MAJOR AGRICULTURE COMPANIES said on Thursday they would cooperate with a Canadian Competition Bureau antitrust probe sparked by allegations that certain businesses tried to block an online farm-supply start-up from operating in Western Canada.
MAJOR AGRICULTURE COMPANIES said on Thursday they would cooperate with a Canadian Competition Bureau antitrust probe sparked by allegations that certain businesses tried to block an online farm-supply start-up from operating in Western Canada.
The Canadian regulator confirmed earlier Thursday an inquiry was underway, but did not cite the companies being investigated.
Court documents filed on Jan. 30 in Canadian federal court show Bayer AG, Corteva Inc. and BASF were among those under scrutiny following a complaint from California-based online retailer Farmers Business Network Inc (FBN).
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