R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America For Immediate Release: August 14, 2017 Media Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406:252-2516; r-calfusa South Dakota Stockgrowers Association to Cosponsor Tomi Lahren Speech Billings, Mont. – The South Dakota Stockgrowers Association (SDSGA) has joined with R-CALF USA to cosponsor Rapid City, S.D., native Tomi Lahren’s keynote address at…
Howdy, If you have not yet seen Grandson Henry’s video yet, I think you will enjoy it. It is posted on OCM’s website. It was shown to their annual gathering Saturday noon at their luncheon. To see, click on the link below: http://competitivemarkets.com/farmers-stand-up-tractorcade-protest-of-1978-1979-by-henry-marks/ Below are my comments I sent last night and were posted today….
By Greg Henderson August 11, 2017 02:02 PM Vowing to fight what it calls the “economic power that a few multi-national corporations have over family farmers and rural America,” the non-profit Family Farm Action was launched today during the Organization for Competitive Markets conference in Kansas City, Mo. Family Farm Action is described as “a…
by Tom Giessel, Larned, Kansas The Twentieth Biennial Report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture was published in 1917. The very first chapter was dedicated to the topic of Rural Welfare and began with an article by George E. Putnam, Associate Professor of Economics in Lawrence, Kansas. He devoted the first twenty pages to…
By JENNY HOPKINSON with help from Helena Bottemiller Evich, Kaitlyn Burton and John Lauinger | 08/11/2017 The Organization for Competitive Markets — a group that advocates against consolidation in the agriculture sector — is starting a PAC today. It will “support candidates who stand up for independent family farms and our rural communities” for state…
The National Black Farmers Association (NBFA) last week said it plans to bring an injunction against Bayer to stop the German corporation’s $66 billion acquisition of Monsanto. The announcement comes as farmers and antitrust advocates across the country organize against the looming merger of the two agrochemical giants, which they say would have dire consequences…
by Krissy Kasserman | 08.4.17 Costco may be a media darling, but its proposed use of contract farming is anything but progressive. Forbes recently named Costco to its list of the top 10 Fortune 500 companies most loved by liberals. Maybe that’s because Costco CEO Craig Jelinek has championed important causes like a livable wage…
By Sara Forden and Billy House | August 7, 2017 Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren put a “hold” on the confirmation of Makan Delrahim, President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Justice Department’s antitrust division, delaying a vote until at least September, according to two people familiar with the matter. The delay means Delrahim remains on…
The Organization for Competitive Markets is concerned with the exiting of employees from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to jobs in the meat industry. OCM Executive Director Joe Maxwell says their biggest concern is with the most recent case of the inspector in charge at the Food Safety and Inspection Service Al Amanza taking a…
By Danielle Grindlay | 14 April 2015 Independent butchers are calling on farmers to unite with them and help develop a gourmet niche market that will challenge the supermarket duopoly. Australian Meat Industry Council representative and Adelaide butcher Trevor Hill said farmers were increasingly embracing the “convenience” of selling direct to supermarkets and accepting lower…