National Ag News

A new report from an independent farmer network suggests continued ag industry consolidation will hurt farm incomes.

Farmers Business Network (FBN) co-founder Charles Baron says their analysis shows as seed and chemical companies increase their market shares, the prices they charge for their products also increase.

“It’s kind of the opposite of what you might expect. You might expect that larger companies, because of economies of scale, would be able to have lower prices for farmers,” Baron says.

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