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Concentration in agriculture: a big problem getting bigger

Wednesday, August 19, 2026MarionView original

  I was interested to see this report.  Here’s why this matters: As can be seen, concentration across all six sectors remains high. Five of them – seeds, pesticides, machinery, animal pharma and pig genetics – meet the definition of an oligopoly, in which four companies control more than 40% of a market. So too […]

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