The DOJ’s dismissal of numerous concerns about the merger of agribusiness giants Bayer and Monsanto demonstrates, once again, how out of touch the Trump Administration is with family farmers.
NFFC Requests DOJ Reconsider Monsanto-Bayer Approval
The National Family Farm Coalition is extremely disappointed that the US Department of Justice has approved the Monsanto-Bayer merger and kindly requests that you reconsider your decision. Representing approximately 70,000 family farmers and ranchers throughout the US, our members have raised fears since the merger was first announced in 2016, and several were among the majority (90-plus percent) of farmers who opposed the merger in a recent survey by Friends of the Earth US.
Rural Farmer, Community Orgs Alarmed by D.C. Announcements
We would like the 2018 farm bill to reach and support everyone, but evidence so far suggests a callous and divisive intent.
Farm and Food Groups Say Bayer-Monsanto Merger Will Create Vegetable Seed Monopoly
The proposed deal would join the world’s largest and fourth largest vegetable seed companies, further tightening the stranglehold of the already concentrated vegetable seed industry.