AAI North America US Farm Bill Working Group's three New Issue Briefs - Issue Brief # 1
Title: LEVELING THE FIELD – ISSUE BRIEF #1
Corporate Power in Livestock Production:
How it’s Hurting Farmers, Consumers, and Communities – And What We Can Do About It.
Date Published: June 2007
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Abstract: You don’t have to live on a farm to know that there have been big changes in the agricultural sector over the last few decades. The United States has a much smaller number of farms and ranches today than it did even ten years ago. In fact, fewer than 600,000 full-time family farms provide most of the domestically produced food we eat. These operations must deal with a small and increasingly powerful group of input suppliers—seed, pesticide, fertilizer, and livestock genetics dealers—and an equally concentrated group of buyers for their product.
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