From Sarah Miller, Executive Director of Economic Liberties <[email protected]>
Subject TODAY: Beefing Up Antitrust Enforcement: How to Revitalize American Agriculture feat. AG Keith Ellison and USDA Senior Advisor Andy Green
Date November 1, 2021 1:17 PM
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[[link removed]]Beefing Up Antitrust Enforcement: How to Revitalize American Agriculture feat. AG Keith Ellison and USDA Senior Advisor Andy Green
Today, November 1st, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET
Watch Here [[link removed]]Americans are paying too much for meat — not because the fundamental economics of pork, poultry, or beef have changed, but because a handful of corporate monopolies control every aspect of the industry [[link removed]] . Four firms control 54% of the poultry, 66% of the hog and 85% of the cattle markets. They use this stranglehold [[link removed]] to drive up grocery bills, to depress workers wages and dictate rules to farmers, and to bully and cajole Washington into ever-weaker workplace protections and food industry oversight, which has left our food supply chain vulnerable to cyberattacks and market shocks.
Government has the power to fix this. Multinational corporate meatpackers can be broken up. The 100-year-old Packers & Stockyards Act was originally intended to protect poultry and hog farmers and cattle ranchers from unfair, deceptive, and monopolistic practices in the meat market.
[[link removed]]But for the last few decades, under both Democratic and Republican administrations, USDA has not fully enforced these important protections for farmers and ranchers, which has enabled rampant consolidation.
Robust competition policy and serious enforcement will play a key role in dismantling the meatpacker cartel. Join the American Economic Liberties Project and the National Farmers Union today, November 1, at 12 pm ET to discuss how we got here, why we must act now, and what concrete steps we can take to revive competition in American agriculture.
Watch Here [[link removed]]Introductory Remarks
Sarah Miller [[link removed]] , Executive Director, American Economic Liberties Project
Keynote Remarks
Keith Ellison [[link removed]] , Attorney General, Minnesota
Panel Discussion
Bill Bullard [[link removed]] , CEO, R-CALF USA
Sarah Lloyd [[link removed]] , Dairy Farmer and Wisconsin Farmers Union Board Member
Mike Callicrate [[link removed]] , Farmer-Rancher and Family Farm Advocate
Moderated by J [[link removed]] . [[link removed]] D [[link removed]] . [[link removed]] S [[link removed]] c [[link removed]] holten [[link removed]] , American Economic Liberties Project
National Farmers Union Remarks
Patty Edelburg [[link removed]] , Vice President, National Farmers Union
Closing Remarks
Andy Green [[link removed]] , Senior Advisor for Fair and Competitive Markets, USDA
Today, November 1st
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET
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