Bayer & Monsanto Merger

This is not considered “new” news but it may be for some. There is a documentary entitled “Harvest of Greed” that speaks of investigating a number of the issues brought about by the merger of Monsanto and Bayer AG. Monsanto accepted Bayer’s $66 billion takeovers, being the largest all-cash buyout on record.

Bayer will sell some of its assets to BASF, the German competitor, as a condition of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) approval. Soybean, cottonseed and glufosinate weed killer that overlapped with Monsanto’s was an antitrust point. These two companies combined used to control nearly 60% …read more