://farmaction.us/usalabels/) - Before June 11, you can tell the USDA to end the fraudulent labeling scheme that deceives consumers and drives American farmers and ranchers out of business.
- [Fair Farm Bill Toolkit](https://farmaction.us/fairfarmbilltoolkit/) - Working on a farm bill campaign in your state? We have created a free, downloadable, unbranded advocacy toolkit packed with resources for a successful campaign!
- [Healthy Food System Campaign](https://farmaction.us/healthy-food-system/) - Farm Action is working to realign our food and farm policies so that farmers are fairly compensated for feeding their neighbors nutritious food.
- [Food Not Feed Summit](https://farmaction.us/food-not-feed-summit/) - Let’s harness the power of our farms to feed our neighbors. Let’s support Food Not Feed in the 2023 Farm Bill.
- [testing](https://farmaction.us/testing/)
- [Federal Farm Subsidies](https://farmaction.us/subsidies-sources/) - Sources, assumptions, and notes in support of federal farm subsidy data.
- [Sign Up](https://farmaction.us/signup/) - Stay Informed: Join the Farm Action Movement
- [Sign the Petition: Bill Gates Must Explain His Farmland Purchases](https://farmaction.us/sign-the-petition-bill-gates-farmland/) - Bill Gates has snatched up 242,00 acres of farmland. Sign our petition to tell Chair Scott and Chair Neal: haul this billionaire in for an explanation!
- [Farmers Bill of Rights](https://farmaction.us/farmers-bill-of-rights/) - Following the “Get Big or Get Out” policies of the 1980s, our nation’s rural communities have been devastated by consolidation and the dominance of industrial agriculture.
- [Shifting U.S. Food and Farm Policy to Deliver Positive Health Outcomes](https://farmaction.us/whc-recommendations/) - Our recommendations for the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health addressed how food policies contribute to the current public health crisis.
- [Grade the USDA](https://farmaction.us/grade-the-usda/) - The United States Department of Agriculture's job is to create economic opportunity and help rural America thrive. Is the USDA delivering for America's farmers and ranchers?
- [A Midterm Review of the Biden Administration’s Commitment to Food System Competition](https://farmaction.us/midtermreview/) - Farm Action and Open Markets Institute assess the FTC, DOJ, and USDA's progress toward President Biden’s directives to improve competition in the food system.
- [Event: A Midterm Review of the Biden Administration's Commitment to Food System Competition](https://farmaction.us/makingthegrade/) - Farm Action and Open Markets Institute are hosting an in-person and virtual event on 6/14 to assess the Biden admin's commitment to food system competition.
- [Big Fertilizer: Measuring the Impacts of Food and Farm System Concentration](https://farmaction.us/bigfertilizer/) - Farm Action’s newly-released research paper uses fertilizer as a case study for the mechanisms by which corporations consolidate and then control markets.
- [The Fall of Antitrust, the Rise of Corporate Power](https://farmaction.us/antitrust-report/) - This report illustrates the origins and importance of the Packers and Stockyards Act and antitrust law, and the concentrated market power enabled by their fall.
- [Build Back Better](https://farmaction.us/build-back-better/) - Farm Action Fund released a transition paper titled “Build Back Better: Our Call to Action and Roadmap for Rural America.” This paper outlines recommendations for the Biden-Harris administration to successfully revitalize rural communities.
- [Thank You for Signing Up!](https://farmaction.us/thank-you-for-signing-up/) - Thank you for joining our Local Leaders program. We are honored to welcome you into our community.
- [The Truth About Industrial Agriculture](https://farmaction.us/truthreport/) - This report exposes industrial agriculture as a flawed system that only survives due to good marketing and by passing along its costs to farmers, taxpayers, and consumers.
- [Leading Voices in Food Podcast](https://farmaction.us/leading-voices-podcast/) - Food system policy experts at Duke University's Leading Voices in Food podcast examined our Truth About Industrial Agriculture report in a three-part series.
- [The Food System: Concentration and Its Impacts](https://farmaction.us/concentrationreport/) - This report provides the latest updated data on the state of concentration in the agrifood system, and outlines what happens when a few hands control the way billions of consumers, farmers, and farmworkers work and eat. It also includes bold proposals for decentralizing our agri-food system to move power out of the control of just a few.
- [Tell the DOJ to Investigate the Suspicious Spike in Fertilizer Prices](https://farmaction.us/fertilizerpetition/) - Fertilizer prices have reached record-breaking highs, leaving farmers with no hope of making a profit. The price increase coincides suspiciously with the increased income farmers have seen from commodity crops like corn and soybeans, and is just another example of corporate interests manipulating the market to increase their bottom line.
