KANSAS CITY, MO – On Friday and Saturday, Members of the Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM), met in the Heart of America, for the group’s annual conference focused on concerns with the so-called Ending Agriculture Trade Suppression (EATS) Act, H.R. 4417/S.2019, led by Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, and Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, mRNA vaccines, and the anti-trust issues surrounding multinational conglomerate packers like the Chinese-owned Smithfield, Brazil-based JBS, Tyson, and Cargill. The group also rallied around the Opportunities for Fairness in Farming (OFF) Act, H.R.1249/S.557, led by Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, Rand Paul, R-Ky., Cory Booker, D-N.J., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Reps. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., and Dina Titus, D-Nev, and the draft Agriculture Marketing Protection (AMP) Act. The conference follows OCM’s Farm Bill Summit and fly-in to Washington, D.C., the prior week.
