Egg giants settle price-fixing claims
Farm Action says the egg settlement lets dominant producers treat alleged price fixing as a business expense, not real accountability.
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For egg giants, accountability is just another expense
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.
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Senate Farm Bill Leaves Out ‘Save Our Bacon Act’ — For Now
A major procedural win for animals, but not the end of the fight as Big Pork looks for another opening in the Farm Bill.
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Washington ranch family says state crackdown is a pretext to take their land
Wade and Teresa King are fighting fines, lease termination, and a secret criminal investigation after cleaning long-used stock ponds on their ranch.
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Lab-grown meat pitched as an answer to Chicago food deserts
A Chicago Tribune story frames cultivated meat as a possible solution to protein affordability, but the promise still depends on scale, cost, public trust, and who ultimately controls production.
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Iowa farmer argues federal policy keeps farmers hooked on fertilizer
In an AgWeb op-ed, Wendy Johnson argues the next farm bill should reward soil health, crop diversity, and farmer-owned land instead of locking producers into corn, soy, and synthetic inputs.
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Ohio farmers warn data center boom could weaken property rights
A proposal backed by the Ohio Business Roundtable would let energy infrastructure projects take possession of land before compensation disputes are resolved.
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Big Ag wants federal power to override state food standards
Joel Salatin argues that farmers who champion states’ rights and limited government should think twice before backing a federal bill that overrides state food standards.
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Putting farmers at the center of agricultural innovation
Producers in the Midwest are teaching each other how to improve soil health, cut costs, reduce erosion, and make farms more resilient — without waiting for top-down mandates.
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The beef squeeze hitting the dinner plate
America’s beef cattle herd has shrunk to its smallest level in decades, helping drive beef prices higher. For years, strong consumer demand absorbed those increases — but there are signs shoppers may finally be pulling back.
