Lawmakers and ranchers want answers from antitrust enforcers about rising consumer beef prices and stagnant live cattle prices.
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Strict contracts push franchisees to profit off exploiting workers. By holding parent companies accountable and setting standards across the industry, a California bill could change that.
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No one seems to know how to offer quick, profitable grocery delivery without gouging grocers, exploiting workers, or abandoning brick-and-mortar stores altogether.
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The Biden administration is pushing for private carbon markets but some farmers and environmentalists are wary of corporate dominance and green washing.
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Methane emissions from industrial hog and dairy operations are rising and contributing to climate change, yet the industry faces little regulation.
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America has a railroad monopoly problem, but merging the smallest Class I carriers won’t solve it.
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A trade association for independent grocers calls on Congress to revise and enforce a law banning price discrimination that antitrust enforcers have put on the shelf.
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A new antitrust suit against seed makers and sellers sheds light on how Big Ag controls the crop input market to preference their products.
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Thousands of farmers in months-long protest challenge the neoliberal doctrine that unregulated markets will provide more “freedom.”
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While hundreds of millions for cheated customers is nothing to sneeze at, it is not clear if these recent settlements will discourage future collusion.
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In its final days, the Trump administration finalized narrow and industry-friendly Packers & Stockyards rules that will leave farmers with little recourse if they are abused by meatpackers.
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By rolling up and vertically integrating an inherently local industry, Big Waste corporations pushed out thousands of local businesses, drove up trash collection costs, and created incentives to send goods to landfills.
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