This is behind the elimination of “family farms” as they are bought out by large conglomerates, and melded into mega-farms, or to put it plainly “collectives”.
Yes, and in the California Central Valley (America’s Breadbasket) they continue to limit the water available to keep the crops coming in.
They have a little smelly smelt fish ( a sham, the EPA needs to be shut down before they completely destroy the environment) they have to protect, to heck with feeding humans!