date:Jun 16, 2014
In response to reports that Tyson Foods won a bidding war to acquire Hillshire Brands, Johnson issued the following statement:
Tyson Food's likely purchase of Hillshire benefits corporate owners at the expense of farmers and consumers. Our country is worse off because of the increasingly consolidated food and agriculture marketplace. Farmers and ranchers will have fewer buyers and Tyson will be better able to dictate lower prices paid to producers. Closures of meatpacking and processing facilit