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Farmers ask U.S. Justice Department to probe fertilizer price spikes

By GFM Network News December 9, 2021

Reuters — Farmers have asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate whether recent spikes in fertilizer prices are attributable to market manipulation by fertilizer companies, according to a letter sent Wednesday by the Family Farm Action Alliance. The group, which has more than 6,000 farmer and rural members, alleges fertilizer companies are setting prices

Livestock, Markets

U.S. indicts Pilgrim’s Pride CEO for alleged chicken price-fixing

Allegations cover period from 2012 to 2017

By GFM Network News, Reuters June 3, 2020

Washington/Chicago | Reuters — The CEO of Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., a major U.S. poultry company, was indicted along with three other current and former industry executives on charges of seeking to fix the price of chickens, the U.S. Department of Justice said Wednesday. A grand jury in Denver indicted Jayson Penn, the president and CEO

Livestock

U.S. launches criminal probe into alleged chicken price fixing by Tyson, rivals

By GFM Network News, Reuters June 25, 2019

Reuters — The U.S. Department of Justice has begun a criminal probe into allegations that Tyson Foods and other poultry processors including Pilgrim’s Pride and Sanderson Farms colluded to fix poultry prices, court documents show. The DOJ filed a motion to intervene and stay discovery of evidence in an antitrust lawsuit involving the companies and

Crops

Bayer gets U.S. approval to buy Monsanto: report

By GFM Network News, Reuters April 9, 2018

Reuters — German drugs and pesticides group Bayer has reached a deal with the U.S. Justice Department for antitrust approval for its US$62.5 billion bid to acquire Monsanto by agreeing to sell additional assets, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. The Justice Department reached an agreement in principle with the two companies in recent days,

A hemp plant in Alberta. (Jennifer Blair photo)

Crops

Cannabis firm Aphria mulls sale of U.S. unit

By GFM Network News, Reuters February 1, 2018

Reuters — Canadian cannabis company Aphria said Thursday it was exploring “strategic alternatives,” including a sale, for its U.S. business, amid tightening enforcement of federal cannabis laws in the country. Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Justice revoked an Obama administration policy that discouraged federal prosecutors from pursuing marijuana-related crimes in states that had

Country Crossroads, News, Other

Centre offers counselling and services for sexual assault victims

By The Women’s Resource Centre Release November 29, 2017

The Women’s Resource Centre (TWRC) in Brandon, Manitoba has a new location there at 729 Princess Avenue with counselling and advocacy services for adult victims of sexual assault. In 2015 an assessment, funded by the Status of Women Canada, of sexual assault resources in Brandon and area reported an overwhelming need for the delivery of

Crops, Weather

Monsanto halts sale of Precision Planting arm to Deere

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 1, 2017

Monsanto subsidiary The Climate Corp. has cancelled a deal to sell its Precision Planting business to Deere and Co., citing the months-long court fight against it. The U.S. Department of Justice filed suit in August last year to block the proposed US$190 million deal, alleging the deal would lead to higher prices for high-speed precision

Crops

Deere challenges U.S. federal block on Precision Planting bid

By GFM Network News, Meredith Davis October 14, 2016

Reuters — Deere and Co. said its proposal to buy Precision Planting, an agricultural equipment and technology company, will increase consumer choice and directly benefit growers, in a response filed on Wednesday to the U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit to block the acquisition. Deere announced its planned acquisition of Precision Planting in November 2015, for

Crops

Spanish man charged with lying in PotashCorp trading probe

By GFM Network News, Jonathan Stempel July 1, 2016

Reuters — A U.S. grand jury has charged a Spanish investor with lying to regulators probing insider trading ahead of an August 2010 hostile bid for PotashCorp, even though he had been cleared of charges over his own trading. An indictment announced on Friday by federal prosecutors in Chicago charged Luis Martin-Caro Sanchez, 42, of

Crops

Rush for ag chem megadeals clogs regulatory path, worries farmers

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter May 20, 2016

Reuters — As Bayer joins the agricultural sector’s scramble to consolidate, its bid for Monsanto may be a tipping point for U.S. farmers, federal lawmakers and regulators concerned the tie-ups may harm the farm economy. If Monsanto accepts Bayer’s unsolicited offer, experts say, the deal would inevitably trigger a review by federal antitrust regulators. But

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit contract highs on tight supply

U.S. grains: Soybeans tumble on doubts over U.S.-China trade progress

Alberta harvest wrapping up: report

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Farmers ask U.S. Justice Department to probe fertilizer price spikes

U.S. indicts Pilgrim’s Pride CEO for alleged chicken price-fixing

U.S. launches criminal probe into alleged chicken price fixing by Tyson, rivals

Bayer gets U.S. approval to buy Monsanto: report

Cannabis firm Aphria mulls sale of U.S. unit

Monsanto halts sale of Precision Planting arm to Deere

Deere challenges U.S. federal block on Precision Planting bid

Spanish man charged with lying in PotashCorp trading probe

Rush for ag chem megadeals clogs regulatory path, worries farmers

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