USDA: Protect farmers and ranchers!

Congress enacted the Packers and Stockyards Act (PSA) in 1921 to protect farmers, ranchers and consumers from the anti-competitive stranglehold that large corporations had over meat and poultry markets. But now the PSA’s promise of competitive markets is slipping further away.

President Biden’s executive order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy specifically called out meat and poultry markets and the need to strengthen enforcement of the PSA. Now it’s time for USDA to act!

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I urge you to protect farmers, ranchers and consumers from the anti-competitive stranglehold that large corporations have over meat and poultry markets in the United States. 
Just a handful of mega-corporations control the beef, pork and poultry markets. And these companies use their extraordinary power to manipulate markets – lowering the earnings for farmers and ranchers, while raising prices for consumers.

In 1921, Congress enacted the Packers and Stockyards Act (PSA) to protect farmers, ranchers and consumers from the anti-competitive stranglehold that large corporations had over meat and poultry markets. But relentless industry attacks have watered down the PSA to the point of providing no real protection at all for individual farmers and ranchers.

Instead of being protected from unfair, anti-competitive treatment, many farmers and ranchers find themselves subject to exploitative contracts and unfair preferences that pit farmer against farmer and force them into smothering cycles of debt.

President Biden’s Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy specifically called out meat and poultry markets and the need to strengthen enforcement of the PSA. Now it’s time for USDA to act!

USDA must do its job to protect farmers and ranchers, ensure competitive markets and hold corporations accountable for their abuses. It’s time to strengthen the Packers and Stockyards Act!

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