seed company mergers

A protester takes part in a March Against Monsanto in Paris in May 2016. The European chemical and pharmaceutical giant Bayer is buying Monsanto — and dropping the U.S. company's now-controversial name.

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Monsanto No More: Agri-Chemical Giant's Name Dropped In Bayer Acquisition

3:50pm June 04, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Germany's Bayer announced in 2016 that it would be buying Monsanto for more than $60 billion. Now it confirms it will be dropping the Monsanto name, which has been made infamous by protesters.

Kansas Farmer Mark Nelson says he's too busy with harvest to think much about abstracts, but he admits that the prospect of depending on fewer and fewer, larger and larger companies for his seed, fertilizer and chemicals is "a little nerve wracking."

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Farmers, Antitrust Activists Are Worried That Big Ag Is Only Getting Bigger

4:10pm October 18, 2016

by Frank Morris

Five of the largest agrochemical chemical companies are currently involved in mergers that may lead to four companies controlling many of the basics that big grain farmers use to grow food globally.