Antitrust Division Signals Increased Enforcement in Agricultural Sector, Requiring Divestitures in Grain Elevator Transaction to Prevent Potential Harm to Midwestern Farmers

While campaigning in 2020, President Biden broadcast his concern about increased market concentration in American agribusiness. To address perceived “monopolistic markets,” he promised to “protect small and medium-sized farmers and producers” through increased enforcement of the Clayton Act and the Packers and Stockyards Act....
By: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

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