Agri-Business
'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.'
DuPont, one of the largest chemical companies in the world, has appointed Terrachem Ltd as a distributor of it's agricultural product range.
Concerns about increased costs to farmers that may arise from the reduction in competition arising from the ongoing consolidation in the agrochemical will be taken into account.
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 European Commission has opened an in-depth probe to assess whether the proposed merger of Dow and DuPont is in line with the EU Merger Regulation.
Agri Politics
Chemical companies Dow Chemical and DuPont have announced that they are to combine in an all-stock merger of equals.
