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Impacted producers will have 30 days from final approval to file a claim MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Beef producers are closer to a settlement in an antitrust class action case with […]
Agrees to provide ‘certain documents’ in remaining trials MINNEAPOLIS, MN – R-CALF, National Farmers Union and four fed cattle producers are seeking preliminary approval of a proposed $83.5 million class […]
HURON, S.D. – Supply and demand drive the market. Or do they? Market manipulation was the focus of a panel discussion hosted during the South Dakota Farmers Union (SDFU) State […]
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – A federal judge in Minnesota has dismissed an antitrust lawsuit against major meatpackers, ruling the cattle ranchers’ claims lacked legal standing. Meatpacking giants Cargill Inc., JBS SA, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hoping to beef up its enforcement of anti-competitive practices in the meat and food sectors, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced a partnership between USDA […]
MIAMI, FL – The nation’s largest beef packers are facing a growing number of antitrust lawsuits alleging a conspiracy to fix prices, as five more complaints were filed in a […]
HURON, S.D. – Packer Accountability is among the topics experts from across the state and nation will discuss during the 2022 South Dakota Farmers Union (SDFU) State Convention held in […]
HOUSTON, TX – A major food distributor has accused the “Big Four” beef packers of fixing prices and manipulating markets to the detriment of ranchers and consumers. Sysco, a Texas-based […]
CHICAGO, ILL – Tyson Foods, Inc, Cargill Inc. and other major meat producers are using the colossal share of the market to limit beef supplies sold to U.S. wholesalers in […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Concentration in the food and agricultural economy has accelerated at a rapid pace since the 1980s, and particularly since the Great Recession. In the past four decades, […]
WASHINGTON, DC – It’s a matter of food security. That’s the message National Farmers Union President Rob Lawrew delivered to a a subcommittee of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee that […]
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – The Federal District Court for the District of Minnesota has issued an order substantially denying the motion by the nation’s four largest beef packers (Defendants) to dismiss […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Earlier this week, National Farmers Union (NFU) submitted formal comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture in response to a request for information on “Investments and Opportunities […]
WASHINGTON, DC – The world’s largest meat packer considered the makeup of the U.S. meat industry sitting around the table at a recent closed-door and decided they didn’t want to […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Two US Senators have sent a bipartisan letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland drawing attention to a brewing crisis in the food supply system, as reported by […]
Marshall Carr, age 80, of Faith, South Dakota, died on Saturday, October 5, 2024 at Hans P. Peterson […]
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