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How It WorksThey dominate the export and import of basic foodstuffs—wheat, soy, corn, rice, sugar, dairy tropical products, etc.They intervene to determine where crops are grown, which they call “export sourcing,” and “value chain” development.They engage in, and often set, speculation on the commodity exchanges.They dominate world crop and livestock research and genetics with wrongful patent/intellectual property rights, to seeds, breeds, and even biotech procedures.They dominate fertilizer and other agro-chemicals—development, pricing, and availability.They dominate food processing.They position their operations to control retail—final distribution of food—and dictate prices and standards to suppliers.A rancher, who does not sell his beef at the depressed price offered by these five firms, will starve. There is almost no one else to sell to!And, of course, they thwart any and all attempts at national food self-sufficiency.