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Syngenta says Monsanto’s $2 bln break-up fee comes with caveat

By GFM Network News, Ludwig Burger July 27, 2015

Frankfurt/Reuters – Syngenta has said a $2 billion break-up fee that unwanted U.S. suitor Monsanto has pledged to pay if its proposed $45 billion merger failed would only apply in limited cases, leaving its shareholders exposed to the bulk of regulatory risks. Swiss Syngenta, the world’s largest maker of farming pesticides, told Reuters that based

Crops, Markets

In bid for Syngenta, Monsanto woos U.S. farmer support

By Carey Gillam, GFM Network News July 18, 2015

Reuters — As Monsanto struggles to convince rival Syngenta to discuss a potential merger, the seed and agrochemical giant is also wooing U.S. farmers, aiming to ease concerns about the proposed tie-up that could prompt regulatory challenges. Company executives have been criss-crossing the U.S. heartland, meeting with soybean and corn growers and a range of

Crops

Influential hedge fund takes stake in Syngenta

By GFM Network News July 14, 2015

Reuters — Hedge fund Paulson + Co. has taken a stake in Syngenta, and could push for the board of directors of the Swiss pesticide maker to accept a takeover offer from U.S. seed company Monsanto, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday. Monsanto, the world’s largest seed company, made a US$45 billion bid for

Crops, Markets

Syngenta tests investor support for Monsanto opposition

By GFM Network News, Ludwig Burger June 23, 2015

Zurich/Frankfurt | Reuters — Syngenta will sound out shareholders in the coming days for their views on the Swiss crop chemicals maker’s opposition to rival Monsanto’s US$45 billion takeover approach. Any takeover offer needs to be at a fair price and provide a high degree of certainty that it will clear regulatory hurdles, Syngenta chairman

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Growing a 4-H garden you can ‘Bee Proud’ of

4-H clubs can get free seeds to  plant pollinator-friendly gardens

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 15, 2015

4-H Canada and Syngenta Canada have announced the second year of Proud to Bee a 4-H’er, an initiative where 4-H club members learn about bees and other pollinators by planting and tending pollinator-friendly gardens. Participating 4-H clubs will create bee-friendly habitats using Proud to Bee a 4-H’er bee-friendly seed packets. 4-H clubs that register for

Crops, Opinion

Editorial: The buzz around bees, neonics and the ‘big picture’

By Laura Rance-Unger June 15, 2015

In our business, getting the facts right and keeping them in context is a constant challenge. Such is the case with the materials circulated as part of the Buzzing Gardens campaign rolled out last week by Bees Matter, an industry group formed to present information on bee health. It offers free flower seeds to gardeners

Crops, Markets

Syngenta rejects Monsanto’s break fee offer

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 9, 2015

Monsanto’s offer of a US$2 billion break fee if it can’t get regulatory approval for a merger with crop biotech and ag chem rival Syngenta has been rejected. The offer, made in a letter from St. Louis-based Monsanto on Saturday, “represents the same inadequate price, same inadequate regulatory undertakings to close, same regulatory risks and same

Crops, Markets

Monsanto sweetens Syngenta play with $2B break fee

By GFM Network News, Reuters June 8, 2015

New York | Reuters –– U.S. seed and ag chem firm Monsanto has offered to pay a US$2 billion reverse break-up fee to Syngenta if it can’t obtain global regulatory approvals for an acquisition, it said in a statement on Sunday. The move, under which Monsanto would pay the fee if regulators reject the proposal,

Crops, Markets

Sources say BASF mulling potential bid for Syngenta

By GFM Network News, Reuters June 3, 2015

Reuters — German chemicals group BASF is considering a potential offer for Syngenta, its Swiss rival which has received a C$56 billion takeover offer from Monsanto, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. BASF is speaking to investment bankers about the possibility of an offer for Syngenta, though it has made no decision and

Crops, Markets

Monsanto’s move on Syngenta could mean move away from glyphosate

By Carey Gillam, GFM Network News May 22, 2015

Reuters — Monsanto, the world’s largest seed company, is also known for the popularity of its Roundup herbicide, beloved by farmers and homeowners alike for its speed and deadly assault on tough weeds. But Monsanto’s ongoing efforts to try to take over Swiss ag chem firm Syngenta, a rival whose product portfolio offers an array

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Tag Archives Syngenta

Syngenta says Monsanto’s $2 bln break-up fee comes with caveat

In bid for Syngenta, Monsanto woos U.S. farmer support

Influential hedge fund takes stake in Syngenta

Syngenta tests investor support for Monsanto opposition

Growing a 4-H garden you can ‘Bee Proud’ of

Editorial: The buzz around bees, neonics and the ‘big picture’

Syngenta rejects Monsanto’s break fee offer

Monsanto sweetens Syngenta play with $2B break fee

Sources say BASF mulling potential bid for Syngenta

Monsanto’s move on Syngenta could mean move away from glyphosate

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