As farm crop inputs rise, a group of farmers have filed an antitrust lawsuit against major crop input suppliers for their alleged efforts to limit the sale of their products through e-commerce and keep prices elevated.
The most recent lawsuit was filed by Idaho farming operations B & H Farming, Tyche Ag. LLC, Ceres Ag. LLC and Cedar Draw LLC, all based in Rupert. The suit arises from what four Idaho farming operations claim kept prices elevated by the defendants – Syngenta, Bayer CropScience, Corteva, BASF, Cargill, Winfield Solutions, Univar Solutions, CHS, Nutrien Ag Solutions, GROWMARK, Simplot AB Retail and Federated Co-operatives.
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Farmers file antitrust lawsuit against big ag companies April 5, 2021 at 4:19 pm
BOISE, Idaho (AP) A group of farmers has filed an antitrust case against several big agricultural companies, contending the companies worked together to ban e-commerce sales in order to keep prices artificially high.
The farmers are seeking class-action status and they want a judge to force the companies to give up “unlawful profits” and pay compensation to those impacted by the high prices.
The Idaho farming operations B & H Farming, Tyche Ag. LLC, Ceres Ag. LLC and Cedar Draw LLC, all based in Rupert filed the lawsuit seeking class-action status on behalf of all farmers in similar situations in Idaho’s U.S. District Court last month. The lawsuit is similar to other federal lawsuits filed around the country.
Idaho farmers file antitrust lawsuit against big ag companies
Rebecca Boone, Associated Press
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BOISE (AP) A group of farmers has filed an antitrust case against several big agricultural companies, contending the companies worked together to ban e-commerce sales in order to keep prices artificially high.
The farmers are seeking class-action status and they want a judge to force the companies to give up “unlawful profits” and pay compensation to those impacted by the high prices.
The Idaho farming operations B & H Farming, Tyche Ag. LLC, Ceres Ag. LLC and Cedar Draw LLC, all based in Rupert filed the lawsuit seeking class-action status on behalf of all farmers in similar situations in Idaho’s U.S. District Court last month. The lawsuit is similar to other federal lawsuits filed around the country.
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