The National Pork Producers Council says California’s Prop. 12 will drive small farms out of business. But a group of small farmers argues that the anti-crate law gives them a rare market opportunity.
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Open Markets and Farm Action hosted farmers and other food business owners in Washington, DC to assess the Biden administration’s commitment to restoring fair competition in the food system.
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A congressional report reveals how meatpacking corporations exaggerated risks of food shortages and drafted an executive order to keep their plants open, deterring health and safety regulations.
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USDA’s proposed rule would require that chicken companies provide more information to their contract growers to better project earnings and spot unfairness.
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Farmers and food businesses urge antitrust enforcers to strengthen merger guidelines and fight consolidation.
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The Capper-Volstead Act just turned 100 years old. What the future of farming could learn from this lesser-known law that established the legal foundations for agricultural cooperatives.
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In the name of supporting craft producers, a new Treasury Department report questions the very state laws that permitted the craft boom, some argue.
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Farm equipment makers face monopolization lawsuits and a new right to repair bill in the Senate.
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Claire Kelloway wrote about the role of food corporations’ market power in rising prices (and rising profit margins) for Time magazine.
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The Biden administration will invest $1 billion in new plants and issue new rules under the Packers and Stockyards Act. Will this help bring down meat prices?
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Government subsidies to build methane biodigesters encourage a dirty industry to expand.
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