Affirms lower court injunction against collection of checkoff funds in Montana without consent The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today upheld a lower court ruling that the USDA’s Beef Checkoff program is being administered in a way that interferes with ranchers’ First Amendment rights, and that the government should be enjoined…

April 9, 2018 SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s Marfrig Global Foods SA (MRFG3.SA) has acquired a controlling stake in U.S. beef processor National Beef Packing Company LLC for $969 million, the company said in a statement on Monday. Marfrig has purchased 51 percent of National Beef Packing Company shares, in a transaction valuing the target…

January 26th, 2018 The California-based pediatrician Michelle Perro, MD has spent the past 20 years of her 37-year career treating children with complex health problems – and has earned a reputation for some remarkable successes. Together with medical anthropologist Vincanne Adams, PhD, she has written a book, What’s Making Our Children Sick? How Industrial Food…

By Carole Morison | March 30, 2018 Carole Morison was featured in the documentary “Food, Inc.” and was a recipient of the Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leaders Award. Ten years ago when I opened my barn doors to the film crew of the Oscar-nominated documentary “Food, Inc.,” I was under contract to grow chickens…

by John Dillon | Apr 6, 2018 While Vermont dairy farmers are experiencing some of the hardest times in recent memory, their counterparts in Quebec are thriving. The reason is a complex system that regulates the supply of milk and sets the price that farmers receive. It’s a short drive from Jacques Rainville’s place in…

by Jerry Nine It’s hard to write this article and not use more cuss words than other words. This is a perfect example of how our whole industry is so manipulated and controlled by packers and/or retailers. And the part I don’t like is that supply and demand have very little to do with our…

For Immediate Release April 6, 2018 Click here to view online CPA Applauds Additional $100 Billion Tariffs on China Trade Washington, DC. The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today congratulated the Trump administration for standing firm against China’s mercantilism by announcing an additional $100 billion of new potential tariffs, and for instructing the US…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, April 5, 2018 On RV Tour Sec. Perdue Says America’s Family Farmers Don’t Need Protection From Abusive Multinational Big Ag, Says It’s the Way of “American Capitalistic Society” Farmers’ Group Responds to Perdue’s Out-of-Touch Remarks While touring Ohio during his “Back to Our Roots” RV tour, USDA Secretary Perdue doubled down…

By Michael Stumo, CEO of CPA | April 03, 2018 The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) strongly supports the Trump administration’s shift from naive “free trade” to the realpolitik “strategic trade” practiced by most industrial nations. Strategic trade will lead to industrial recovery, better jobs and prosperity in the US. Challenges will arise as…

How the Trump administration is sidelining science and favoring industry over farmers and the public From farm to fork, the people of the United States deserve a food system they can be proud of—one that ensures the success of farmers while protecting our soil and water and helping to make safe and healthy food available…