Beefing Up Antitrust Enforcement: How to Revitalize American Agriculture feat. AG Keith Ellison and USDA Senior Advisor Andy Green Video Americans are paying too much for meat — not because the fundamental economics of pork, poultry, or beef have changed, but because a handful of corporate monopolies control every aspect of the industry. Four firms…
Recent Data Show Dominant Meat Processing Companies Are Taking Advantage of Market Power to Raise Prices and Grow Profit Margins December 10, 2021 • Blog By: Brian Deese, Sameera Fazili, and Bharat Ramamurti
BUY LOCAL Staff Reporter December 1, 2021 Bryan Oller In 1998 Kansas cattle rancher Mike Callicrate, a native of Evergreen, found out how the meat business really works. After years of criticizing the meat packing industry’s monopolistic and environmentally harmful practices of the meat packing industry, Callicrate said he was “blackballed”— and his 12,000 head…
DOJ Fertilizer Price Inquiry Requested Farm Group Calls for DOJ Investigation Into Rising Fertilizer Prices 12/8/2021 | 3:41 PM CST By Todd Neeley , DTN Staff Reporter A farm group has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the possible causes of rising fertilizer prices. (DTN file photo) LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) — A national…
There won’t be need for a large space for the contract library. In the 2004 Tyson/IBP trial, head buyer, Bruce Bass, testified that IBP had over a thousand different captive supply deals, none were in writing. Sounds a lot like the Mafia. Download The Report Cattle Contract Library Act Southeast Regional Ag News Thursday Dec…
In the Public Interest Critical Exposés Everywhere as the Corporate State Worsens Franklin Delano Roosevelt in his 1938 message to Congress warned that when private power becomes stronger than the democratic state itself, we have Fascism. There are many ways to witness the intensifying domination toward a corporate state. One way is to compare exposé…
Why two Minnesota colleges are starting meat cutting programs Central Lakes College and Ridgewater College are launching programs aimed at training the next generation of animal slaughter, butchery and processing workers. By Walker Orenstein | Staff Writer The Senate and House settled on $150,000 for Central Lakes College, and approved another $500,000 in grants to…
Reproduction of the Farm and Food File, either mechanically or electronically, without permission of Alan Guebert is strictly prohibited. Farm and Food File for the week beginning Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021 The smartest person in the room Alan Guebert We all know a few people who think of themselves as the smartest person in the…
‘Once We’re Gone, We’re Not Coming Back’ 11.24.21 The New York Times Alyssa Schukar “There’s enough labor for four people but not enough income for one,” his father, Jeff Uhlir, said. Like most farmers, Jeff Uhlir sells his cattle, corn and soybeans at prices set by a global commodities market, but only large farms can…
Says More Legislation Needed 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. Cattle Group Supports Legislation Suspending Brazilian Beef Imports; Says More Legislation Needed Billings, Mont. – R-CALF USA today announced its strong support for legislation introduced yesterday by Senator…