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A call for removal in USDA leadership: Richard Fordyce (from Bayer’s PR Agency), Scott Hutchins (30 years at Dow AgroSciences/Corteva), Pat Swanson (Soybean Association), Bill Beam (Soybean Board), Peter Laudeman (Corteva). I have smart, un-captured replacements to recommend. You ready @StephenM @SecRollins?
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We called out Susie Wiles too. But there are still 28 high level Trump administration officials tied to Bayer’s lobbying and legal network. What about them? usrtk.org/pesticides/tracing…
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When you make promises to address pesticides, clean the toxins out of water, and grow healthy food, but then do the opposite, you lose millions of votes. We now have more pesticides, more toxic water and a SCOTUS ruling that stole our ability to sue chemical manufacturers. And a White House more than happy to serve the BigAg lobby and make deals with Bayer for weapons for a war we don’t want. We are a loud, committed bunch who won’t stop demanding better for our children and country.
Unbelievable!
Updated today with three more Bayer-tied officials. Our analysis finds 29 key Trump administration officials with ties to Bayer’s lobbying or legal network. usrtk.org/pesticides/tracing…
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Seed Dog retweeted
“[Farm] bankruptcies are up 46%.”
“Farmer suicide is three and a half times the national average.”
“The average age for a farmer is 64.”
“Kids aren’t wanting to stay on the farm.”
Independent Senate candidate Dan Osborn just said what every farmer is thinking.
We’re in a new “farm crisis.”
And “the dominoes are falling.”
“A lot of Nebraska is drying up… Kansas, Texas.”
He warned that the largest freshwater aquifer in the U.S., the Ogallala Aquifer, is being depleted “six times faster than it gets replenished.”
“I was talking to a 911 operator out by Alliance, Nebraska, and he was saying their phones ring all day long of farmers not knowing what to do.”
“This is real.”
“Not enough people are talking about it because 2% of the population feed the rest of us.”
This is why we are fighting for sweeping changes to the 2026 Farm Bill.
We cannot go on with business as usual.
The future of independent farmers and our entire food system is at stake.
@osbornforne @jonfavs @PodSaveAmerica
Democrats are going to win on these issues.
Senate candidate Josh Turek just declared that Washington needs to tackle corporate monopolies and restore family farms.
“We have seen far too much vertical integration.”
“We’ve got far too much foreign influence.”
“I think we have now 25% or 30% of our hogs… under foreign ownership.”
“Farmers were told, ‘Get big or get out.’”
“I think we need to try to do as many incentives as we can to get back to small family farms.”
“I think we need to address the monopolies on the corporate farming side.”
The monopolization of our food system is the core issue that Washington must reverse to save family farms and rural economies.
And it’s the one issue that politicians from both parties refuse to meaningfully address.
Why?
Because Big Ag didn’t just consolidate market power.
They bought enormous political power in Washington, too.
But any plan that doesn’t include reversing this corporate consolidation will fail to save family farms or restore rural America.
@turek4iowa @DMRegister
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Three Democratic senators are introducing legislation that would limit major agricultural seed companies’ power by protecting farmers’ rights to save, research, and replant seeds. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…
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For too long, DC has let Big Ag billionaires call the shots while farmers & families got screwed.
My new bill with @repcasar puts farmers ahead of greedy corporations, lowers grocery prices & rebuilds our food system from the ground up.
Pass the Fair Seeds for Farmers Act!
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To emphasize the last point about the "Future Repair Resources" loophole, here's the definition of Future Repair Resources from the proposed consent order: "(1) any successor products, versions, improvements, additions, upgrades, or updates to [current] Repair Resources; or (2) any Repair Tool that Deere makes available to Deere Dealers after this Stipulated Order is entered that (a) performs any of the same or essentially the same functions as Repair Resources or (b) is reasonably necessary to diagnose, maintain, update, or repair Deere Agricultural Equipment." Under the FTC's proposed order, Deere would not be subject to any obligations under this Settlement with respect to these "Future Repair Resources" unless and until they're rolled out to more than 50% of its dealers.
Translation: Deere will be able to circumvent this entire consent decree just by rolling out three different software update/upgrade packages for its major repair resources (like PRO Service Advisor) to three sets of dealers at a time.
The isn’t what our founders intended, corporations and fixers having control over antitrust enforcement.
NEW: There's a set of MAGA lobbyists in DC who can get you anything you want from the White House, legal or not.
Ticketmaster, Paramount, crypto companies — they're all exploiting this pay-to-play system.
We talked to a DOJ whistle-blower who saw it up close.
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Bayer donated $1 million to Donald Trump's inauguration. Then Trump’s Justice Department went all the way to the Supreme Court to help Bayer fight a cancer patient who says Roundup made him sick.
This week, the Supreme Court sided with Bayer 7-2, and the more than 160,000 Americans who have sued Bayer, claiming that Roundup gave them cancer, just lost their ability to sue.
The people who wrote the check to Trump got everything they wanted, but the people who got sick got nothing.
nytimes.com/2026/06/25/us/po…
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Surprise, surprise.
Corn growers condemn Bayer's actions, as the company calls for duties on glyphosate imports. Read more...
ncga.com/stay-informed/media…
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“It’s unchecked monopolies that are extorting our farmers on prices.”
Iowa gubernatorial candidate, Zach Lahn, says he will take on the monopolies squeezing America’s farmers.
“Two companies control 90% of the nitrogen market in our country.”
“Two companies control 90% of the seed genetics that our farmers have to buy from.”
“Three companies control 85% of the inputs that our farmers have to use.”
“Iowa will lead the way with me as governor to bring antitrust suits against these companies.”
“To bring competition back to our farmers.”
@ZachLahn
Seed Dog retweeted
Up to two dozen state AGs are now investigating anticompetitive practices in soybeans and corn seeds, sources tell @TeddyDowney + me.
- The probes are at various stages, but mostly early
- Adds to scrutiny already facing the industry, w/ a major new monopolization lawsuit + more
State Attorneys General Probing Soybean and Corn Seed Industry
library.thecapitolforum.com/…
h/t @papscun & @TeddyDowney
$BASFY $BAYRY $BAYZF $BFFAF $CTVA
Seed Dog retweeted
Antitrust Division Secures Seed Tying and Loyalty Program Commitments from Bayer
“Enforcement in agriculture is a top priority for the Antitrust Division,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Omeed A. Assefi. “We are focused on conduct that poses competitive harm to both farmers and consumers.”
justice.gov/opa/pr/antitrust…
Seed Dog retweeted
Bayer: Profit Up on Seeds But Glyphosate Sales Struggle. Sales of glyphosate-based products fell 15.1 percent. Customers in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa are "delaying purchases" of #glyphosate products, @Bayer said in its report. barrons.com/news/bayer-profi…
Corteva eliminates seed brands, lays off long time employees and gets a huge tax credit all in the same week. WTF are we doing?
🎉HUGE NEWS! Vylor, Inc. will locate its new HQ in Johnston, Iowa. 🎉
We're thrilled to welcome the advanced seed and genetics business, which includes industry-leading Pioneer, Brevant and Hoegemeyer seed brands, for its next chapter. Read more > bit.ly/4dfJ57i
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.@JoshHManske writes: “it is time for a competition title within the farm bill that guarantees fair markers for farmers and consumers.”
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THIS IS A MAHA TRAITOR LIST: Every single one of these people voted to protect chemical companies INSTEAD of families who get cancer from their products. CALL THEM AND LET THEM KNOW THIS GENERATION WILL NOT PROTECT BIG AG ANY LONGER. MIDTERMS WILL BE INTERESTING!
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