Farmers fearful Koch takeover of Iowa fertilizer plant would boost nitrogen prices, bring more consolidation to agriculture

FTC Chair Lina Khan holds listening session in central Iowa -- 100 attend

State Rep. J.D. Scholten, D-Sioux City, a vocal opponent of consolidation in agriculture, talks with Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan in Nevada on Saturday. (Photo By Douglas Burns)

NEVADA, Iowa —

Harold Beach, a northeast Missouri farmer who runs a row-crop operation and raises hogs and cattle, traveled to central Iowa Saturday to urge one of th…