Corporate Concentration and Price Fixing in Agriculture

About this episode

The episode discusses corporate consolidation and price fixing in agriculture with Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Stephen Vaden.

Jim Mundorf and Shad Sullivan sit down with the Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Stephen Vaden inside the USDA studios, to talk about the current investigations into corporate consolidation in different agriculture industries. Brought to you by Meitler Cattle Production Sale, April 11, Lucas Kansas. Catalog and more here: https://meitlercattle.com 0:00 Intro. Where Stephen is from 3:15 How he ended up in Washington DC 8:23 Fertilizer prices and the current investigation 10:53 Commodity prices vs. inputs 13:17 Current investigations 19:17 Farm equipment manufacturers meeting 27:00 Comparing farm equipment and auto industries. 32:26 Property law 34:00 Meat packing investigation 44:44 Working towards a solution Support Lonesome Lands: https://www.lonesomelands.com/subscribe Lonesome Lands Store: https://www.lonesomelands.com/merchandise

People in this episode

Hosts: Jim Mundorf, Shad Sullivan

Guest: Stephen Vaden

Topics covered

• corporate consolidation
• agriculture
• price fixing
• investigations
• farm equipment
• fertilizer prices

Keywords

• corporate concentration
• agriculture
• price fixing
• fertilizer prices
• commodity prices
• farm equipment
• meat packing

Sponsors

Meitler Cattle Production Sale

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: USDA

Places: Lucas Kansas

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