Insights and Stories on Merger

U.S. lawmakers skeptical of ag chemical, seed merger wave

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 […]

PotashCorp, Agrium make engagement official

Sep. 12, 2016 at 11:09 am CDT

By Staff

EU regulators halt Dow, DuPont merger review to gather data

Sep. 9, 2016 at 6:11 pm CDT

By Reuters

Monsanto cools on large-scale M+A outlook

Apr. 6, 2016 at 1:39 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Monsanto increases job cuts as corn, chemical sales slump

Jan. 6, 2016 at 2:04 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter Tom Polansek

Dow, DuPont to merge in deal to create chem giant

Dec. 11, 2015 at 9:26 am CST

Reuters — Chemical giants DuPont and Dow Chemical agreed to merge in an all-stock deal valuing the combined company at US$130 billion in a win for activist investors that could spark further consolidation in the farm chemicals industry. The deal to combine two of the biggest and oldest U.S. chemical […]

By Swetha Gopinath

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

Jul. 27, 2015 at 3:30 pm CDT

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 […]

By Ludwig Burger

Syngenta rejects Monsanto’s break fee offer

Jun. 9, 2015 at 11:41 am CDT

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, […]