Competition Bureau probing big ag chem companies

[chuckChuck]

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Competition Bureau probing big ag chem companies
Probe to look at firms' response to FBN's arrival in Canada
By GFM Network News
Glacier FarmMedia Feed

Published: February 6, 2020


Reuters — The Canadian Competition Bureau said on Thursday it was investigating certain agriculture companies for alleged anticompetitive practices over allegations of trying to block an online farm-supply startup from doing business in Western Canada.

The regulator did not provide details on specific companies involved in the probe, but documents filed on Jan. 30 in Federal Court show Bayer, Corteva and BASF were among those that were being investigated following a complaint from California-based online retailer Farmers Business Network (FBN).

Farm-supply wholesalers, including Cargill and Univar Solutions, are also being probed, the court documents show, confirming an earlier report by the Wall Street Journal.

[jamesb]

Doesn't surprise me. FBN has had a hard time getting access to some name brand products to sell. Seems to me that big chem is out to protect the profit margins of their regular retail suppliers. I seem to recall they had access to Invigor canola to sell for a very short time before they got cut off.

[bobofthenorth]

It won't do any good. That industry has been a closed shop for years and its not trending better. The whole supply chain - retail, wholesale and manufacture - is getting less competitive every year.

[checking]

Competition works about ten hours apart on Agriville!