June 28, 2012 For Immediate Release Contact: Fred Stokes 601-527-2459 tfredstokes@hughes.net www.competitivemarkets.com Lincoln, NE: In a decision that will rock global agriculture supply markets for years, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Chicago ruled June 27th that a civil suit alleging price fixing in American potash markets by a handful of global fertilizer suppliers can proceed and be heard in the Seventh Circuit. “This a huge step forward for American farmers and competitive markets,” noted Mike Callicrate, vice Read More …
Category: Antitrust
Antitrust efforts have gone in dustbin of history
Christine Varney of the Justice Department and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack listen during a workshop with poultry farmers in Normal, Ala., May 21, 2010. (USDA photo) The food we eat is increasingly part of a globalized and industrialized concentrated system. Researchers point to a growing consolidation in food production, processing and distribution. Four or five companies control thousands of brands. Poultry growers have one-sided contracts, pig and beef producers increasingly are forced to give up independence for contracts Read More …
USDA INC.: HOW AGRIBUSINESS HAS HIJACKED REGULATORY POLICY AT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
BY PHILIP MATTERA CORPORATE RESEARCH PROJECT OF GOOD JOBS FIRST Released At the Food and Agriculture Conference of The Organization for Competitive Markets EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Complete Paper: PDF | Google Scholar (HTML) IN ITS EARLY DAYS, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) was dubbed the “People’s Department” by President Lincoln, in recognition of its role in helping the large portion of the population that worked the land. Some 140 years later, USDA has been transformed into something Read More …