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Bayer sizing up deals to strengthen seeds operation

Feb. 25, 2016 at 4:28 pm CST

Leverkusen, Germany | Reuters — Bayer’s Crop Science business is casting its eye over potential targets to enhance its seeds operation, the division’s head said on Thursday, as competitive threats increase with big mergers among its rivals. The Bayer CropScience operation comprises the world’s second-largest pesticides supplier but remains a […]

Stacked LL/RR canola off the menu for 2016

Feb. 23, 2016 at 7:42 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Dow, DuPont to merge in deal to create chem giant

Dec. 11, 2015 at 9:26 am CST

By Swetha Gopinath

Syngenta ready to play role in sector shake-up

Nov. 19, 2015 at 1:48 pm CST

By Ludwig Burger

Ag chem division not for sale, Bayer says

Nov. 18, 2015 at 5:17 pm CST

By Reuters

Syngenta still among options for Monsanto takeover bids

Nov. 18, 2015 at 5:13 pm CST

St. Louis | Reuters — Monsanto executives are discussing whether the world’s largest seed company should acquire agrochemical rivals, including top pesticide maker Syngenta, Monsanto president Brett Begemann said Tuesday. “Everybody’s talking now. There’s multiple ways things can occur,” he said. Monsanto abandoned a $45 billion bid for Syngenta in […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Bayer postpones plant opening to meet canola seed demand

Jun. 4, 2015 at 5:59 pm CDT

Frost, wind, moisture and even flea beetles have already devastated Prairie canola crops this season, leading to unprecedented reseeding — and seed companies are struggling to meet the extra demand. Bayer CropScience announced Thursday it will postpone Friday’s scheduled grand opening of its new Lethbridge, Alta. seed processing plant, so […]

By Leeann Minogue

Prairie farmers scramble for canola seed after frost

Jun. 3, 2015 at 6:39 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Western Canadian farmers are scrambling to find scarce canola seed as they reseed crops snuffed out by frost and insects. Farmers in the region have until mid- to late June to plant ahead of insurance deadlines, but the later they sow canola, the higher the risk […]

By Rod Nickel

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