- [Trucker Hat Giveaway](https://farmaction.us/giveaway/)
- [Toolkit for Congress to Tackle the Food Monopoly Crisis](https://farmaction.us/toolkitforcongress/) - Farm Action released a comprehensive toolkit for the 117th Congress to tackle the dangerous levels of consolidation in today’s food system. Its policy recommendations are based on conclusions from the pivotal report, "The Food System: Concentration and Its Impacts," authored by leading food system experts Dr. Mary Hendrickson, Dr. Phil Howard, Emily Miller, and Dr. Doug Constance.
- [Resilient Local and Regional Food Systems](https://farmaction.us/local-and-regional-food-systems/) - The current monopoly-controlled global industrial agriculture system extracts the wealth out of the pockets of the farmer and rural communities, pushing farmers off the land, locking workers into poverty, and leaving a wasteland of boarded-up businesses and empty main streets.
- [Regenerative Agriculture](https://farmaction.us/regenerative-agriculture/) - We need to only look out our back door to see that Mother Nature is changing dramatically. The traditional assumptions about annual rainfall, frost dates, floodplains, and more continue to fail us.
- [Anti-Monopoly Reform](https://farmaction.us/anti-monopoly-reform/) - Today, no greater concentration of corporate power, monopolistic practices, and exclusion of economic prosperity exists than in the food and agriculture markets.
- [How Family Farm Action Alliance Inspired Senator Booker to Take on Corporate Monopolies](https://farmaction.us/how-family-farm-action-alliance-inspired-senator-booker-to-take-on-corporate-monopolies/) - Senator Cory Booker shares his experience touring rural America with Family Farm Action Alliance President Joe Maxwell to learn about the true impacts of corporate consolidation on farmers and ranchers.
- [Report Briefing: “The Food System: Concentration and Its Impacts” Featuring Dr. Mary Hendrickson With Remarks From Sen. Cory Booker](https://farmaction.us/concentrationevent/)

## Events

- [The People vs. Poison Rally](https://farmaction.us/event/the-people-vs-poison-rally/) - Farm Action President Angela Huffman will speak at The People vs. Poison Rally outside the Supreme Court to demand that those harmed by chemical companies can seek justice.
- [OEFFA Conference](https://farmaction.us/event/oeffa-conference-2026/)
- [EA Global: New York City 2025](https://farmaction.us/event/ea-global-new-york-city-2025/)
- [RSI National Farmer’s Day Forum: Firsthand Accounts from the Field](https://farmaction.us/event/rsi-national-farmers-day-forum-firsthand-accounts-from-the-field/)
- [REGENERATE Conference](https://farmaction.us/event/regenerate-conference-2/)
- [Undoing the Power of Corporate Ag in Rural America](https://farmaction.us/event/undoing-the-power-of-corporate-ag-in-rural-america/)
- [Post-Election Briefing: The Road Ahead for Anti-Monopoly Food and Agriculture Policy](https://farmaction.us/event/post-election-briefing-the-road-ahead-for-anti-monopoly-food-and-agriculture-policy/)
- [Worse Than We Thought: Food System Consolidation Crisis Revealed](https://farmaction.us/event/worse-than-we-thought-food-system-consolidation-crisis-revealed/)
- [Justice for America’s Poultry Growers: A Roundtable Discussion](https://farmaction.us/event/justice-for-americas-poultry-growers-a-roundtable-discussion/)
- [Enough Is Enough Tour](https://farmaction.us/event/enough-is-enough-tour/)
- [The Worsening Agricultural Trade Deficit: Its Impacts & How We Solve It](https://farmaction.us/event/the-worsening-agricultural-trade-deficit-its-impacts-how-we-solve-it/) - Join us to learn about the impacts of and solutions to our growing agricultural trade deficit from farmer, food system worker, and trade expert perspectives.
- [Balancing the U.S. Agricultural Trade Deficit with Higher-Value Food Crops](https://farmaction.us/event/balancing-the-u-s-agricultural-trade-deficit-with-higher-value-food-crops/)
- [Making the Grade? A 2023 Review of the Biden Administration's Commitment to Food System Competition](https://farmaction.us/event/making-the-grade-a-2023-review-of-the-biden-administrations-commitment-to-food-system-competition/)
- [Conservation and Regeneration: Fostering Resilience in the Farm Bill](https://farmaction.us/event/conservation-and-regeneration-fostering-resilience-in-the-farm-bill/) - In this webinar, attendees learned about policy reforms that support the diversified farm operations building resilient soils and a healthy environment.
- [Predatory Retail Chains and What Communities Need from Antitrust Enforcers](https://farmaction.us/event/predatory-retail-chains-and-what-communities-need-from-antitrust-enforcers/)
- [The Farm Bill and Factory Farms](https://farmaction.us/event/the-farm-bill-and-factory-farms/)
- [Build Local, Eat Local: Supporting Regional Food Systems in the Farm Bill](https://farmaction.us/event/build-local-eat-local-supporting-regional-food-systems-in-the-farm-bill/) - The multinational corporations controlling our food system threaten our national security. This webinar explores how we can create resilient local food systems.
