“We applaud the USDA for developing clear regulations that will help prosecute the big packers that run the American Meat Cartel for their mafia-like tactics that have put countless American family farmers out of business,” said Marty Irby, president at Competitive Markets Action.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Alabama Contract Poultry Growers Association, Organization for Competitive Markets, and Competitive Markets Action released the following statement in response to the USDA’s announcement of proposed Stockyards and Packers Act regulations that provides workable guidelines on how the USDA can fulfill its statutory obligations to ensure fair and competitive national livestock and poultry markets:
“We applaud the USDA for developing clear regulations that will help prosecute the big packers that run the American Meat Cartel for their mafia-like tactics that have put countless American family farmers out of business,” said Marty Irby, president at Competitive Markets Action and Secretary at the Organization for Competitive Markets who also represents the Alabama Contract Poultry Growers Association as their lobbyist. “Our farmers and ranchers applaud this encouraging news that gives a glimmer of hope amidst the fallout of Glenn Thompson’s House Farm Bill that would further consolidate agriculture in the U.S. and hand meat production over to foreign interests like the Chinese-owned Smithfield Foods, and Brazil-based JBS. A reckoning that will end the status quo is coming soon.”
The Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit based in Lincoln, Nebraska. The foundation of the Organization for Competitive Markets is to fight for competitive markets in agriculture for farmers, ranchers and rural communities. True competition reduces the need for economic regulation. Our mission, and our duty, is to define and advocate the proper role of government in the agricultural economy as a regulator and enforcer of rules necessary for markets that are fair, honest, accessible and competitive for all citizens.
Competitive Markets Action (CMA) is a 501(c)(4) non-profit based in Washington, D.C., that was formed with the mission of shaping policy to promote more regenerative and sustainable agriculture, and competitive markets in the U.S., and to defend against attacks on states’ rights by the federal government. CMA works to raise awareness of the harm caused by multinational conglomerates to the American family farmer, the consumer and our U.S. economy as a whole in an effort to bring about legislative and regulatory reforms.
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