The Corner Newsletter: California Takes Antitrust Leadership Role July 14th, 2026 Open Markets Institute Jul 14 Welcome to The Corner. In this issue, we explore how California’s COMPETE Act sets the stage for California to become a global superpower in antitrust, as the Trump administration all but suspends federal enforcement. The Corner Newsletter: California Takes…
Farm Action @FarmActionUS Video: https://twitter.com/FarmActionUS/status/2076759534299684884/video/1 JBS just announced the closure of two beef processing plants in Pennsylvania and Tennessee. Almost 1,500 workers will lose their jobs. Local farmers and ranchers who depend on those facilities will face steep losses. But for JBS, it just means more profit. These are the consequences of the concentration of…
Report details job losses in food processing industry Companies leave thousands of Nebraskans unemployed after plant closures JULIE ANDERSON Omaha World Herald Jul 12, 2026 A look at the Tyson Plant in Lexington, Neb., on June 25. Tyson Foods announced in November that it would shutter its Lexington beef-processing plant. More than 3,200 people worked…
EPA petitioned to add warnings to pesticides linked to cancer Carey Gillam July 8, 2026 It doesn’t seem like a big ask. The stated mission of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) includes working to ensure that “Federal laws protecting human health and the environment are administered and enforced fairly, effectively and as Congress intended,”…
Workers process meat at a Triumph Foods plant in St. Joseph, Missouri in this 2017 United States Department of Agriculture photo. (Photo by USDA) “We need robust enforcement of antitrust and fair trade practice laws to finally protect producers from meatpackers’ fundamentally unfair and illegal practices,” said one campaigner. Brett Wilkins Jul 06, 2026 A…
July 1, 2026 In Press Release 24 grantees win preliminary injunction restoring critical support for a fairer food system A federal district court has issued an order restoring the grants of 24 organizations and local governments who had grant agreements under the USDA’s Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access (LCM) Program. In an opinion granting the groups’ motion…
The Stringer Bell rule is obsolete, as Trump let big egg producers off the hook for what looks like a brazen multi-year conspiracy. Still, egg prices did drop as a result of the investigation. Matt Stoller Jul 01, 2026 A few days ago, 18 states and the DOJ Antitrust Division signed a series of decrees…
Josh Reyes6.29.26Omaha World Herald LINCOLN — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday granted Nebraska’s request to sue Colorado over long-ago negotiated access to water from the South Platte River, which flows east through Colorado and into Nebraska. Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers called the decision “huge news” in a statement on social media site X. …
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Darwin Nissley and other Eastern producers are bracing for higher trucking costs and tighter margins as JBS exits Pennsylvania. Chris Torres, Editor,American Agriculturist June 23, 2026 A worker feeds a group of feeder cattle at Nissley Brothers Farm in Mount Joy, Pa. The farm is directly affected by JBS’ decision to close its Souderton, Pa.,…