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Call for competitionIATP and over 200 organizations are demanding that the 2007 Farm Bill include a competition title to address the growing market power of agribusiness.
Concentration distorts global food markets
Wal-Mart comes callingWhen the world's largest supermarket company says it wants to make organic cheaper, it's bad news for farmers, writes IATP Senior Fellow Richard Levins in OFARM Quarterly.
Cheap feed crops subsidize industrial animal factories
Increased concentration in agriculture markets: New studyA study by the University of Missouri's Department of Rural Sociology, commissioned by the National Farmers Union, finds that the concentration ratio for the top four firms has increased in all agriculture commodity sectors except for ethanol production.
Power hungryAction Aid International asserts in this new report that global food companies have grown too powerful and are undermining the fight against poverty in developing countries.
Report: USDA policy ‘hijacked’ by agribusinessA report finds that regulatory policy at the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been "hijacked" by the agribusiness industry, which has seen to it that many key policymaking positions at the agency are now held by individuals who previously worked for the industry.
Agribusiness headlinesJan. 18: NFU Urges Congress to Address Competition and Concentration in New Farm Bill National Farmers Union Jan. 8: STATEMENT FROM THE UFCW ON THE SETTLEMENT OF ALBERTSONS OFF-THE-CLOCK CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT United Food and Commercial Workers Union Jan. 18: SEC sues 3 former ConAgra execs Rocky Mountain News Jan. 15: Some Smithfield Foods Workers Protest MLK Holiday Decision Cattle Network Jan. 10: Tyson Foods Settles Suit The Morning News Companies in the newsConAgra Profile Monsanto Profile Smithfield Foods, Inc. Profile The Smithfield Companies Profile Tyson Foods Profile |
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The growing concentration of market power in international food companies adversely affects farms are consumers worldwide. A new EcoFair Trade Dialogue paper by IATP's Sophia Murphy shows how.
Farmers suffer while multinationals win big thanks to low commodity prices. Based on new Tufts University research on implicit subsidies, IATP's Dennis Olson shows how agribusiness reaps major gains at the expense of American farmers and taxpayers.
Think Forward
by IATP staff
Profiles of over 90 agribusiness companies, including their products, management, corporate geneaology and profit margins.
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