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The concentration of market power in the seed industry cannot be ignored. The problem is well known and already impacts every farmer, rancher and agricultural producer. In the face of historic fuel...
View ArticleSeed Concentration Focus
Seed Concentration Project Our Mission The OCM Crop Seed Concentration Project pursues aggressive and appropriate pro-market regulation to bring fairness, innovation and competition back to the U.S....
View ArticleCorporate Power
The problem of consolidation in the seed industry is well known. One company in particular, the Monsanto Company, controls a high percentage of the global seed market and continues to increase its...
View ArticleMonsanto Corn Seed Price Hikes a Threat to Agriculture
Organization for Competitive Markets P.O. Box 6486 Lincoln, NE 68506 www.competitivemarkets.com For Immediate Release: July 24, 2008 Contact: Kristina Hubbard, hubbard@competitivemarkets.com,...
View ArticleSeeds of Domination Video Series
OCM_Press_Release_march1609 OCM Released a three-part video series called “Seeds of Domination” in which the ills of concentration in the patented seed industry is examined. Seeds of Domination – Part...
View ArticleMonsanto Looking To Restrict Choice In Seed Selection
OCM_Press_Release_may509 OCM is disappointed by Monsanto’s move to restrict choice in seed selection. OCM believes a quick resolution is urgently needed so optimum GAT trait technology can be available...
View ArticleOCM To Address D.C. Lawmakers Concerning Seed Concentration
OCM52009DCrelease_(5) The Organization for Competitive Markets will address lawmakers and other congressional staff in Washington D.C. concerning the ills of intense concentration in the patented seed...
View ArticleGrain Grab
by Richard Oswald City folks tend to see farmers as wealthy landowners who dig in the soil for something nearly as good as gold. Really though, it’s the value of yellow grain and growing things that...
View ArticleMonsanto’s growing monopoly
What the Supreme Court got wrong: Patents on self-replicating seed are unethical, dangerous and anti-competitive By Kristina Hubbard A still from a Monsanto ad When the Supreme Court unanimously sided...
View ArticleMonsanto’s growing monopoly
What the Supreme Court got wrong: Patents on self-replicating seed are unethical, dangerous and anti-competitive By Kristina Hubbard A still from a Monsanto ad When the Supreme Court unanimously sided...
View ArticleOver 300 food and farm groups urge Jeff Sessions to oppose agricultural...
For Immediate Release: February 13, 2017 (Washington, D.C.)— Nearly 325 farming, beekeeping, farmworker, religious, food safety, and conservation advocacy groups today urged the U.S. Department of...
View ArticleAgriculture giants Bayer, Monsanto merging could ruin American farmers
By John W. Boyd, Jr. and Mike Weaver This article first appeared in The Hill. Earlier this year, we planted our crops — soybeans, corn, and wheat — and began feeding our spring chickens. Farmers like...
View ArticleCould the Bayer-Monsanto merger put the U.S. seed supply under Chinese control?
Much has already been said by Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) and others about the food security threat posed by the pending mega-merger of Bayer AG and Monsanto Co. The combined company...
View ArticleHave You Been Affected by Large Agribusiness Mergers? Take This Quick Survey
The last year and half has brought many changes to the farming community. One of the biggest has been the wave of mergers sweeping through the major corporations many farmers rely upon for seeds and...
View ArticlePoll: Farmers Overwhelmingly Oppose Bayer-Monsanto Merger
For Immediate Release: March 8, 2018 Contacts: Patrick Davis, Friends of the Earth, (202) 222-0744, pdavis@foe.org Angela Huffman, Organization for Competitive Markets, (614) 390-7552,...
View ArticleDOJ Approval of Bayer-Monsanto Mega-Merger Hangs Farmers Out to Dry
PRESS STATEMENT Monday, April 9, 2018 DOJ Approval of Bayer-Monsanto Mega-Merger Hangs Farmers Out to Dry Today, The Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. Department of Justice has decided to...
View ArticleThe Flawed European Remedy to Bayer-Monsanto Deal
By Allen Grunes and Maurice Stucke Farmers in the United States have been battered for years by the rising costs of seeds and chemicals. It looks like things are only going to get worse. There were...
View ArticleMonsanto’s growing monopoly
What the Supreme Court got wrong: Patents on self-replicating seed are unethical, dangerous and anti-competitive By Kristina Hubbard A still from a Monsanto ad When the Supreme Court unanimously sided...
View ArticleOver 300 food and farm groups urge Jeff Sessions to oppose agricultural...
For Immediate Release: February 13, 2017 (Washington, D.C.)— Nearly 325 farming, beekeeping, farmworker, religious, food safety, and conservation advocacy groups today urged the U.S. Department of...
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