Friends, Today, OCM board and staff members are arriving in Washington, D.C. along with coalition members from the farm, food, beekeeping, consumer and environmental communities to raise awareness about concentration in agriculture and the pending Bayer+Monsanto merger. We are at a pivotal moment in food and agriculture. If the Monsanto+Bayer merger goes through, the economics…

R-CALF USA to USTR: Make Seven Improvements to NAFTA Billings, Mont. – In comprehensive comments submitted yesterday to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), R-CALF USA states the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) benefited transnational meatpackers at the expense of the majority of U.S. cattlemen, meaning all those who sell…

By Luke Runyon Brandon Biesemeier climbs up a small ladder into a John Deere sprayer, takes a seat in the enclosed cab, closes the door, and blocks out most of the machine’s loud engine hum. It is a familiar perch to the fourth-generation farmer on Colorado’s eastern plains. He turns onto a country road, heading…

Brazil federal police raid JBS on insider trade probe, shares fall The logo of Brazilian meatpacker JBS SA is seen in the unit in the city of Jundiai, Brazil June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker By Ana Mano and Paula Laier | SAO PAULO Brazil’s federal police on Friday raided the offices of JBS SA to…

http://www.prosperousamerica.org/us_fruit_vegetable_imports_skyrocket_after_trade_agreements US Fruit & Vegetable Imports Skyrocket After Trade Agreements June 07, 2017 By Jason Cooper (CPA Research Assistant), Jeff Ferry (CPA Research Director), Michael Stumo (CEO of CPA) Introduction Trade in many fruit and vegetables has been disastrous for US agriculture and American farmers over the last two decades, following ratification of free trade…

R-CALF USA Calls Cargill and JBS Bad Actors in Comments Supporting Secretary Perdue’s Competitive Injury Rule Billings, Mont. – In comments submitted today to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA), R-CALF USA accuses the nation’s second- and third-largest beef packers, JBS and Cargill, respectively, of engaging in improper…