Food Prices
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
Educate
Watch: “How Billionaires Cracked the Food Stamp Cheat Code” More Perfect Union. Large companies like Kroger and Walmart hire employees at just below hours required to pay them benefits, expect the government to subsidize their employees’ food and health costs, then expect those same employees to turn around and spend those subsidies within their stores. Trillion-dollar companies are the ones guilty of taking advantage of SNAP, Medicare, and workers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKRLZk98EOg
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
2026-04-29 Maryland became the first state to ban AI-driven grocery dynamic pricing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITROfCXUIWM&list=WL&index=3
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/29/maryland-grocery-stores-ban-surveillance-pricing
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
2026-05-03 Small businesses received rejections for their tariff refund claims.
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/03/nx-s1-5805045/tariff-refunds-small-business
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/24/nx-s1-5723862/trump-tariffs-refunds-small-business
2026-05-04 Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced a state emergency due to rising costs and gas prices.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7E9FItIaPk&list=WL&index=6
https://wchstv.com/news/local/ky-governor-andy-beshear-takes-steps-to-lower-price-of-gas
2026-05-06 KraftHeinz reported that consumers are dipping into their savings accounts just to eat.
PAY WALL https://www.seattletimes.com/business/consumers-are-running-out-of-money-and-cutting-back-ceos-warn/
2026-05-06 National Economic Council Director Kevin Hasset told Fox news “In fact, I had the head of one of the big five banks in my office yesterday going through the credit card data. And just as Secretary Bessent said, credit card spending is through the roof. They’re spending more on gasoline, but they’re spending more no everything else too.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-official-drops-odd-boast-161158876.html?
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5867139-strong-job-market-us/
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/07/politics/economy-trump-administration-messaging
https://www.the-independent.com/us/money/trump-credit-card-spending-b2971738.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8ofisyS9MA&list=WL&index=9&t=41s
2026-05-12 Trump said, “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation – I don’t think about anybody”. Two days later JD Vance denied Trump ever said this. https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-americans-financial-situation-iran-negotiations/story?id=132891356
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/12/world/live-news/trump-iran-war-news
https://newrepublic.com/post/210395/jd-vance-donald-trump-never-said-care-even-little-bit-americans
2026 June
2026-06-04 Texas issued a state of disaster after a new world screwworm case was detected in cattle, goats and dogs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c28i80uaoCI&list=WL&index=8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnejR-LcNQc&list=WL&index=5
2026 July
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
2026-07-28 Mayor Mamdani proposed plans to create city-owned grocery stores to help lower grocery costs on staple items like meat, pasta, produce, seafood, bread, yogurt, rice and beans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7W0kHqCgTk&list=WL&index=2
https://apnews.com/article/mamdani-nyc-grocery-stores-prices-bronx-4634d4030209fea663e68f5d6d09a325
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
2026-08-07 Republican senator Dan Crenshaw posted, “Just hearing about this dumb $20 burrito debate. So, just thought I’d make the losers on social media angry before going to bed. Stop whining, get a job, eat ramen like the rest of us did in college on a budget with four roommates. The market doesn’t care what you think something should cost. Only communists care. They set prices, remember? Then everyone starves, remember? Are you a communist, or are you an American adult make capable of handling his own shit?”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6015958-dan-crenshaw-burrito-debate-affordability/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzWBeoChR-s&list=WL&index=1&t=89s
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
2026-08-31 Allegedly China rejected Argentine beef its high levels of chloramphenicol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-wIz4s2Xs0&list=WL&index=7&t=64s
https://www.alreporter.com/2026/08/27/sparks-urges-tougher-testing-of-imported-beef/
2026 September
2026-09-01 Iranians faced dire economic conditions as runaway food inflation caused food prices to rise well over 300%.