Rural Life
A French court has found Monsanto to be responsible for causing illness to a farmer who inhaled some of its weedkiller product.
Agri-Business
A second trial into Monsanto's Roundup product in the US has found that the herbicide was the cause of a man's cancer in California.
Bayer - the new owner of Monsanto and the glyphosate weedkiller - asked a California judge to throw out a $289 million jury verdict
Bayer plans to complete the acquisition of Monsanto this Thursday, June 7, following the receipt of all required approvals from regulatory authorities.
Bayer's takeover of Monsanto moved one step closer yesterday (Tuesday, May 29) after the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) granted conditional approval for the proposed acquisition.
Shares in Monsanto surged by over 6% yesterday following reports that the Bayer takeover deal had received US approval.
The European Commission conditionally approved Bayer’s proposed acquisition of Monsanto, manufacturer of the pesticide Roundup.
Bayer has confirmed earlier today that the European Commission has initiated an investigation of its proposed amalgamation with Monsanto.
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.
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.
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.
Tillage
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.
German multinational chemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer may this week increase its all-cash offer for Monsanto.
Monsanto has announced that its Board of Directors unanimously views the reported $62 billion takeover Bayer AG proposal as incomplete and financially inadequate.
