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. R-CALF USA Statement on Government Effort to Lower Beef Prices BILLINGS, Mont. (Oct. 17, 2025)…
Aerial photos of Walmart’s facility in Olathe, Kansas, on Aug. 2, 2025. photo by David Eulitt for Investigate Midwest Posted in Investigative / Enterprise: Agribusiness Walmart looks to tighten its grip on the beef supply chain Ranchers and agricultural advocates warn the nation’s cattle industry is in dire straits as Walmart and Brazilian-based JBS expand…
By: R-CALF USA Marketing Director Jaiden Moreland 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. R-CALF USA Joins Letter to Trump Urging Strong Antitrust Enforcement BILLINGS, Mont., Oct. 13, 2025 — Last…
Farm and Food File for the week beginning Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025 Alan Guebert If Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and his boss, President Donald J. Trump, “make America healthy again” I will eat any one of the 15 or so hats that somehow have taken up residence in my small…
October 8, 2025By Chris Moore Image by Getty Tyson Foods and Cargill have agreed to pay a combined $87.5 million to settle a federal class-action lawsuit alleging they conspired to inflate U.S. beef prices by limiting supply. According to court filings Monday in the U.S. District Court for Minnesota, Tyson will pay $55 million and…
Do Maker-Owned Markets Offer the Transformational Change Needed to Feed Ourselves? Posted on October 6, 2025 by Mike Callicrate Rural communities have been ravaged by Wall Street and global corporations. The communities that once fed us are unable to feed themselves. Safeway stores in Lamar and La Junta, Colorado are closing, leaving empty store fronts…
How JBS — the World’s Largest Meat Company — Avoids Paying Taxes By utilizing intercompany loans and dividends, and a network of shell companies based in Luxembourg, JBS has been able to dodge paying taxes where it conducts business. Gilberto Tomazoni, Global CEO of JBS. Credit: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for The New York Times by…
By Seth FrotmanSeptember 21, 2025 We are at a crossroads today in American law. It’s not just about Trump and his cronies clearing out the agencies that keep consumers, workers, and everyday people safe from corporate abuse. It’s not just about Trump refusing to enforce safeguards for corporate accountability—or worse, weaponizing them against working families. It’s…
Farmers and ranchers have beef with the checkoff. At FarmSTAND, we’re fighting in courtrooms and communities to dismantle the barriers to a better food system led by independent food producers — including by taking on USDA’s unfair checkoff programs. Many Americans may have never heard the word “checkoff” before, but these shadowy government programs are…
Why not treat corporations as real people? Why should corporations be prohibited from participating in politics? John Ikerd Sep 17 A corporation is an artificial, legal person that has been granted most of the constitutional rights of a real person. A corporation has a distinct legal entity, separate from its owners and managers, and can…