How JBS — the World’s Largest Meat Company — Avoids Paying Taxes By utilizing intercompany loans and dividends, and a network of shell companies based in Luxembourg, JBS has been able to dodge paying taxes where it conducts business. Gilberto Tomazoni, Global CEO of JBS. Credit: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for The New York Times by…
By Seth FrotmanSeptember 21, 2025 We are at a crossroads today in American law. It’s not just about Trump and his cronies clearing out the agencies that keep consumers, workers, and everyday people safe from corporate abuse. It’s not just about Trump refusing to enforce safeguards for corporate accountability—or worse, weaponizing them against working families. It’s…
Farmers and ranchers have beef with the checkoff. At FarmSTAND, we’re fighting in courtrooms and communities to dismantle the barriers to a better food system led by independent food producers — including by taking on USDA’s unfair checkoff programs. Many Americans may have never heard the word “checkoff” before, but these shadowy government programs are…
Why not treat corporations as real people? Why should corporations be prohibited from participating in politics? John Ikerd Sep 17 A corporation is an artificial, legal person that has been granted most of the constitutional rights of a real person. A corporation has a distinct legal entity, separate from its owners and managers, and can…
September 11, 2025 By Gilles Stockton It is long past time for the opponents of Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) to just give it up. All of the arguments used to obstruct and delay the implementation of the retail labeling of beef are proven hollow and false. The latest anti-COOL op/ed by Nevil Speer, (“COOL: Facts…
For Immediate Release Share This EmailSeptember 9, 2025 R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America Fighting for the Independent U.S. Cattle Producer Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill BullardPhone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusaView and share this news release on Facebook here and X here, or view the web version here. Below please find an op-ed by R-CALF USA CEO Bill…
Follow on Apple or Spotify. Listen on the Reuters app. From Italian beef in Chicago to vast cattle ranches, host Christopher Walljasper takes you on a journey to understand the factors pushing up beef prices in America. Join reporters Cassandra Garrison, Heather Schlitz and Leah Douglas as they visit and speak with ranchers and agricultural…
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Very important to understanding food and agriculture today and where it is going. About 25 minutes. Meryl Nass Sep 3 https://live.childrenshealthdefense.org/chd-tv/events/crisis-save-our-food-and-farms/farmers-one-big-beautiful-bill-meryl-nass/ You’re currently a free subscriber to Meryl’s CHAOS letter (Critical Health Analysis and OpinionS). For the full experience, upgrade your subscription.
Montana Cattlemen’s Association Press Release Release Date: September 2, 2025 Contact person: Gilles Stockton (406) 428-2183 Email: gillesstockton Trade, Tariffs and Deliberate Confusion We are being poorly served by the debate on trade and tariffs. The President proclaims that there is no down side. The opposition insists that the meanest little tariff will trigger runaway…