The USDA fired its experts on seed industry concentration. Then, it proclaimed it was working on the issue. (opens in new tab)

Last month, when the Trump administration reached an agreement with Bayer to curb what officials lambasted as anticompetitive practices, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins hailed it as a win for farmers. But she cautioned the concentrated nature of the seed industry required continued antitrust vigilance. “We must celebrate this great progress,” she said, “while acknowledging there’s […] The post appeared first on .