There is also a serious issue with the way companies like Monsanto alter crops using GMO. It is said that they make crops sterile for countries like India so that the farmers have no other option but to buy new seeds every year.

Then there is the right to repair issue - John Deere exploit farmers by making it impossible for farmers (or third parties) to repair farming equipment.

Farming is really really big money, and just like in the IT world, large corporations force users to comply with their money making schemes.