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DOJ-Bayer Settlement Announced

Published May 21, 2026

Bayer has agreed to drop potentially anti-competitive measures from its seed loyalty programs for corn and soybeans. An official with the Justice Department said the loyalty programs discourage farmers from switching to other seed companies, which poses a danger to…

DOJ Investigates Fertilizer Companies

Published March 6, 2026

The U.S. Justice Department has launched an antitrust investigation into the fertilizer industry. CF Industries, Nutrien, Mosaic, Koch and Yara International are all part of this investigation. Bloomberg News reports that allegations of price collusion are being analyzed.

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DOJ Investigates Fertilizer Pricing

Published March 6, 2026

The Iowa Corn Growers Association is welcoming reports that the U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation into the fertilizer industry. The group says farmers have raised concerns for years about rising fertilizer costs while commodity prices have moved…

DOJ Ramps Up Its Ag Anti-Trust Division in the Midwest

Published June 26, 2024

The Justice Department is working with USDA to boost competition in the livestock industry. Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Jonathan Kanter said it is time to enforce the Packers and Stockyards Act beyond poultry and focus on beef and other…

DOJ Hires Lawyers in Midwest to Focus on Ag Anti-Trust Issues

Published June 25, 2024

The Department of Justice Antitrust Division is expanding its efforts to increase criminal enforcement within the ag sector. South Dakota Farmers Union President Doug Sombke sees this as an important step toward fair competition in the marketplace. Consolidation in the meatpacking…

Reworking Federal Merger Guidelines

Published March 29, 2022

The Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission had their first official listening forum on mergers and acquisitions on Monday. This forum focused on food and agriculture. The goal of the listening sessions is to revise merger guidelines. "These guidelines…

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DOJ Monitoring Farm Input Costs

Published February 21, 2022

The Justice Department is prioritizing investigations into companies that manipulate supply chain disruptions to raise prices. With this initiative, the DOJ said it will prosecute violations of antitrust laws, including any agreements to fix prices or allocate markets. The announcement…

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Price-Fixing Indictments in the Poultry Sector

Published July 30, 2021

The Justice Department has filed indictments against Koch Foods and four executives from Pilgrim’s Pride. There are allegations of a conspiracy to suppress and eliminate competition in the poultry business. Fourteen individuals have now charged in this price-fixing case.

DOJ and CFTC Investigate Ceres Global

Published June 21, 2021

Minneapolis-based Ceres Global Ag Corp is cooperating with the Department of Justice and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission regarding the company’s trading activities. Trades in the oat market from 2016-to-2019 are at the center of this investigation.

DOJ Weighs in on Zen-Noh/Bunge Deal

Published June 3, 2021

To move forward with its planned acquisition of Bunge North America, the Justice Department is demanding the Zen-Noh Grain Corporation divest nine grain elevators along the Mississippi River and its tributaries. If this happens, the DOJ says it would resolve…

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DOJ-Bayer Settlement Announced

DOJ Investigates Fertilizer Companies

DOJ Investigates Fertilizer Pricing

DOJ Ramps Up Its Ag Anti-Trust Division in the Midwest

DOJ Hires Lawyers in Midwest to Focus on Ag Anti-Trust Issues

Reworking Federal Merger Guidelines

DOJ Monitoring Farm Input Costs

Price-Fixing Indictments in the Poultry Sector

DOJ and CFTC Investigate Ceres Global

DOJ Weighs in on Zen-Noh/Bunge Deal

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