June 11, 2021 By Gilles Stockton In a June third article of the Western Ag Reporter, the author likened the effort to reform the cattle market to that of a basketball game in the last twenty-one seconds of the fourth quarter with the score tied. The Packers versus the Producers; or the Cowboys might be…
Are the big meatpackers corrupt? Growing consensus in Congress David Murray Great Falls Tribune A different decade, a new administration, a shuffle in Congressional leadership. Much has changed across the U.S. political landscape in the last several years, yet one concerning issue has lingered for nearly half a century … corporate concentration within the meatpacking…
For Immediate Release: Contact: R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard June 2, 2021 Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa Ranch Group Applauds 28 Congressional Members Calling for Cattle and Beef Market Reform Billings, Mont. – Monday, 28 congressional members, including 16 U.S. senators and 12 U.S. representatives from both the Republican and Democrat parties, along with an Independent joined…
R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America "Fighting for the Independent U.S. Cattle Producer" For Immediate Release May 26, 2021 R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa View and share this news release on Facebook here or view the web version here. Beef Checkoff-Funded Packer Trade Group Attempts to Derail Effort to Address Food Crisis Billings,…
By Matt Russell and Robert Leonard May 23, 2021 Fern’s Ag Insider FacebookTwitterEmail When it comes to climate change, American farmers are pulled, politically, in two directions. The right expects them to defend the status quo, which means anti-regulation and deep skepticism about man-made global warming. The left wants them to embrace a contradiction: farmers…
Lawmakers in Nebraska, Iowa give final approval to bills supporting small meat processors Nebraska Legislative Bill 324 and Iowa House File 857 receive final round approval PUBLISHED ON MAY 19, 2021 The Center for Rural Affairs is applauding Nebraska and Iowa lawmakers for their unanimous approval of bills to assist small meat processors and livestock…
Bloomberg Mike Dorning May 20, 2021 Rising anger among cattle producers and consumers as retail beef prices surge is building political momentum in Washington for greater scrutiny of the four companies that dominate the meatpacking industry. Ranchers and cattle feeders are seething over a pattern they now consider all-too-familiar: The cost of hamburgers and steaks…
We Should All Be Worried About The United Nations Food Systems Summit By Staff, A Growing Culture, originally published by A Growing Culture May 12, 2021 Later this year, the United Nations is set to hold a historic Food Systems Summit, recognizing the need for urgent action to disrupt business-as-usual practices in the food system….
Cattle groups present united front: Producer groups call on congress, DOJ to address imbalance in cattle and beef markets Progressive Farmer Chris Clayton May 17, 2021 Cattle industry leaders are united — that’s just how angry they are about losses feeders are taking while packer industry profits continue to soar. The major producer groups are…
May 17, 2021 Candace Krebs The Ag Journal “As Arax writes of a childhood friend, an Armenian whose family was once neighbors to his own: “His father, mostly a gentle man, could turn fierce out of nowhere. He reserved a special anger for the thugs from Sun-Maid. To stay in business, the co-op had to…