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Cases / Law, regulation and treaties · United States · 2022–2026

Corteva and Deere pay to settle FTC cases over loyalty and repair locks

Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.

Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
What the record lacks: 3 none on record · 1 insufficient · 1 not measured See the gaps

Corteva and Deere paid settlements in 2026 in FTC civil cases over loyalty programmes and repair locks, while the Syngenta case continues. The sources reviewed record no measured effect on nature.

What?
Loyalty programmes and repair locks in farm inputs, which the FTC challenged in civil cases against Syngenta, Corteva and Deere. DTN Progressive Farmer
Where?
United States
When?
2022 to 2026
Who?
Gained
  • Corteva, Deere and Syngenta — Kept pre-2022 margins after the settlements, according to the sources reviewed
Lost
  • Farmers — Listed as bearing the cost of the locks
Harmed
  • Farmers — Excluded from generic products and independent repair under the terms challenged
Why?
Corteva has described its loyalty programmes as legal discounts, and it admitted no wrongdoing.
How?
FTC civil litigation ended in consent orders with no admission of wrongdoing and in class settlements.
6 of 6 questions answered from the record

What happened

The record, in order.

DTN Progressive Farmer reported on 28 September 2026 that Corteva would pay 35 million dollars to 12 states.

According to the sources reviewed, the FTC pursued civil cases over loyalty programmes that excluded generic products and over repair locks that excluded independent repair.

The Corteva and Deere settlements were recorded at 120 and 100 million dollars in 2026, under consent orders with no admission of wrongdoing.

A court ruling broke the Corteva and Deere locks in 2026, and the Syngenta case is continuing.

    In court and with insurers

    Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

    Lawsuits and rulings

    1. Settled
      FTC civil cases over loyalty programmes and repair locks (Corteva, Deere)
      US Federal Trade Commission · Civil · Federal Trade Commission → Corteva; Deere

      Settled through a consent order with no admission of wrongdoing and a class settlement, according to the sources reviewed.

    2. Ongoing
      FTC case over loyalty programmes (Syngenta)
      US Federal Trade Commission · Civil · Federal Trade Commission → Syngenta

      The sources reviewed say the Syngenta case is continuing; its court, filing date and stage are not stated.

    Insurers

    No insurer decision on record.

    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Record

    • Insufficient Reported but not verified: the case table infers that the companies kept their pre-2022 margins; no source is given for this.
    • None on record The gain from the loyalty and repair terms is not stated in the sources reviewed.
    • None on record The case table records company funds as the source of payment and no personal penalties; no source is given for this entry.
    • None on record The sources reviewed record no measured effect of these locks on nature.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

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    Press and investigations

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    Law and courts

    Class action
    A single lawsuit brought on behalf of a large group of people with similar claims.

    Science and environment

    PFOA (C8) and PFAS
    PFAS are a large family of human-made chemicals that persist in the environment and the body; PFOA, also called C8, is one of them and was used to make Teflon.
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