USDA, DOJ Looking Into Input Costs
On Thursday, Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins announced an agreement looking into increasing farm input costs.
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USDA, Justice Department Launch Online Anti-Competition Reporting Tool
Farmers and ranchers can now anonymously report potentially unfair and anti-competitive practices in the livestock and poultry sectors. The USDA and the Justice Department launched an online tool late last week to make it easier for farmers to file those reports
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Wheeler Calls on DOJ to Investigate Environmental Organizations Funding
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler wants the Department of Justice to investigate funding for environmental groups. In a letter to the Justice Department, Wheeler cited concerns the groups were receiving secret funding from foreign countries, specifically China and Russia
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Justice Department Subpoenas Information From Meatpackers
The Justice Department has made a formal demand for information from the country’s four biggest meatpackers as they investigate potential antitrust violations. A Bloomberg article said that deepens the scrutiny of an industry that’s already been hit hard by plant shutdowns due to the coronavirus. The depar
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Justice Department Looking Into Dairy Merger
Dairy Farmers of America has reached an agreement with Dean Foods to purchase the bulk of Dean’s operations for $425 million. But that agreement will be contingent on approval from the Justice Department and a federal bankruptcy court. Dean fil...