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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.
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.
The $130 billion merger between Dow Chemical and DuPont has become the first of three agribusiness mega deals to win conditional approval in the European Union, regulators announced on Monday.
Hundreds of food and farm groups are calling on recently confirmed U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to step in and block a wave of billion-dollar mega mergers sweeping across America’s agriculture industry.
The European Union’s antitrust review agency is set to approve the $43 billion deal between state-owned ChemChina and Swiss agrichemicals firm Syngenta, Reuters reported Thursday, citing “two people familiar with the matter.”
Bayer Ag has reportedly increased its bid to acquire Monsanto to about $65 billion. But while those negotiations continue, another Monsanto deal has hit a major snag.