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Exhibit 621

Memorandum of Understanding between the Antitrust Division, Department of Justice, and the Department of Agriculture: Cooperation with Respect to Strengthening Competition for Agricultural Inputs

Exhibit 621 ยท Memorandum of understanding

Memorandum of Understanding between the Antitrust Division, Department of Justice, and the Department of Agriculture: Cooperation with Respect to Strengthening Competition for Agricultural Inputs

committed to protecting American farmers from the burdens imposed by high and volatile input costs

Working-level MOU covering feed, fertilizer, fuel, seed, equipment and pesticides. DOJ announced it through a press release quoting Assistant Attorney General Abigail Slater (justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-and-usda-coordinate-protect-competition-agricultural-inputs).

Source
DOJ Antitrust Division and USDA
Date
26 September 2025
Quoted from
Paragraph 2
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.justice.gov/atr/media/1415501/dl
Accessed
2026-11-09
Cited by
Findings citing this exhibit

Cited by

Finding AGR-5.3
Primary record USDA rules defining unfair practices under the Packers and Stockyards Act were proposed in 2010, limited by a 2011 appropriations rider, issued in 2016, withdrawn in 2017, finalized in 2020, expanded in 2024 and, for broiler grower payments, delayed in 2026 to December 31, 2027. Administrations and Congresses of both parties acted at each step, and White Houses of both parties described meat processing as insufficiently competitive in January 2022 and September 2026.