Public Lands Council Annual Meeting and Price Fixing Suit Dismissed
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.
**Farm Policy News says dried-out soils in Russia and Ukraine are threatening wheat planting for harvest next year.
It’s yet another challenge for farmers hit by the ongoing war and weather events.
The two nations account for a quarter of the world’s wheat exports, but large chunks of land are too dry to plant crops.
Industry experts say it’s an early reminder of the possibility of risks to the wheat supply next year.
**The Public Lands Council held its 56th annual meeting in Grand Junction, Colorado last week.
Ranchers, policymakers, administration officials, and industry stakeholders met to discuss the most urgent issues facing the public lands ranching industry.
This as grazing permittees face deadly wildfires and a host of extreme weather conditions across the West.
They’re also facing several federal rulemakings that seriously threaten ranchers’ abilities to reliably access public lands.
**A judge in Missouri dismissed a lawsuit accusing agricultural giants like Bayer, Corteva, Syngenta, and others of price fixing.
The suit accused the companies of conspiring with wholesalers and retail outlets to fix prices for seeds and crop protection chemicals.
A St. Louis judge says farmers and other plaintiffs failed to present sufficient allegations that the companies had violated U.S. antitrust laws.
The judge faulted them for advancing “mere generalizations” in their lawsuit.
