The farmer and food-freedom advocate says the administration’s latest attempt to placate ranchers does little to remove the legal barriers that keep small producers from selling meat directly to consumers.
New analysis projects fewer than 20,000 dairy farms by the end of the decade as economies of scale, technology, and vertical integration reshape the industry.
A Cyclospora outbreak exposes how four companies came to control more than half of America’s fresh-cut salad market.
Four companies control 58% of the poultry industry, giving them the money and access to weaken protections for the farmers who depend on them.
Opposition to the Save Our Bacon Act is spreading beyond animal-welfare groups, with voters in a major pork-producing state and more than 720 veterinarians urging Congress to preserve state protections.
Rick Clark told Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that reducing synthetic inputs can improve farm profitability, but education, lending rules and crop insurance remain barriers to adoption.
Consumers paid record prices and contract farmers earned pennies while dominant egg producers amassed huge profits — then settled price-fixing allegations for a fraction of what they made.
A provision in the 2026 Farm Bill could establish a precedent that states may no longer meaningfully govern the terms under which food is produced and sold within their own borders.
A Canadian tractor builder is drawing massive interest by offering repairable, low-tech machines as farmers struggle with soaring equipment costs, software lockouts, and growing dependence on corporate-controlled systems.
From SNAP cuts to farm survival, the policies behind your grocery bill are shifting in real time.