November 17, 2023 Gilles Stockton The OFF Act is getting real traction and has a number of co-sponsors in both the House (HR 1249) and the Senate (S 557). What these bills aim to do is reorganize twenty-two commodity checkoff programs such that USDA has actual authority to oversee how the money is used. The…

Grocery mega-merger would hurt food availability Patience Kabwasa There is an African proverb that goes, “when elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.” The owners of America’s two largest full service grocery chains, Kroger and Albertsons, have proposed a megamerger that would control more than 1/3 of the food sold in the USA. If…

Mom’s Across America reports shocking findings in fast food. If school, hospital, and rest home administrators, fast food companies, big food service companies, and government agencies didn’t know – they darn sure will now after hearing the Moms Across America report. We are literally killing people with food. See: The HighWire Episode 346

R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America "Fighting for the Independent U.S. Cattle Producer" For Immediate Release November 16, 2023   R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa View and share this week’s update on Facebook here Twitter here or view the web version here.   Please find below R-CALF USA’s weekly opinion/commentary that explains how…

THE FARMER GRATITUDE SUMMIT (NOV. 20-22) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT Graham Meriwether, graham, (802) 335-5059; or Heath Meriwether, heath, (860)806-3073 What better way to start Thanksgiving Week than to celebrate and listen to the people who put food on our tables – the American farmer. That’s the idea behind the three-day virtual Farmer Gratitude…

Ag Policy Blog USDA Issues New Rules on Red Meat Purchases, Poultry Contracts and Seed Sales 11/9/2023 | 6:58 AM CST By DTN Political Correspondent USDA on Wednesday issued a new rule that will require all beef, pork, lamb and bison purchases by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service must come from animals born, raised and slaughtered…

This article is part of a series Civil Eats is currently doing on Walmart and the Walton family. Walmart’s ‘Regenerative Foodscape’ November 7, 2023 https://civileats.com/2023/11/01/walmarts-regenerative-foodscape/ It’s a long article so I’ve provided some excerpts from the article more relevant to UFCW. The article also does a thorough analysis of why beef is the key to…

Oklahoma Attorney General Wrong on Extreme Confinement Issues, Attempts to Overturn Massachusetts Law Kirkpatrick Policy Group KPG Rejects Argument Presented in Legal Filing (OKLAHOMA CITY) — We disagree. While Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has fought for many worthy causes, his recent statement touting his amicus brief that seeks to overturn a Massachusetts farm-animal welfare…

USDA has betrayed its mission of protecting the husbandman (farmers and ranchers) from abusive market power. We are now a net food importer, unable to feed ourselves. Nebraskans have been going hungry at a higher rate than national average, survey found By Elizabeth Rembert , Food, Energy and Agriculture Reporter Nebraska Public Media, Harvest Public…

October 12, 2023 Americans continue to suffer from soaring grocery prices while the largest corporations report record profits. It’s easy to point fingers at the dominant players in our food system, like meatpacking giants Tyson Foods and JBS, for raising prices on consumers. In fact, these corporations have been sued countless times for price fixing:…