Digital farming, consolidation require antitrust intervention, US senators say
By Chris May ( October 28, 2025, 19:26 GMT | Insight) -- US farmers are facing agriculture sector oligopolies that now employ anticompetitive business practices more reminiscent of Big Tech and Big Pharma, according to testimony during a US Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday featuring bipartisan calls for strong antitrust enforcement.US farmers are facing agriculture sector oligopolies that now employ anticompetitive business practices more reminiscent of Big Tech and Big Pharma, according to testimony during a US Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday featuring bipartisan calls for strong antitrust enforcement....
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