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Monsanto no longer pursuing Syngenta

By GFM Network News August 26, 2015

Reuters — U.S. agribusiness leader Monsanto on Wednesday abandoned pursuit of Swiss rival Syngenta, which had rejected a recently sweetened US$47 billion offer. Syngenta shares fell more than 18 per cent on the news, while Monsanto shares jumped more than seven per cent. The Swiss agrichemicals group said its board unanimously rejected the offer, which it […] Read more

Canola, Corn, Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

Monsanto sweetens offer for Syngenta

By GFM Network News August 24, 2015

New York/Chicago | Reuters — U.S.-based Monsanto sweetened its offer to buy Switzerland’s Syngenta, valuing the company at around US$47 billion as it tries to lure the Swiss firm to the negotiating table, a person familiar with the matter said on Monday. Monsanto, which wants to combine its world-leading seeds business with Syngenta’s own seeds […] Read more

Canola, Corn, Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

Scientists seek review of glyphosate, allege ‘flawed’ regulations

By GFM Network News August 19, 2015

Reuters — U.S. regulators have relied on flawed and outdated research to allow expanded use of an herbicide linked to cancer, and new assessments should be urgently conducted, according to a column published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday. There are two key factors that necessitate regulatory action to protect human health, […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. farm, consumer groups aim to block Monsanto bid for Syngenta

By GFM Network News August 4, 2015

Reuters — Several U.S. farm and consumer groups are working on strategies to derail a proposed tie-up of Monsanto and agricultural seeds and chemicals rival Syngenta, saying a combination of the market leaders would spell fewer and higher-priced products. Coalitions of opponents are being formed and market analyses being done, moves that underscore the hurdles […] Read more

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Syngenta says Monsanto’s $2 bln break-up fee comes with caveat

By GFM Network News July 27, 2015

Frankfurt/Reuters – Syngenta has said a $2 billion break-up fee that unwanted U.S. suitor Monsanto has pledged to pay if its proposed $45 billion merger failed would only apply in limited cases, leaving its shareholders exposed to the bulk of regulatory risks. Swiss Syngenta, the world’s largest maker of farming pesticides, told Reuters that based […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

In bid for Syngenta, Monsanto woos U.S. farmer support

By GFM Network News July 17, 2015

Reuters — As Monsanto struggles to convince rival Syngenta to discuss a potential merger, the seed and agrochemical giant is also wooing U.S. farmers, aiming to ease concerns about the proposed tie-up that could prompt regulatory challenges. Company executives have been criss-crossing the U.S. heartland, meeting with soybean and corn growers and a range of […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Influential hedge fund takes stake in Syngenta

By GFM Network News July 14, 2015

Reuters — Hedge fund Paulson + Co. has taken a stake in Syngenta, and could push for the board of directors of the Swiss pesticide maker to accept a takeover offer from U.S. seed company Monsanto, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday. Monsanto, the world’s largest seed company, made a US$45 billion bid for […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Monsanto to invest over $1B in dicamba

By GFM Network News June 24, 2015

Reuters — Monsanto’s efforts to expand its agrichemical interests beyond what has long been its bread-and-butter glyphosate business were underscored on Wednesday by news the company plans to invest potentially more than US$1 billion in production of an alternative herbicide. Monsanto officials expect to spend the money over the next three to five years expanding […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Syngenta tests investor support for Monsanto opposition

By GFM Network News June 23, 2015

Zurich/Frankfurt | Reuters — Syngenta will sound out shareholders in the coming days for their views on the Swiss crop chemicals maker’s opposition to rival Monsanto’s US$45 billion takeover approach. Any takeover offer needs to be at a fair price and provide a high degree of certainty that it will clear regulatory hurdles, Syngenta chairman […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Syngenta rejects Monsanto’s break fee offer

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News June 9, 2015

Monsanto’s offer of a US$2 billion break fee if it can’t get regulatory approval for a merger with crop biotech and ag chem rival Syngenta has been rejected. The offer, made in a letter from St. Louis-based Monsanto on Saturday, “represents the same inadequate price, same inadequate regulatory undertakings to close, same regulatory risks and same […] Read more

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Canadian Barley Research Coalition pledges $1.8 million to USask Crop Development Centre

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: Soy futures set six-week low as China buys Argentine cargoes, snubs U.S.

U.S. livestock: Hogs rally ahead of USDA report

Canadian Barley Research Coalition pledges $1.8 million to USask Crop Development Centre

Tag Archives Monsanto

Monsanto no longer pursuing Syngenta

Monsanto sweetens offer for Syngenta

Scientists seek review of glyphosate, allege ‘flawed’ regulations

U.S. farm, consumer groups aim to block Monsanto bid for Syngenta

Syngenta says Monsanto’s $2 bln break-up fee comes with caveat

In bid for Syngenta, Monsanto woos U.S. farmer support

Influential hedge fund takes stake in Syngenta

Monsanto to invest over $1B in dicamba

Syngenta tests investor support for Monsanto opposition

Syngenta rejects Monsanto’s break fee offer

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