The groundwater that many Nebraskans drink is high in nitrate. Experts fear that those high nitrate levels may make Nebraska children more likely to develop certain pediatric cancers. They also believe that high nitrate poses a variety of potential health risks for adults. Photo by Ryan Soderlin for the Flatwater Free Press By Yanqi Xu…
R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America "Fighting for the Independent U.S. Cattle Producer" For Immediate Release February 13, 2025 R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard Phone: 406-252-2516; r-calfusa View and share this week’s update on Facebook here, on X here, or view the web version here. This week’s segment is from the archive, originally released Feb….
Today, Farm Action sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice urging the departments to investigate and take action to restore competition and lower egg prices. “We share the Trump administration’s concern about the cost of living crisis and the need to deliver emergency price relief to American families,” the letter…
See video: The cattle industry is a big part of Colorado’s economy and the state’s farmers and ranchers are weighing the pros and cons caused by the threat of a trade war between the U.S., Canada and Mexico. By: Bill Folsom Posted 11:15 AM, Feb 04, 2025 COLORADO SPRINGS — The Trump administration tariffs on…
February 2025 By Jon Huang On Oct. 4, 2024, McDonalds sued the big four meat-packing corporations (Tyson, JBS, Cargill and National Beef Packing Co.) who control 80% of the meatpacking market. According to the Associated Press, the lawsuit alleged that the corporations fixed prices for beef, and accused them of anticompetitive measures such as collectively…
JBS to pay $83.5 million in class action settlement Source: ©IVAN KMIT – STOCK.ADOBE.COM 02.03.2025 By Rachael Oatman WASHINGTON — R-CALF, National Farmers Union and four fed cattle producers are seeking preliminary approval of a proposed $83.5 million class action settlement with JBS. In April 2019, the producer groups filed an antitrust suit against JBS,…
A Storm Lake Times Pilot Editorial Art Cullen January 23, 2025 This happened just last week: Cargill agreed to pay $32 million in a settlement over a lawsuit alleging price-fixing on turkey products. In a separate matter, meat processors JBS and Perdue agreed to settle federal investigations into child labor violations for $8 million. These…
Like commodity crop farmers, will the few remaining ranchers be forced to look to government rather than a competitive market for their income? By Gilles Stockton January 18, 2025 Is this what it is coming down to? From here on, will we be “ranching the government?” Grain farmers seem to be totally dependent upon government…
Building a truly permanent and sustainable food system Posted on January 2, 2025 by Mike Callicrate There’s a lot of talk about rebuilding local/regional food systems, sustainability, and regenerative practices, but it’s all talk until we restore farm gate income to a level that allows people to return to the land with a quality of…
Tyson, others pay $180M in settlements By Chris Moore on 12/26/2024 Nine poultry companies agreed to pay a total of $180M to settle claims they conspired to suppress wages of plant workers, according to a motion filed in a Maryland federal court earlier this week. The class of plaintiffs along with Allen Harim Foods, Amick…