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Agricultural merger mania fuels fears among small seed sellers

By GFM Network News September 26, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Justice Department is looking into concerns that global consolidation among major seed and agricultural chemical companies may squeeze supplies of the building blocks for widely used genetically modified seeds, a farm group told Reuters. The department has asked the American Soybean Association for details about how small and independent […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

U.S. lawmakers skeptical of ag chemical, seed merger wave

By GFM Network News September 20, 2016

Washington | Reuters — U.S. lawmakers expressed concern on Tuesday over a wave of mergers among companies that sell farmers their seeds, herbicides and insecticides, worrying that the deals could lead to higher prices and less innovation at a time of dropping farm incomes. Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut, said the proposed mergers […] Read more

DuPont’s headquarters in Delaware. (DuPont.com)

Crops, Reuters

EU regulators halt Dow, DuPont merger review to gather data

By Reuters, GFM Network News September 9, 2016

Brussels | Reuters — European Union antitrust regulators have halted their scrutiny of Dow Chemical and DuPont’s proposed merger while the companies provide more information regarding their US$130 billion deal. The European Commission opened a full investigation into the case in August, concerned that the deal to create the world’s largest integrated crop protection and […] Read more

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U.S. Senate judiciary committee to hold hearing on ag chem deals

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 23, 2016

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Senate judiciary committee will hold a hearing in late September to discuss the mergers of Dow Chemical and Dupont as well as ChemChina’s purchase of Syngenta, committee chair Charles Grassley said in a statement Tuesday. Grassley, a Republican from the farm state of Iowa, has already expressed concern that […] Read more

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EU regulators to investigate Dow, DuPont merger

By GFM Network News August 11, 2016

Brussels | Reuters –– EU antitrust regulators have opened a full investigation into Dow Chemical and DuPont’s proposed US$130 billion merger, saying the deal may reduce competition in crop protection, seeds and some petrochemicals. The European Commission said the deal, which would create the world’s largest integrated crop protection and seeds company, may also hurt […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Monsanto in talks with Bayer, others about ‘strategic options’

By GFM Network News June 29, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — Monsanto is in talks with Bayer and other companies regarding “alternative strategic options,” a month after it rejected the German company’s US$62 billion takeover offer, the U.S. seed producer said on Wednesday. Monsanto’s options include combinations with other companies and businesses in the sector beyond Bayer. Potential deals could involve BASF […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

BASF says not backed into corner by Bayer’s Monsanto swoop

By GFM Network News June 8, 2016

Ludwigshafen, Germany | Reuters — BASF, which has so far kept out of a consolidation push among global seeds and pesticides groups, said its business model was not affected by rival Bayer’s plans to buy Monsanto. “We are not backed into a corner by what is happening in the market,” the group’s deputy chief executive […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Rush for ag chem megadeals clogs regulatory path, worries farmers

By GFM Network News May 20, 2016

Reuters — As Bayer joins the agricultural sector’s scramble to consolidate, its bid for Monsanto may be a tipping point for U.S. farmers, federal lawmakers and regulators concerned the tie-ups may harm the farm economy. If Monsanto accepts Bayer’s unsolicited offer, experts say, the deal would inevitably trigger a review by federal antitrust regulators. But […] Read more

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Bayer offers to buy Monsanto in global ag chem shakeout

By GFM Network News May 19, 2016

Reuters — German drugs and chemicals group Bayer AG made an unsolicited takeover offer for U.S. seeds company Monsanto, aiming to create the world’s biggest agricultural supplier and integrate pesticides and seeds markets. Monsanto disclosed the approach on Wednesday before Bayer confirmed its move, though neither gave the proposed terms. Sources said Bayer would pay […] Read more

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U.S. grain firms rejecting GMO crops that lack global approval

By GFM Network News May 6, 2016

Reuters — Across the U.S. Farm Belt, top grain handlers have banned genetically modified crops that are not approved in all major overseas markets, shaking up a decades-old system that used the world’s biggest exporting country as a launchpad for new seeds from companies such as Monsanto. Bold yellow signs from global trader Bunge are […] Read more

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Alberta crop conditions improve: report

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Agricultural merger mania fuels fears among small seed sellers

U.S. lawmakers skeptical of ag chemical, seed merger wave

EU regulators halt Dow, DuPont merger review to gather data

U.S. Senate judiciary committee to hold hearing on ag chem deals

EU regulators to investigate Dow, DuPont merger

Monsanto in talks with Bayer, others about ‘strategic options’

BASF says not backed into corner by Bayer’s Monsanto swoop

Rush for ag chem megadeals clogs regulatory path, worries farmers

Bayer offers to buy Monsanto in global ag chem shakeout

U.S. grain firms rejecting GMO crops that lack global approval

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