- [Justice for All: Centering Equity in the Farm Bill](https://farmaction.us/event/justice-for-all-centering-equity-in-the-farm-bill/) - Marginalized farmers have been excluded from farm programs and policy development. This webinar covers reforms to make our farm system more fair and inclusive.
- [Capitol Hill Policy Briefing Series](https://farmaction.us/event/capitol-hill-policy-briefing-series/)
- [American Bar Association Antitrust Section Spring Meeting](https://farmaction.us/event/american-bar-association-antitrust-section-spring-meeting-2/)
- [Food Not Feed Summit](https://farmaction.us/event/food-not-feed-summit/) - Join us for our Food Not Feed Summit! Hosted by a growing coalition, this event will demonstrate the need to transform the 2023 Farm Bill.
- [OEFFA Conference](https://farmaction.us/event/oeffa-conference/)
- [Prairie Festival 2022: New Roots - Growing a movement from the ground down](https://farmaction.us/event/prairie-festival-2022-new-roots-growing-a-movement-from-the-ground-down/)
- [REGENERATE Conference](https://farmaction.us/event/regenerate-conference/) - Farm Action's Sarah Carden will present "2023 Farm Bill: Dismantling Big Ag’s Fragile System Propped up by Myths and Hidden Costs" at the REGENERATE Conference.
- [White House Hunger Realities “Listen Up”](https://farmaction.us/event/white-house-hunger-realities-listen-up/) - Rural Coalition, Farm Action, and more share their ideas for a national strategy to be announced at the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health.
- [Making the Grade? A Midterm Review of the Biden Administration's Commitment to Food System Competition](https://farmaction.us/event/making-the-grade-a-midterm-review-of-the-biden-administrations-commitment-to-food-system-competition/) - Farm Action and Open Markets Institute are hosting an in-person and virtual event on June 14 to assess the Biden administration's commitment to food system competition.
- [2022 OEFFA Conference](https://farmaction.us/event/2022-oeffa-conference/) - Farm Action's Angela Huffman and Sarah Carden will present, "Town Hall to Farm Bill: Dismantling Big Ag’s Fragile System Propped up by Myths and Hidden Costs."
- [American Bar Association Antitrust Section Spring Meeting](https://farmaction.us/event/american-bar-association-antitrust-section-spring-meeting/)
- [National Environmental Health Association's Annual Conference and Expo](https://farmaction.us/event/national-environmental-health-association-annual-conference/)
- [SRAP Live: Building a Socially Responsible Food Future](https://farmaction.us/event/srap-live-building-a-socially-responsible-food-future/) - On December 3, 2021, Farm Action president Joe Maxwell will be a panelist for a Q&A session at a virtual conference hosted by the Socially Responsible Agriculture Project (SRAP).
- [Joe Maxwell presents at the Iowa Community Health Conference](https://farmaction.us/event/joe-maxwell-presents-at-the-iowa-community-health-conference/) - Farm Action's Joe Maxwell will present the impacts of industrial agriculture and concentration in the food system at the Iowa Community Health Conference.
- [2021 Farm Action Virtual Fly-In: A New Day Dawns for a Fair Farm Bill](https://farmaction.us/event/2021-farm-action-virtual-fly-in-a-new-day-dawns-for-a-fair-farm-bill/) - We have a vision for a #FairFarmBill, and our farmers, ranchers, and rural advocates are pumped to share it at our virtual fly-in from November 1 - 3!
- [EU-India People's Summit: A Fireside Conversation with Joe Maxwell & Navkiran Natt](https://farmaction.us/event/eu-india-peoples-summit-a-fireside-conversation-with-joe-maxwell-navkiran-natt/)
- [Join Us at Yale's Big Ag & Antitrust Conference](https://farmaction.us/event/yale-big-ag-antitrust-conference/)
- [Webinar: Policy Toolkit for Congress to Tackle the Food Monopoly Crisis](https://farmaction.us/event/webinar-policy-toolkit-for-congress-to-tackle-the-food-monopoly-crisis/)
- [Report Briefing: "The Food System: Concentration and Its Impacts" Featuring Dr. Mary Hendrickson With Remarks From Sen. Cory Booker](https://farmaction.us/event/concentration/)
- [The Trump Administration's Food and Farm Policy Record](https://farmaction.us/event/trumps-food-and-farm-policy-record/)
- [Regenerate 2020 Conference](https://farmaction.us/event/regenerate-2020-conference/)
- [Rural Voices Virtual Summit](https://farmaction.us/event/rural-voices-virtual-summit/)

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