Agri-Pulse | Trump Administration Could Decide Fate of USDA Competition Rules
If the proposed P&S Act rules are not completed before the end of Biden’s term, the next Ag secretary can withdraw them, said Farm Action Fund’s Joe Maxwell.
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If the proposed P&S Act rules are not completed before the end of Biden’s term, the next Ag secretary can withdraw them, said Farm Action Fund’s Joe Maxwell.
For far too long, family farms have been crushed under the monopolistic power of Big Ag. And for decades, politicians from both parties either turned a blind eye to the oligopolies that rule over rural America — or climbed right into bed with them.
On the Wisconsin stop of the Enough Is Enough Tour, Farm Action Fund’s Christian Lovell spoke about the misuse of checkoff funds.
On the Ohio stop of the Enough Is Enough Tour, Farm Action Fund’s Angela Huffman spoke about the need to increase checkoff program transparency.
The Enough Is Enough Tour is calling for checkoff program reform to level the playing field for America’s farmers and ranchers.
Farm groups announced the launch of the Enough Is Enough Tour to call for an end to government policies that favor the largest food industry giants.
This catastrophic legislation would only benefit a few global corporations, said Farm Action Fund’s Joe Maxwell, and must be kept out of the 2023 Farm Bill.
Checkoff reform opponents are “brazenly omitting their shared conflict of interest: [they] are all recipients of checkoff funds,” says Farm Action Fund’s Angela Huffman.
Farm Action Fund’s Joe Maxwell urged the House Appropriations Committee to reconsider the provision, which effectively sells out America’s farmers and ranchers.
Farm Action Fund endorsed legislation that in many places could jump-start the growth of local and regional food systems.
Farmers’ dollars are being “funneled through the government and into the hands of trade and lobbying groups,” said Farm Action Fund’s Angela Huffman.
Farm Action Fund’s Joe Van Wye says that no matter who comes out on top, a bipartisan push to rein in food system consolidation may continue.