Evaluating My Beef Checkoff Return on Investment By Vaughn Meyer July 7, 2016 In 1985 most cattlemen proudly acknowledged the passage of the Beef Promotion Act and Order that authorized a $1 per head checkoff assessment (Beef Checkoff) for the promotion of our own product, beef. These were exciting times with great expectations for improving…

AAI Releases Recommendations on Entrepreneurship and Innovation Today, the American Antitrust Institute (AAI) released the entrepreneurship and innovation chapter of its forthcoming Transition Report on Competition Policy to the 45th President of the United States. The chapter is entitled Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Antitrust. This release is the fourth in a series of previews in which…

Published on Alternet (http://www.alternet.org) From Mommy Bloggers to Clandestine Spies, Here’s How Monsanto’s PR Company Controls the GMO Debate By Elizabeth Preza[1] / AlterNet [2] July 4, 2016 Sen. Bernie Sanders sent out an email to supporters Friday asking them to take action against a Senate bill that would overturn Vermont’s recent legislation requiring companies…

Did someone forward you this newsletter? Get your own copy by subscribing here. Perdue Says It Plans to Treat Its Chickens Better. But Who Will Pay? Perdue, one of the four biggest chicken companies in the U.S., last week announced plans to improve quality of life for their chickens and to kill them more humanely….

Police raid JBS SA Brazil offices July 1, 2016 – by Erica Shaffer Search for similar articles by keyword: [JBS SA] SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Federal law enforcement officers in Brazil searched the headquarters of JBS SA, the world’s largest meatpacker, as part of a far-reaching corruption investigation. JBS confirmed the search, but said neither…