Anti-Corporate Farming in Nebraska
The constitution for the state of Nebraska has put a ban on any corporate farming in their state. No corporation or syndicate shall acquire any title to real estate used for farming or ranching in this state or engage in farming and ranching under Article XII Section 8. Majority of our food comes from corporate farming in which large corporations consist of these large factories that put out mass production of food. The practice has put many agricultural farmers out of work and controls many of the livestock revenue in many states. For some time the people were ignored when it came to this issue but after a ballot signed by 300 of Nebraska’s residents, the law is in their state constitution and ironically it is called Initiative 300.
Nebraska natives argued that corporate farming was an economic, environmental, and social threat to family farmers. Packers of meat will then only want meat packaged through these large corporations that will also hurt family farmers. These large corporations are also damaging to the water and air supply from producing harmful chemicals that get put out through air vents and the water omitted from large stocks go through runoffs that get in the peoples water. Corporations for corporate farming argue it extracts a reliable and steady flow of output. They also argue that it more animals can be farmed with less labor and more capital. The corporate farm world also produces more jobs for the economy.
Many frustrations in corporate farming come from the double-edged sword of technological change. More efficiency means more output; more output means less revenue per unit of output due simply to supply and demand. The problem is the pressure to expand and produce more that family farmers are unable to do and large corporations are. The reality is technology is changing our world and there will always e an argument in whether corporate farming is ultimately good or bad.
Nebraska natives argued that corporate farming was an economic, environmental, and social threat to family farmers. Packers of meat will then only want meat packaged through these large corporations that will also hurt family farmers. These large corporations are also damaging to the water and air supply from producing harmful chemicals that get put out through air vents and the water omitted from large stocks go through runoffs that get in the peoples water. Corporations for corporate farming argue it extracts a reliable and steady flow of output. They also argue that it more animals can be farmed with less labor and more capital. The corporate farm world also produces more jobs for the economy.
Many frustrations in corporate farming come from the double-edged sword of technological change. More efficiency means more output; more output means less revenue per unit of output due simply to supply and demand. The problem is the pressure to expand and produce more that family farmers are unable to do and large corporations are. The reality is technology is changing our world and there will always e an argument in whether corporate farming is ultimately good or bad.