Bunge-Viterra deal highlights need for new approach to merger reviews

Bunge-Viterra deal highlights need for new approach to merger reviews

The size and scope of global firms renders competition oversight all but meaningless

If the acquisition is allowed, Bunge will become the world’s largest agricultural commodity trader. Selling off a few businesses in Eastern Europe will not stop it from using its massive footprint to influence markets, prices and production to advance its own interests at the expense of farmers, consumers and workers, no matter what country it operates in.













Ukraine war worsens farm worker shortage

Ukraine war worsens farm worker shortage

As the war drags on, more and more Ukrainians find themselves in uniform

As the war in Ukraine drags on, more and more potential farm workers find themselves in uniform instead, worsening a farm labour shortage.