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Bayer’s plan to get antitrust approval from the U.S. Justice Department hasn’t satisfied the expectations of U.S. officials.  Two sources told Bloomberg that those officials are worried that the merger could hurt competition.  The department feel...

How can a large agribusiness merger benefit producers and consumers?   The COO of DowDupont's newly-formed agriculture division, James Collins, provided an insider's perspective when he told an audience at the USDA ag outlook forum that such companies are taking a broader approach that addresses both traditional matters such as crop protection, and recent consumer demands such as knowing about the

Thursday was the day the Dow and DuPont merger officially closed.  The deal was worth $150 billion and several spin-off companies could be formed soon.  The Des Moines Register reports the first spinoff could be a combination of Pioneer and Dow AgroSciences.  The rea...

DuPont and The Dow Chemical Company have announced that all required regulatory approvals and clearances have been received to close on a merger of the two companies.  The merger will close August 31st, and shares of Dow and DuPont will cease trading at the close of the New York Stock Exchange that day.  Sh...

Dow and DuPont announced this week they’ve been given conditional regulatory merger approval by China’s Ministry of Commerce. The approval is conditionally based on the companies fullfilling commitments that were given to the Ministry regarding the deal. The condit...

More than 300 groups signed a letter calling on newly confirmed U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to block the three major seed and chemical mergers being reviewed by the Department of Justice.  The groups consisting of consumer, food, farm and anti-pesticide organizations say the mergers would increase both food and farming costs, threaten global food security, curtail innovation and limit farm

DuPont said it needs an additional three months to complete merger activities with Dow.  Regulators around the world are continuing to look over the deal that would combine the two U.S. chemical companies.  A DuPont statement this week says they expect the deal to close by end of June after setting March as the initially anticipated closing date.   ...

Could several of the large ag merges be blocked under President Trump?  Iowa agribusiness leader Bruce Rastetter is a Republican mega-donor who wants the incoming administration to block mergers in the works between large seed and chemical companies.  Th...

The European Union has resumed investigations into the Dow-DuPont merger after the company’s submitted missing information requested by the EU antitrust authority.  Dow Jones reports the European Commission has set a new date of February 6th, 2017, to complete the investigation into the merger.   H...

Top executives from all five agrochemical and seed companies looking to merge appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday.  The move was seen as an effort to reassure lawmakers that the quickly developing consolidation trend won't be bad news for farmers.  In...