Put Up or Shut Up: Wanted, Documented Evidence of the Existance of Competition
by Randy Stevenson, President We have listened for quite a long time to a number of experts expound on the virtues and flaws of the cattle market. We’ve seen surveys (some masquerading as “studies”)...
View ArticleRanchers Must Keep Pushing, Ex-GIPSA Chief Says
Updated: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 11:42 AM By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI Capital Press Ranchers risk losing their independence unless they keep pressing for stronger oversight of meat packers, according to...
View ArticleFarm Bill 2012: El Dorado in Recession?
Anita Poole-Endsley Executive Director In centuries past, Spanish Conquistadors searched for the famed city of El Dorado. El Dorado was rumored to be made of gold where riches abounded. El Dorado was...
View ArticleOccupy Langdon: We Are Less Than One Percent
by Richard Oswald The Occupy Wall Street Movement has been called “a potent political and cultural conversation”. On the other hand Occupy movements in cities like Washington DC have been called over...
View ArticlePresident Trump Should Say No to Brazil’s Beef Import Deal
“With this acquisition, we become the largest beef company in the world.” With these words, JBS President Joesley Batista set in motion what today has become an invasion of the U.S. beef market by...
View ArticleAdvocates Take to Social Media to #BreakUpBigAg
Between Monday, June 10th and Friday, June 14th the Organization for Competitive Markets led a social media campaign called #BreakUpBigAg to support the Agribusiness Merger Moratorium Act....
View ArticleHigh Plains Journal | COVID-19 exposing stress points in meat supply system
by David Murray Source: High Plains Journal Date Published: May 24, 2020 As the COVID-19 crisis grinds on, it is exposing serious stress points in the nation’s delicately balanced meat supply system....
View ArticleSouth Dakota Public Broadcasting | Pandemic Widens Gulf Between Packers and...
by Seth Tupper Source: South Dakota Public Broadcasting Date Published: June 2, 2020 Rancher Rick Fox said there aren’t as many buyers for his cattle anymore, because the four major beef processors are...
View ArticleBloomberg | U.S. Meat Giants Face Biggest Attack in Century From Probe
by David McLaughlin Source: Bloomberg Business Date Published: June 15, 2020 The Trump administration is launching what could turn out to be the biggest attack in a century against the giants of...
View ArticleDOJ asked to investigate JBS lamb facility acquisition
by Jacqui Fatka Source: Feedstuffs JBS USA Holdings Inc. closed on its purchase of the rancher-owned Mountain States Rosen lamb processing facility in Greeley, Colo., but a number of congressional...
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