Friday, February 26, 2010

Justice Department, USDA to hold first ag industry competition workshop

On March 12, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Agriculture will hold their first-ever joint workshop to explore competition and regulatory issues in the agriculture industry. Speakers will include Christine Varney, the Department of Justice's assistant attorney general for the Antitrust Division; Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack; Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey and Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller.
This is the first workshop in an ongoing series. It will be held in Ankeny, Iowa, at the Des Moines Area Community College's FFA Enrichment Center.
Registration is free and open to the public.
The workshop will include two panels focusing on competitive dynamics in the seed industry and trends in contracting, transparency and buyer power. It will end with an enforcer roundtable and public testimony. A full schedule is available on the
Department of Justice Web site.

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