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| https://www.tester.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=4765 | Tester Statement on Monsanto-Bayer Merger [press_release] | 2016-09-15 | 2016 | 2016-09 | Democrat | House | MT | Jon Tester | T000464 | www.tester.senate.gov | legacy | Tester Statement on Monsanto-Bayer Merger (U.S. Senate) - Senator Jon Tester, the Senate's only working farmer, issued the following statement today after the announcement of Bayer's $66 billion acquisition of the seed and pesticide company Monsanto:"Corporate consolidation in the agriculture market is the single greatest threat to family farmers and our rural way of life. This latest proposed mega-merger stands as a high water mark for agribusiness in its quest to dominate the seed market, and family farms will pay the price. As a Senator and a farmer, I'm calling on the Justice Department to reject this merger because it will reduce competition, suppress innovation, and threaten the very fabric of rural America." Tester has a long history fighting against consolidation and corporate favoritism in agriculture. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |