Insights and Stories on Monsanto

EU starts in-depth probe of Bayer-Monsanto deal

Aug. 22, 2017 at 2:04 pm CDT

Brussels/Frankfurt | Reuters — The European Commission has started an in-depth investigation of Bayer’s planned US$66 billion takeover of U.S. seeds group Monsanto, saying it was worried about competition in various pesticide and seeds markets. The deal would create the world’s largest integrated pesticides and seeds company, the Commission said, […]

U.S. farmers confused by Monsanto’s Xtendimax instructions

Aug. 21, 2017 at 2:18 pm CDT

By Karl Plume Tom Polansek

China approves two more GMO crops for import

Jul. 17, 2017 at 11:11 am CDT

By Dominique Patton

Tennessee restricts dicamba use as problems spread

Jul. 13, 2017 at 8:06 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. state-level dicamba bans temporary

Jul. 11, 2017 at 3:35 pm CDT

By Allan Dawson

Two states ban dicamba after drift complaints

Jul. 8, 2017 at 12:56 am CDT

Reuters — Missouri joined Arkansas on Friday in banning the use and sale of dicamba after a rise in complaints that the herbicide is drifting into neighbouring fields and damaging crops, the states’ agriculture departments said Friday. Dicamba use and complaints about its use have spiked in the past two […]

By Karl Plume

Xtend soybeans expand options, but be dicamba-drift aware

Jul. 7, 2017 at 6:25 pm CDT

New dicamba- and glyphosate-tolerant soybeans offer more weed control options and are another tool to address herbicide-tolerant weeds, but farmers need to take steps to avoid dicamba drift and spray tank residue, Manitoba officials say. What’s been happening in Arkansas underscores the risk dicamba drift presents. The U.S. state of […]

By Allan Dawson

Bayer files for Monsanto takeover approval with EU regulators

Jun. 30, 2017 at 2:57 pm CDT

Frankfurt | Reuters — Bayer has filed a request for approval of its planned US$66 billion takeover of U.S. seeds company Monsanto with European Union regulators, as suitors line up for assets that Bayer will sell to get the approval by year-end. Bayer, which is bracing for the EU Commission […]

By Reuters

BASF ready to snatch seed bargains as rivals sell assets

Jun. 29, 2017 at 4:27 pm CDT

Ludwigshafen, Germany | Reuters — BASF will consider buying seed assets that rivals are putting on the block to win antitrust approval for tie-ups, saying bargain prices could persuade BASF to overcome its traditional reluctance to expand into the seeds industry. Sources familiar with BASF’s thinking have said that competition […]

By Ludwig Burger Patricia Weiss

Syngenta eyes Bayer assets to bolster seed operations

Jun. 27, 2017 at 1:03 pm CDT

Basel | Reuters — Switzerland’s Syngenta, the crop protection company acquired by ChemChina, has vowed to bulk up its seeds business and join the chase for assets rival Bayer must sell to gain regulatory approval for its takeover of Monsanto. Syngenta, a distant third in the global seeds market behind […]