The average dairy farmer managed to turn an annual profit just twice between 2000 and 2021 driving two-thirds of family-scale farms out of business, a new report finds. Export-oriented dairy policies have failed to secure fair prices for farmers.
Read MoreAmerica has a railroad monopoly problem, but merging the smallest Class I carriers won’t solve it.
Read MoreLarge chocolate processors and manufacturers have the wealth and ability to pay farmers more and monitor their supply chains, but they choose not to. Instead, the least powerful players – the farmers – bear most the risks and responsibilities in cocoa production.
Read MoreFood safety officials lifted a ban on Friday on Brazilian beef imports, introducing a potential windfall for multinational meatpackers and significant threats to American ranchers and consumers.
Read MoreLast week, The Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. and Chinese trade officials reached a deal to lift China’s five-year ban on U.S. poultry imports in exchange for the U.S. allowing more Chinese cooked chicken and seafood products.
Read MoreThe world is eating more farmed fish, and global grain traders intend to control the fish feeding business much as they control the feeding of other farm animals.
Read MoreLast week, after the Trump administration struck a deal with Canada and Mexico to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement, the White House declared victory for US farmers, who gained greater access to Canadian dairy, egg, poultry, and wheat markets. Unfortunately, the new deal called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, also includes lesser-known provisions that could allow agribusiness corporations to patent Mexico’s native corn varieties and challenge the country’s ban on genetically modified (GM) corn cultivation.
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