Farm Food Cost
TRUMP REVOKED ANTI MONOPOLY LEGISLATION!!!
2025-07-09 Trump revoked Biden’s Executive Order 14036 on Promoting Competition in the American Economy, a legislation meant to prevent monopolies and higher food prices.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/revocation-of-executive-order-on-competition
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/13/trump-revokes-biden-order-economy
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/statement-revocation-biden-harris-executive-order-competition
Sysco
https://www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications/condemns-sysco-plan-to-buy-restaurant-depo
https://www.foodandwine.com/independent-restaurants-oppose-sysco-restaurant-depot-deal-11941190
https://slate.com/human-interest/2007/02/how-sysco-came-to-monopolize-most-of-what-you-eat.html
https://substack.perfectunion.us/p/the-hidden-reason-why-restaurants
1996
1996-06-06 Antitrust Enforcement in the Meat Packing Industry (archived DOJ document)
https://www.justice.gov/archives/atr/speech/antitrust-enforcement-meat-packing-industry-0
2022
2022-03-02 Biden openly criticized the “Big Four” for manipulating the meat market.
https://www.ucs.org/about/news/biden-calls-out-meat-packers-sotu
https://newrepublic.com/article/165576/biden-meat-monopoly-antitrust-economy
https://fortune.com/2022/01/06/meat-prices-biden-inflation-tyson-cargill-jbs/
SUB WALL https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/27/meatpacking-ceos-congress-hearing-00028238
2025
2025-02-06 Egg prices soared due to bird flu. When farmers rebuilt flocks and replaced sick birds, Trump took the credit.
https://innovateanimalag.org/hpai-costs-2025
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/18/business/egg-prices-trump
2025-10-24 After bailing Argentina out with $40M, Trump announced the U.S. would be buying their beef too.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/12/economy/argentina-america-bailout-currency
2025-11-21 Tyson Foods closed the Lexington Nebraska beef plant, leaving roughly 3200 people out of a job. This boosted Tyson stocks by 6%.
https://cap.unl.edu/news/understanding-tyson-lexington-plant-closure-what-it-means-cattle-producers/
https://www.producer.com/livestock/tyson-to-close-beef-plant-as-supplies-dwindle/
2026 April
2026-04-21 The DOJ opened an investigation into whether meat packers were colluding with fixed prices or manipulating the market. See 2022 when the Biden Administration often publicly criticized the “Big Four” for manipulating the markets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IyIiwYbNJs&list=WL&index=4&t=82s
https://thehill.com/business/personal-finance/5841854-doj-investigates-meatpacking-companies/
https://www.farmprogress.com/farm-policy/doj-probes-meatpackers-egg-suppliers-for-price-fixing
https://theweek.com/politics/justice-department-beef-meatpacking-industry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IyIiwYbNJs&list=WL&index=4&t=82s
ARCHIVED 1996 https://www.justice.gov/archives/atr/speech/antitrust-enforcement-meat-packing-industry-0
2023 OVERSIGHT https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-118hhrg52955/html/CHRG-118hhrg52955.htm?utm_source=chatgpt.com
2026-04-30 A bale of hay costs $23, diesel costs rose up over 46%, screwworms were an issue in the Southern border, and additional cuts to SNAP benefits were made. Meanwhile farming families are under duress and the rate of farmer suicide is increasing.
https://www.instagram.com/reels/DXp39tRiciL/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmRokZs7gPQ&list=WL&index=2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LbxJS5uApQ&list=WL&index=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmRokZs7gPQ&list=WL&index=2
https://www.fb.org/initiative/farm-state-of-mind
2026 May
2026-05-13 The fertilizer shortage hit home for farmers in Michigan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPXrXwuyAq8&list=WL&index=2
2026 July
2026-07-24 Farmers spent an addition $1.4 Billion dollars in diesel fuel compared to a year ago since the start of the Iran war.
2026-07-25 Ranchers in Colorado reported the need for water hauling amidst droughts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPtBKrT63Gs&list=WL&index=3
https://apnews.com/article/ranchers-water-hauling-bb468aa92a821c3fe20a381eda9762d7
2026-07-31 The heatwave blanketing much cattle country took a physical toll on herds with losses in the thousands.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-wT4VXfJTw&list=WL&index=3
https://www.drovers.com/news/cattle-death-toll-climbs-extreme-heat-and-humidity
2026 August
2026-08-12 When asked about the 30,000 pounds of beef at the border that was not reinspected Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller (R) stated, “Well basically the first time I ever disagreed with Trump about bringing in Argentine beef to start with”, “We also have an agriculture trade deficit. It was about $50B. So, buying more food from outside the US increased our deficit…”
INTERVIEW ON CBS TEXAS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsM5J0lsNaU&list=WL&index=4&t=84s