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U.S. Senate judiciary committee to hold hearing on ag chem deals

By GFM Network News, Reuters August 23, 2016

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Senate judiciary committee will hold a hearing in late September to discuss the mergers of Dow Chemical and Dupont as well as ChemChina’s purchase of Syngenta, committee chair Charles Grassley said in a statement Tuesday. Grassley, a Republican from the farm state of Iowa, has already expressed concern that

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U.S. watchdog clears ChemChina’s takeover of Syngenta

By GFM Network News, Reuters August 22, 2016

Zurich | Reuters — A U.S. regulator has cleared ChemChina’s US$43 billion takeover of Swiss pesticides and seeds group Syngenta, the companies said Monday, boosting chances that the largest foreign acquisition ever by a Chinese company will go through. The decision should remove significant uncertainty over whether the acquisition of the world’s largest pesticides maker

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Long-term U.K. study links neonics to wild bee declines

By GFM Network News, Kate Kelland August 16, 2016

London | Reuters — Wild bees that forage from oilseed rape crops treated with insecticides known as neonicotinoids are more likely to undergo long-term population declines than bees that forage from other sources, according to the findings of an 18-year study. The new research covered 62 species of bee found in the wild in Britain

Syngenta's new soy varieties have been established on the company's Elm River research farm.

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New soybean offerings coming in 2017

By Jennifer Paige August 8, 2016

As soybean acres rise across Western Canada, new soybean varieties are keeping pace. “We have been really ramping up our soybean portfolio over the last number of years and we have been able to put some pretty exciting products in both Manitoba and Saskatchewan, especially as the acreage has been increasing,” said Wayne Bennett, product

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Monsanto in talks with Bayer, others about ‘strategic options’

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume June 29, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — Monsanto is in talks with Bayer and other companies regarding “alternative strategic options,” a month after it rejected the German company’s US$62 billion takeover offer, the U.S. seed producer said on Wednesday. Monsanto’s options include combinations with other companies and businesses in the sector beyond Bayer. Potential deals could involve BASF

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Agrium sees opportunities from major merger talk

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel June 8, 2016

Reuters — Agrium, North America’s largest retail seller of products for crop producers, could benefit if some of the biggest makers of seed and agricultural chemicals merge, CEO Chuck Magro said on Wednesday. Responding to a question during a company investor day in Toronto about how possible tie-ups of ChemChina and Syngenta, or of Bayer

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BASF says not backed into corner by Bayer’s Monsanto swoop

By GFM Network News June 8, 2016

Ludwigshafen, Germany | Reuters — BASF, which has so far kept out of a consolidation push among global seeds and pesticides groups, said its business model was not affected by rival Bayer’s plans to buy Monsanto. “We are not backed into a corner by what is happening in the market,” the group’s deputy chief executive

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Big Seed’s big players prepare to dance

By Alan Guebert June 7, 2016

Since late last summer, Big Seed’s big players have looked more like anxious high school kids hoping to pair off for the senior prom than international businesses investing in new products and markets. The first to go courting was St. Louis-based Monsanto. Last August it offered nearly $46 billion for its Swiss classmate, Syngenta, only

(Photo courtesy Water Management Research Unit, ARS/USDA)

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U.S. EPA draft report calls out atrazine for risk to animals

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek June 3, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — One of the most popular herbicides in U.S. agriculture can be dangerous to animals and fish and leaves behind worrisome residue levels, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday in a draft report that sparked outrage among farmers. The agency’s assessment of atrazine could lead to tighter regulatory limits on

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Rush for ag chem megadeals clogs regulatory path, worries farmers

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter May 20, 2016

Reuters — As Bayer joins the agricultural sector’s scramble to consolidate, its bid for Monsanto may be a tipping point for U.S. farmers, federal lawmakers and regulators concerned the tie-ups may harm the farm economy. If Monsanto accepts Bayer’s unsolicited offer, experts say, the deal would inevitably trigger a review by federal antitrust regulators. But

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U.S. grains: Soy hits 17-month high, corn to four-month top as trade braces for U.S. data

Federal budget shows remaining disconnect between agriculture, policymakers, panelists say

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures continue downward

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U.S. Senate judiciary committee to hold hearing on ag chem deals

U.S. watchdog clears ChemChina’s takeover of Syngenta

Long-term U.K. study links neonics to wild bee declines

New soybean offerings coming in 2017

Monsanto in talks with Bayer, others about ‘strategic options’

Agrium sees opportunities from major merger talk

BASF says not backed into corner by Bayer’s Monsanto swoop

Big Seed’s big players prepare to dance

U.S. EPA draft report calls out atrazine for risk to animals

Rush for ag chem megadeals clogs regulatory path, worries farmers

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