OCM Condemns Latest GIPSA Rule Iteration WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Monday, January 13, 2020, the Federal Register will publish a proposed rule by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). This rule aims to specify criteria the Secretary of Agriculture would consider when determining whether an undue or unreasonable preference or…

Today, Congresswoman Titus (D-NV) introduced the Opportunities for Fairness in Farming (OFF) Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. This legislation is the companion bill to S.935, filed in 2019 by U.S. Senators Mike Lee (R-UT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). The OFF Act would put an end to the…

December 14, 2019 By Marty Irby, Animal Wellness Action Checkoffs Must Serve Small Farmers Interests U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue’s surprisingly divisive message to dairy farmers: Go big or go home. "In America, the big get bigger and the small go out," Perdue said after an appearance at the World Dairy Expo in Madison,…

Economic Concentration After a year of big talk about busting up Big Tech, it turns out these conflicted bureaucrats are going to bat for the monopolists. US Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice Makan Delrahim (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP/Getty Images) December 30, 2019 Jonathan Tepper Product…

January 6, 2020 Borden Dairy Co., one of America’s oldest and largest dairy companies, on Monday became the second major milk producer to file for bankruptcy in the last two months. Tumbling milk consumption combined with the rising price of milk have crippled the dairy industry with debt. Dean Foods, America’s largest milk producer, filed…

December 18, 2019 8.49am EST Author – Helen Zoe Veit Perhaps you’ll unearth a can of Crisco for the holiday baking season. If so, you’ll be one of millions of Americans who have, for generations, used it to make cookies, cakes, pie crusts and more. But for all Crisco’s popularity, what exactly is that thick,…

Friday, January 3rd, 2020 Dairyland in Distress Cary Spivak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Updated 10:50 a.m. EDT Sep. 24, 2019 As the number of dairy farms nationwide has plummeted by nearly 20,000 over the past decade, there’s one corner of the industry doing just fine: The top executives at Dairy Management Inc., who are paid from farmers’ milk checks. …

RADIO ADDRESS BY JIM PATTON, PRESIDENT OF THE COLORADOFARMERS UNION AND MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL FARMERSUNION BOARD, OVER NBC FARM AND HOME HOUR, FEBRUARY 25,1939. Democracy is today facing a challenge as to its continuance. This challenge must be met – met by all who believe fundamentally in the processes and love the freedom and…

America’s food safety takes back seat in new trade deal By Marc Perrone, Jim Goodman, Anthony Pahnke, Opinion Contributor — 12/24/19 10:00 AM EST 77 The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill © Getty Images American consumers today are empowered with more information than ever before. With…

Who Owns Your Grocery Store? Jon Steinman 8 MIN READ Dec 6, 2019 Photo by Tom Werner/Getty Images “Who owns your grocery store?” It’s the question emblazoned on the back of a van that has ferried me across 34 states to visit 128 consumer-owned grocery stores (food co-ops) and another 20 in development. I spent…