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Apr. 3, 2017 at 6:03 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — French food group Danone has won U.S. antitrust approval to buy U.S. organic food producer WhiteWave Foods, the Justice Department said on Monday. To win approval for the US$10.4 billion deal, Danone agreed to sell its leading U.S. organic yogurt business Stonyfield Farms, the department said. […]

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Sep. 20, 2016 at 5:41 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — U.S. lawmakers expressed concern on Tuesday over a wave of mergers among companies that sell farmers their seeds, herbicides and insecticides, worrying that the deals could lead to higher prices and less innovation at a time of dropping farm incomes. Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from […]

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Sep. 2, 2016 at 7:04 pm CDT

Toronto/Washington | Reuters — Canada’s PotashCorp and Agrium are more likely to win approval for a potential merger in Canada than in the U.S., but U.S. rejection of the deal would scuttle it globally, competition lawyers said. Saskatoon-based PotashCorp and Calgary’s Agrium confirmed Tuesday they were in preliminary merger talks, […]

By diane-bartz, John Tilak

May. 20, 2016 at 8:20 pm CDT

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 diane-bartz, P.J. Huffstutter

Jul. 4, 2013 at 10:41 am CDT

A group of wheat-growing states has joined the U.S. Justice Department in investigating a proposed joint venture by Cargill, CHS Inc. and ConAgra, which would make the largest U.S. flour miller even larger, two sources told Reuters. About a dozen states, led by Oklahoma’s attorney general, will join the department’s […]

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