ag merger

A broad coalition of more than 200 farm, food, rural, faith, and consumer advocacy groups delivered a letter to Congress endorsing food and agribusiness merger moratorium bills. They’re also urging members of the House and Senate to co-sponsor the legislation, introduced as the Food and Agribusiness Merger Moratorium and Antitrust Review Act of 2018.  ...

As a result of the mega-merger between Bayer and Monsanto, BASF officials say they were a big winner by acquiring more than $9 billion in assets Bayer was required to divest.  BASF vice president of Ag solutions, Scott Kay, said there will be a few noticeable differences.  ...

It’s taken months of divesting, negotiating, and waiting, but Bayer and Monsanto will complete their merger.  An AgWeb.com article notes German-based Bayer can now officially begin integrating Monsanto after Bayer divested itself of certain Crop Science businesses in a sale to BASF.  The name Mons...

Bayer announced it will complete its acquisition of Monsanto Wednesday, June 7th.  The closure of the acquisition will follow the receipt of all required approvals from regulatory authorities.  The closure comes two years after Bayer announced the intention to acquire Monsanto.  As part of the $6...