Farm Bureau’s legal strategy shows how corporate financial power can work through non-profits to undermine democratic government authority, according to a new law review article.

Farmers could soon see more generic pesticides, but the settlement does not totally ban Corteva’s loyalty rebates and does little to deter exclusive dealing in other markets.

Family farms and environmental advocates worry that Riverview LLP’s enormous dairy operations will strain water resources, pollute local air and water, and drive out smaller farms, hurting rural communities.