Competition & Agriculture Report Released

In 2010, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Agriculture hosted a series of workshops exploring competition in the agricultural sector.

As then Assistant Attorney General Varney observed in her inaugural remarks, “agriculture is an essential part of the American economy” and “well functioning agricultural markets are not only a matter of economic efficiency, but a matter of national security and public health.”

The Division sought to learn how to best promote, in Attorney General Eric Holder’s words, “free and fair competition” in agriculture.

The report has been released and we would only note that we found no mention of “farm equipment” or “dealer consolidation” in the entire 24 page report.

The report titled “Competition and Agriculture: Voices from the Workshops on Agriculture and Antitrust Enforcement in our 21st Century Economy and Thoughts on the Way Forward”, is available at justice.gov/atr/public/reports/283291.pdf.