Afternoon Panel: How have technological developments and structural changes affected the competitive dynamics of the seed …
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Morning Farmer Panel at Department of Justice hearing on competition in agriculture
Two great presentations from Eric Nelson (cattle and corn farmer from IA) and Jim Foster (independent hog farmer from Missouri). With a …
A few pics from the day
A few pics of the day so far:where we are:Attorney General Holder speaks with a rancherKristina Hubbard (Out of Hand Report), Harvey …
Finally – a recognition of patents role in monopolies – big applause
Christine Varney - US Assistant Attorney General "Patents have been used in the past to create or extend monopolies. We will be looking …
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller’s and Iowa Sec of Ag Bill Northey’s Remarks at Iowa Competition Workshop
Tom Miller - IA Attorney General - thanks Vilsack and Holder for creating this new relationship. Great for public interest for many …
Senator Grassley and Representative Boswell Remarks at DOJ-USDA Competition Hearing in Iowa
Grassley (Iowa Senator) - Needs to understand process as much as substance. Compliments DOJ and USDA for doing this "badly needed" and …
opening remarks – Secretary Vilsack and Attorney General Eric Holder
Vilsasck says we've lost 80,000 "middle sized" farms in the last year alone. Vilsack states the these workshops are long overdue. Starts out …
Questions for Dept of Justice and USDA
Here are some of the questions we'll be asking the DOJ-USDA today - these questions reworded in various days depending on who is at the …
Blogging from the Department of Justice Antitrust Hearings
I'm in Ankeny, Iowa the first USDA-DOJ "Public Hearings Exploring Competition in Agriculture". We're at the FFA building at Des Moines …
On-farm seed breeding projects help farmers develop desirable crop traits
Organic Seed Alliance received a grant from Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) to develop breeding populations for organic broccoli, …
“Seedy Fellows – Talking Shop” In Good Tilth interview of OSA’s John Navazio and Matthew Dillon
Andrew Rodman, editor of In Good Tilth, recently interviewed Organic Seed Alliance founders John Navazio and Matthew Dillon to discuss …
Frank Morton talks about the GE Sugarbeet Case with Cooking Up a Story
Cooking Up a Story is a fantastic web site that serves up video interviews, explorations, and other programming on food and farm related …
