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Farm group wants investigation into egg prices

January 26, 2023
Agriculture

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Egg prices are up more than 130% from year ago levels, and a U.S. farm group is asking the Federal Trade Commission to look into the high […]

Farmers Union files complaint with FTC over right-to-repair

March 8, 2022
Agriculture

WASHINGTON, D.C – Groups like the National Farmers Union and other right-to-repair advocates filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission against John Deere over the right to repair its […]

Biden takes aim at industries where a handful of powerful companies control markets, issues executive order to counter anticompetitive practices

July 9, 2021
Agriculture, Business, News

WASHINGTON, DC – Building on last month’s announcement that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) would introduce new rules to protect ranchers and farmers from corporate abuse, President Joe Biden […]

Bill would put special investigator in Packers & Stockyards agency

June 16, 2021
Agriculture

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) have announced new, bipartisan legislation to address anticompetitive practices in the meat and poultry industries […]