Walker Stands with America’s Cattle Ranchers
Applauds DOJ investigation, calls for fair markets and an end to corporate control in the Beef Industry
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rodney Walker is lending his voice to ranchers calling for fairer market rules, pushing back against the small number of corporations that dominate the U.S. meat-packing business
Walker has applauded the recent directive by President Donald Trump that orders the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the major meat-packing firms. According to the White House and other outlets, this probe is aimed at potential price-fixing, collusion or other anticompetitive practices in the beef market that force independent cattle ranchers to bear an unfair burden.
Walker, a rancher and businessman, said in a campaign release:
“Real capitalism rewards hard work, fair markets, and open competition. It does not reward price-fixing, collusion, or corporate monopolies that crush the hard-working folks who feed this nation. When the system stops protecting the worker and starts protecting the powerful, it’s no longer free enterprise. It’s government-enabled control. Our rural communities aren’t asking for hand-outs. They’re asking for a fair market and a level playing field.”
He concluded by saying:
“It’s time to give the power back to the ranchers who feed America.”
Walker argues that bureaucrats and billion-dollar corporations should not be setting the price of our food or the fate of our farmers. “I stand for strong, fair enforcement, not to punish success, but to protect the free-market principles that built America,” he said.
According to recent reports, four large firms control about 80-85 percent of U.S. beef processing—Cargill, JBS, Tyson Foods and National Beef Packing Company. Industry consolidation and rising cost pressures are driving concerns across rural America that independent ranchers are not seeing a fair return even as beef prices at the grocery store climb.
Walker described his position as: “I stand for strong, fair enforcement, not to punish success, but to protect the free-market principles that built America. If the system is broken, it’s our duty to fix it and return control to the people who built this country: the American worker, the American rancher, and the American dreamer.”
Walker will face several declared Republican contenders, including Attorney General Steve Marshall, U.S. Representative Barry Moore, former SEAL Jared Hudson and former Tuberville aide Morgan Murphy in the May 19, 2026 primary election.
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