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Targeting Big Ag; Milking the Cow

Targeting Big Ag Today signaled the end to a 60-day public comment period on the Biden Administration’s proposed regulatory guidance on antitrust issues. No doubt there were many negative comments, but its impact could still be huge on American agribusiness. In a simplistic “big is inherently bad” mindset, the White House is seeking to bend federal law closer to its philosophical mindset. It has lost badly in the courts using the decades old statutory formula, including being told by a court that it “ignore[d] commercial realities” in opposing the U.S. Sugar purchase of Imperial Sugar. In another case, the court cited prosecutors for ignoring market realities.  Traditional antitrust law as written by Con...

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