Agribusiness
Syngenta shareholders accept ChemChina offer
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ChemChina has secured the support it needs from Syngenta shareholders to wrap up its record $43 billion takeover of the Swiss agrochemicals company popular among U.S. farmers.
Business
DOJ: Monsanto’s decision to stop sale of Precision Planting to Deere ‘preserves competition’
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The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Monsanto, announced on Monday that it has terminated an 18-month-old agreement to sell its Precision Planting LLC business to equipment manufacturer Deere & Company.
Food For Thought
Opinion: Crying over spilled milk won’t fix U.S.-Canada dairy woes
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Is there about to be a war on milk between the United States and Canada? Big-AgWatch.org columnist Dave Dickey shares his views in this week’s Food For Thought blog.
Antitrust
Antitrust official likely to be ‘ultimate decider’ on Bayer-Monsanto deal, advocacy groups say
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President Donald Trump’s pick for the country’s top antitrust position — and key regulator for the $66 billion deal between Bayer AG and Monsanto Co. — is expected to give his confirmation testimony on Wednesday.
Syngenta
Farmer’s lawsuit blaming Syngenta for China-trade disaster first of thousands to go to court
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The first of several thousand lawsuits alleging that Syngenta cost U.S. farmers billions of dollars by releasing a variety of genetically engineered corn seed without Chinese import approval has officially gone to court.
Food For Thought
Opinion: Rooting out corporate greed is in our best interest
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Big-AgWatch.org columnist Dave Dickey says ethics should matter more than profits for corporations. Check out his latest opinion column here.
Monsanto
Activists’ tribunal threatens ‘real dialogue’ on food and agriculture, Monsanto says
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A mock international tribunal held in the Netherlands and put together by activist groups has concluded that the St. Louis-based seed company Monsanto has “engaged in practices that have impinged on the basic human right to a healthy environment.”
Archer Daniels Midland
ADM begins operations at second carbon capture and storage project
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Commodities trader Archer Daniels Midland recently announced it has begun operations at a carbon capture and storage project in central Illinois capable of storing more than 1 million tons of carbon dioxide a year.