Agribusiness
Post merger, Bayer vague on lawsuit strategy, despite liability
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Since the recent merger of Bayer AG and Monsanto, Bayer has been vague on their strategy in handling the inherited lawsuits against Monsanto.
Food For Thought
Opinion: Will farmers regret Bayer and Monsanto going to the chapel?
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Despite Bayer’s $66 billion move – yeah with a B – to acquire Monsanto, there remains serious doubt among some advocates that the U.S. Department of Justice did not do enough to protect farmers and other stakeholders from escalating seed and chemical costs and the unappetizing possibility of fewer choices at the retail marketplace.
Food For Thought
Opinion: ADM-Bunge merger may leave farmers in the cold
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An ADM-Bunge merger would form a commodity trading behemoth of refineries and factories with an international network of marine terminals and barges.
American grain and oilseed farmers should have some reason to be concerned, writes Dave Dickey