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Monsanto rejects Bayer bid

May. 24, 2016 at 1:15 pm CDT

Monsanto, the world’s largest seed company, has rejected Bayer AG’s US$62 billion acquisition bid as “incomplete and financially inadequate” but hasn’t slammed the door on further talks. Reuters on Tuesday quoted two unnamed sources as saying Monsanto can see the logic of combining with the German drugs and crop chemicals […]

Fertilizer maker CF Industries, OCI end merger deal

May. 23, 2016 at 7:18 pm CDT

By Reuters

Bayer confirms US$62 billion cash offer for Monsanto

May. 23, 2016 at 7:04 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy, wheat fall on broad commodity weakness

May. 23, 2016 at 6:39 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cattle limit down after bearish USDA surprise

May. 23, 2016 at 6:28 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

Ex-Dreyfus CEO leaves board in latest shakeup

May. 20, 2016 at 8:25 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — Global agricultural trader Louis Dreyfus Co. announced board changes on Thursday in which former CEO Serge Schoen will leave the group, another step in a leadership shakeup under main shareholder Margarita Louis-Dreyfus. Schoen oversaw rapid growth at the trading house as CEO between 2005 and 2013. […]

By Reuters

Rush for ag chem megadeals clogs regulatory path, worries farmers

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

April U.S. cattle placed in feedlots at three-year high

May. 20, 2016 at 7:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– The number of cattle placed into U.S. feedlots in April jumped seven per cent from a year earlier, according to a government report on Friday, far exceeding most analysts’ forecasts. Feedlots were still operating at a loss, analysts said. But lower prices for young calves allowed […]

By Theopolis Waters

EU delays vote on glyphosate license amid cancer row

May. 19, 2016 at 8:13 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — The European Union on Thursday delayed a vote on renewing sales approval for the herbicide glyphosate, used in Monsanto’s Roundup, amid a transatlantic row over whether it may cause cancer. Experts from the EU’s 28 nations had been due to vote on a proposal to extend […]

By Alissa de Carbonnel

U.S. grains: Rallying greenback sparks broad-based selloff

May. 19, 2016 at 8:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures dropped to their lowest levels in about a week on Thursday as gains in the dollar prompted investors to take profits out of commodities after recent rallies. Broad-based selling hit the sector as the dollar firmed on expectations that the Federal […]

By Tom Polansek