Taylor Farms political donations + rethinking the farm safety net A news briefing from Farm Action’s policy team Jul 21 Questions emerge over Taylor Farms’ political donations amid cyclospora investigation What happened: Questions about Taylor Farms’ political spending have surfaced as the company’s role in the ongoing cyclospora investigation continues to draw national attention. Federal…
Published 11:48 am Monday, July 20, 2026 By Matthew Weaver 1/4 Cody and Jen Hoseth stand in the middle of the Lone Crow Meat Processing slaughter facility the afternoon of June 24, in Eltopia, Wash. It took the first-generation ranchers nearly a decade to build the new USDA-certified facility, which was slated to slaughter its…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Chris Deluzio (PA-17), and Pat Ryan (NY-18), co-chairs of the Monopoly Busters Caucus, are introducing the Family Grocery and Farmer Relief Act, legislation to break up dominant meatpacking monopolies, rein in foreign-controlled corporate giants, and end unfair pricing practices that raise costs for American families and box out local farmers…
Corn growers push fertilizer antitrust action + pork industry influence A news briefing from Farm Action’s policy team July 16, 2026 State corn organizations urging DOJ to expedite investigations into anticompetitive conduct What happened: Over fifteen state corn growers associations sent a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee leadership urging the Department of Justice to complete…
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…