Consolidation

By Danny Munch – American Farm Bureau Federation Economist Between 2017 and 2022, the number of farms in the U.S. declined by 141,733 or 7%, according to USDA’s 2022 Census of …

Senators Chuck Grassley and Jon Tester encourage their Senate colleagues to oppose recent efforts that they say will weaken the Packers and Stockyards Act. The upcoming Fiscal year 2024 Agriculture …

U.S. Representatives Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) recently introduced the Livestock Consolidation Research Act. This legislation would direct the USDA’s Economic Research Service to study the impact of …

The Biden administration is launching a new Agricultural Competition Partnership to “crack down on price-gouging and other anti-competitive practices in food and agricultural markets” and create a new “Farmer Seed …

Several large retailers and wholesalers (including Sysco, US Foods, Kroger, Hy-Vee, Albertson, Associated Grocers, Subway, SuperValu, and Cheney Brothers) recently filed claims similar to those brought originally in April 2019 …

U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Jon Tester (D-MT), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced the Food and Agribusiness Merger Moratorium and Antitrust Review Act of 2022, legislation that would place …

In a joint letter to the U.S. Department of Justice, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum and South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem joined with Governors from Nebraska, …

DALLAS (DTN) — Jason Henderson, director of Purdue University Extension and former Federal Reserve economist, is tired of talking about the 1980s. “Where we’re at in the ag business cycle, …

There is growing recognition of America’s historically high levels of industry concentration, and it’s looking like this will be a major issue in the 2020 presidential election. Most of the …