JBS Monopoly Abuse Tracker – Organization for Competitive Markets

OCM Asks DOJ To Stop Purchase Of Mountain States Lamb Processing By JBS

OCM Staff — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 21:12:06 +0000

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‘An industry gone bankrupt’: Weld County lamb producers to feel impact of Mountain States Rosen closure

OCM Staff — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 21:23:54 +0000

by Anne Delaney Source: The Greeley Tribune When the Mountain States Rosen lamb plant in Greeley announced its closure last month, the transaction was projected to have a major effect on the lamb industry nationwide. The implications of the plant shutdown are already being felt in Weld County where as many as 300,000 lambs per year are kept on feedlots. Feedlots are where the lambs are fattened up before moving to slaughter at Mountain States Rosen, which was the Read More ...

DOJ asked to investigate JBS lamb facility acquisition

OCM Staff — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 21:17:07 +0000

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 leaders from five western states as well as industry groups have asked U.S. Department of Justice assistant attorney general Makan Delrahim to investigate the acquisition. The COVID-19 pandemic severely damaged foodservice sales and consumer demand for American lamb, as foodservice dine-in sales account for more than 50% of Read More ...

OCM Calls for Department of Justice to Halt JBS Purchase of Mountain States Cooperative

OCM Staff — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 22:36:59 +0000

Click Here to Read OCM’s Letter to DOJ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 31, 2020 Media Contact: Ben Gotschall bgotschall@competitivemarkets.com 402-540-1342 OCM Calls for Department of Justice to Halt JBS Purchase Ag Group cites possible antitrust violations and calls for investigation LINCOLN, NE: Today the Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) sent a letter to Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim of the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), calling for the DOJ to stop the Read More ...

OCM Calls for Moratorium on Beef Imports

OCM Staff — Wed, 20 May 2020 09:33:18 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2020 Media Contact: Ben Gotschall bgotschall@competitivemarkets.com 402-540-1342 OCM Calls for Moratorium on Beef Imports American Producers Can Feed America LINCOLN, NE–Today, the Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) sent a letter to United States Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, calling on him to follow President Trump’s suggestion yesterday to terminate the importation of cattle into the United States. “While we agree with that strategy, we feel it does not go far enough,” said Ben Read More ...

Corrupt billionaire brothers’ meat plants are riddled with coronavirus

OCM Staff — Sat, 18 Apr 2020 19:28:43 +0000

by Isabel Vincent Source: The New York Post The world’s largest meat-processing giant was forced to shut down some of its US plants as more than 100 of its workers tested positive for COVID-19 last week, but the pandemic may be the least of its problems. The Brazilian billionaire brothers — one of whom owned a Manhattan penthouse — controlling the massive meat producer JBS, which slaughters 13 million animals a day and has revenues of $50 billion Read More ...

Food Giant Puts Almost 650 Jobs at Risk in U.K.

OCM Staff — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 22:06:21 +0000

Tulip, which is headquartered in Warwick, has entered into a consultation with employee representatives about making 642 members of staff at its Tipton base redundant. The move comes after the company was sold by Danish Crown to JBS’ Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation in a deal which valued the business at £290m in August 2019. Read more from Insider Media Limited.

World’s biggest meat company, JBS, linked to ‘brutal massacre’ in Amazon

OCM Staff — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 19:48:59 +0000

A new investigation has linked the world’s biggest meat company JBS, and its rival Marfrig, to a farm whose owner is implicated in one of the most brutal Amazonian massacres in recent memory. The report by Repórter Brasil comes as JBS faces growing pressure over transparency failings in its Amazon cattle supply chain. Read more from The Guardian.

Fueling Beef Monopoly Expansion, U.S. Lifts Two-Year Ban on Brazilian Beef Imports

OCM Staff — Sun, 23 Feb 2020 17:28:02 +0000

On Friday, February 21, the United States reopened its border to fresh beef from Brazil after a more than two-year ban, according to a letter sent by the Food Safety and Inspection Service to the Brazilian agriculture minister, as reported by Bloomberg News. Negotiations between President Trump and President Bolsonaro began one year ago, and the two plan to meet next month in Brazil. The move, which the Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) warned against in April 2019, threatens Read More ...

Brian Ross Investigates | $100 Million Outrage; Corrupt Brothers Collect US Taxpayer Money

OCM Staff — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 01:17:39 +0000

This episode of Brian Ross Investigates looks at the case of two brothers linked to a huge corruption scandal in Brazil who have been buying up American meatpacking companies, which have now received more than $100 million in U.S. taxpayer money meant for American farmers and ranchers. Brian Ross joined the Law & Crime Network as chief investigative correspondent in 2018 after decades of award-winning work at ABC News and NBC News. His reports have exposed government and corporate Read More ...