Holder to Take Action on Concentration in Agriculture

The Obama administration is cracking down on concentration within agriculture, a practice where the processing of meat, milk and seeds are dominated by a few companies. Attorney General Eric Holder told hundreds of farmers attending the first ever joint USDA/DOJ workshop on agriculture that one issue being looked at by the Justice Department is how companies are using patents. The comments come as Monsanto, a St.Louis-based crop biotechnology plant, is being criticized by the industry for using seed licenses to suppress competition. Read more (Wall Street Journal).