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Barb Kalbach

Barb Kalbach

Barb Kalbach is a fourth-generation family farmer registered Nurse, and board member of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement.

COMMENTARY

Hold Biden administration to its promises for fairer ag markets

By: - January 15, 2022

Family farmers like me have been calling for years for aggressive federal action to break up monopolies and make markets more fair. We know what happens when a handful of companies control livestock and meatpacking markets: farmers earn a shrinking share of the food dollar, farm income declines, and meatpackers earn huge profits. Meatpacking corporations […]