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The Organization for Competitive Markets is a national, non-profit public policy research organization headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska. OCM believes America must work together, across all commodities, toward the common purpose of returning its food and agricultural sector to true supply and demand-based competition. Antitrust, competition and fair trade are important areas of interest to OCM. Through nonpartisan issues pertaining to farm and ranch countries, we are able to reflect our diverse membership in all political parties. Our goal is to create competitive markets within agriculture. This concern does not stop at the national level however, it transcends to the international level through international trade agreements that threaten our country’s sovereignty while increasing the market power of global agri-businesses.
OCM's Mission
Former President Theodore Roosevelt, whose likeness graces our masthead, was known as the original Trust Buster. He advocated and enforced the first antitrust laws and reinvigorated true competition and entrepreneurship throughout America. OCM seeks to reinvigorate his legacy of antitrust law and competition policy. Reclaiming competitive markets in agriculture for farmers, ranchers and rural communities is our goal for America. True competition reduces the need for economic regulation. Our mission, and our duty, is to define and advocate the proper role of government in the agricultural economy as a regulator and enforcer of rules necessary for markets that are fair, honest, accessible and competitive for all citizens.
OCM's Publications and Events
OCM initiates an extensive communications program to distribute knowledge and information about true free market principals in the American tradition. OCM’s monthly newsletter highlights important events and dates while distributing new ideas relating to competition and trade. OCM staff members appear on weekly radio programs in farming areas throughout the nation to discuss and comment upon current events. Members and staff of OCM hold meetings to discuss regulatory, policy and litigation topics relating to monopoly, concentration, vertical integration, market deception and unfairness.
OCM's Funding
Funding comes from membership dues, foundations, businesses and individuals. OCM is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
OCM's Members and Supporters
OCM membership is open to anyone who subscribes to its mission. Current members and supporters include producers of cattle, corn, soybeans, wheat, hogs, vegetables and other crops. OCM membership is not limited to farmers. Policy makers, academic institutions, lawyers and businessmen are an important part of our support base.
How to Label OCM
OCM is a membership-based research and advocacy organization. We are the only national think tank focusing strictly on antitrust and trade policy in agriculture. We are "pro-business" because we believe in free markets and the law of supply and demand to allocate resources properly. We are "conservative" because we believe American values such as honesty and morality should be demanded of our businesses and politicians. We are "liberal" because we believe government has a regulatory role to create and enforce the rules of doing business, thereby avoiding capitalism. We are "populist" because we have determined our nation is made economically and culturally wealthy by preserving the ability of independent families to produce our food without fear of the economically dominant firms in agribusiness.
*Through press releases and independent blogs, some material posted on this website may not coincide with OCM's mission. Please remember that OCM is focused on working together with all of America in an effort to return the agricultural sector to supply-and-demand based competition.
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