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USDA program cuts lower antitrust pressure on agriculture sector

By Chris May and Clayton Vickers ( October 24, 2025, 22:41 GMT | Comment) -- Lower food prices and a more competitive agriculture sector have been identified as high priorities for the Trump administration, but the recent abandonment of cross-government competition initiatives at the US Department of Agriculture will weaken antitrust enforcers’ capacity to police highly concentrated industries across the nation’s food system.Lower food prices and a more competitive agriculture sector have been identified as high priorities for the Trump administration, but the recent abandonment of cross-government competition initiatives at the US Department of Agriculture will weaken antitrust enforcers’ capacity to police highly concentrated industries across the nation’s food system....

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