Fowl Play: How Chicken Genetics Barons Created the Egg Crisis In part two of “Hatching a Conspiracy,” BIG delves into the obscure world of chicken genetics. Two secretive firms control the global supply of layer hens. And yes, private equity is involved. Basel Musharbash Mar 12 Today’s piece is written by antitrust lawyer Basel Musharbash…

R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America Fighting for the Independent U.S. Cattle Producer     Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa View and share this news release on Facebook here and X here, or view the web version here.     Below please find an op-ed by R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard previously…

3/10/2025 By Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor Connect with Chris: @ChrisClaytonDTN Katie Nixon, co-director of the Heartland Regional Food Business Center, told DTN about payment cuts to local and regional food programs during the National Farmers Union annual meeting in Oklahoma City. NFU members expressed alarm about contract freezes and office closures. (DTN…

The probe comes as egg prices hit record highs.By Marcia Brown | 03/07/2025 03:59 PM ESTThe eggs price is displayed on the edge of a shelf at a grocery store in Glenview, Illinois, on Feb. 10, 2025. | Nam Y. Huh/AP The Justice Department is investigating whether the nation’s largest egg producers are conspiring to…

March 7, 2025 by Mike Callicrate How a nation, once able to feed itself and others, lost its food system and became dependent on imported food … Fast Food Nation To Barons – What Happened to the U.S. Food System?

Please read this very smart dose of tariff sanity from Rep. Chris Deluzio today via a New York Times oped. It calls out Dems to rethink how they talk about tariffs while simultaneously smacking down Trump’s crazy tariff rollercoaster and tariff mistargeting (ie. we have mainly balanced trade w/ Canada.) He summarizes the policy case…

        Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Hatching a Conspiracy: A BIG Investigation into Egg Prices ‘More hens, less income!’ So said the United Egg Producer economist Donald Bell in 1994. The industry has gotten more consolidated ever since. And avian flu is just the latest excuse to hike prices. Basel…

R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America Fighting for the Independent U.S. Cattle Producer     Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa View and share this news release on Facebook here and X here, or view the web version here.     Ranch Group Supports New Tariffs; Wants More BILLINGS, Mont., March 4, 2025…