It’s a land grab. Ag input companies have consolidated to 4 main companies. (Chem China is one of them) With Agtech and the commoditization of data, the company

It’s a land grab. Ag input companies have consolidated to 4 main companies. (Chem China is one of them) With Agtech and the commoditization of data, the company that owns the full stack has a higher profit margin. Monsanto used to do this. They controlled seed, inputs and sales. They could siphon federal farm subsidies. This made farmers land rich but cash poor. Slowly they start getting deeper into debt. Until the younger generations find no money in farming and land assets now have corporate buyers. Soon, almost all the farmland in America will be owned by corporations. In places like India, foreigners are not allowed to buy farmland. The govt has a dim view of Monsanto like company even though their dollar power is strong. Farmer suicides is real in places like India due to the crushing debt. American farmers can escape it due to diff socio-economic-political scenarios. Mostly because it’s American multinational corporate buy outs/land grab of American land from American farmers. The percentage of foreign ownership is still low but creeping higher.