Paul Bergen and Virginia Clancy each own a 100-acre soybean farm in Soyburg, Illinois. Together they grow 1/1000th of 1 percent of the nation's soybeans. When they merge, it will:

A. attract the attention of the Federal Trade Commission.
B. be a horizontal merger.
C. reduce competition in the soy market.
D. increase the market power of Paul and Virginia.


Answer: B

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