Agri-Business
A second trial into Monsanto's Roundup product in the US has found that the herbicide was the cause...
Bayer - the new owner of Monsanto and the glyphosate weedkiller - asked a California judge to throw...
Global chemistry firm BASF has completed the acquisition of Bayer’s global vegetable seeds business following a €7.6 billion deal.
Arable
The Soil Association has called for a limit to be imposed on the use of Roundup in the UK in light of the recent US court case.
Machinery
Monsanto has scrapped a proposed deal to sell its Precision Planting business to John Deere, ending a legal battle with antitrust authorities.
'Over the past two years, four major mergers and acquisitions deals have been announced in the farm inputs sector, representing over US$200 billion of deal value.'
Monsanto has announced that shareowners of the company have approved the merger of Monsanto with Bayer Aktiengesellschaf (AG).
Climate Corporation, a subsidiary to Monsanto, has agreed a deal to purchase a European farm data company.
No competition will be lost as a result of John Deere's proposed acquisition of Monsanto's Precision Planting LLC, according to John Deere.
Chinese state owned Chemchina has sought approval from the European Commission for its $43 billion bid for Swiss company Syngenta.
Bayer and Monsanto today announced that they signed a definitive merger agreement under which Bayer will acquire Monsanto in an all-cash transaction.
Monsanto has confirmed that it has received an updated non-binding proposal for a potential acquisition of the company from Bayer for $127.50 per share in cash.
The US Department of Justice has filed a civil antitrust lawsuit seeking to block John Deere's (Deere and Co) proposed acquisition of Precision Planting LLC from Monsanto Company.
Environment
New rules which restrict the conditions around the use of glyphosate in the European Union are to come into effect in two weeks time, after the rules were published in the EU Official Journal.
Three soybean GMOs for food/feed uses have been approved by the European Commission, including Monsanto's Roundup Ready 2 Xtend.
Ahead of this Friday's vote on glyphosate, the French Minister for the Environment, has said that France will be voting against the continued use of the herbicide.
Monsanto has announced that its Board of Directors unanimously views the reported $62 billion takeover Bayer AG proposal as incomplete and financially inadequate.
German multinational Bayer has publicly disclosed the details of its private proposal to buy US-agribusiness giant Monsanto.
A vote was not held today in Brussels on the re-authorisation of glyphosate as the European Commission has Glypohsaid that it would not proceed to voting without a solid qualified majority of Member States.
Monsanto yesterday revealed that it has received an unsolicited, non-binding proposal from Bayer AG for a potential acquisition of Monsanto.
Germany looks set to abstain in an EU glyphosate vote next week according to Reuters.
Bayer may buy US-agribusiness giant Monsanto for more than $40 billion, according to the Financial Times
Group sales of Swiss agrochemical and seed manufacturer Syngenta dropped to $3.7 billion for the first quarter of 2016.
