Monsanto

A trial is underway this week in California as witnesses will begin to testify in the first case alleging that Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer causes cancer. Politico says Lee Johnson, a groundskeeper for a California school district, alleges that years of spraying hundreds of gallons of the product caused him to develop non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a form of cancer. Opening st...

Bayer announced it will complete its acquisition of Monsanto Wednesday, June 7th.  The closure of the acquisition will follow the receipt of all required approvals from regulatory authorities.  The closure comes two years after Bayer announced the intention to acquire Monsanto.  As part of the $6...

The Canadian Competition Bureau has officially approved Bayer’s acquisition of Monsanto, with some conditions.  The agreement addresses the Bureau’s concerns that the acquisition would have significantly harmed competition and innovation in Canada’s agricultural sector.  Following a review of the...

Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant and Chief Technology Officer Rob Fraley will leave the company following the Bayer takeover. Monsanto announced Monday that Fraley and Grant will not be a part of the merged Bayer-Monsanto, once the deal is complete. The two are joined by six others from Monsanto’s leadership team that will depart the company. In a...

Another agribusiness, Bayer/Monsanto, is nearing completion.  Jim Collins represents the recently consolidated Dow/DuPont, said there is a unique opportunity for these new companies to better understand what consumers, grocery store shoppers and restaurant goers want.  ...

Bayer announced another country has given its approval of the company’s purchase of Monsanto. A Dow Jones report says Russia has given conditional approval of Bayer’s $57 billion acquisition of Monsanto if the German company agrees to transfer certain technologies to Russian recipients.   Un...

Bayer’s plan to get antitrust approval from the U.S. Justice Department hasn’t satisfied the expectations of U.S. officials.  Two sources told Bloomberg that those officials are worried that the merger could hurt competition.  The department feel...

Claims that the active ingredient in Monsanto causes cancer have been evaluated by multiple agencies, including international agencies, U.S. and foreign regulators, and Monsanto, the product’s manufacturer.   CBSNews.com says a federal judge in San Francisco will conduct his own review during a set of court hearings that began Monday.  There ar...

Bayer AG CEO Werner Baumann said he’s confident they’ll win European Approval of their deal to acquire Monsanto. A Bloomberg report says he’s trying to win the approval of its $66 billion acquisition while contemplating the sale of more businesses. He said, without...

Oregon is suing the agrochemical giant Monsanto over PCB pollution the state says has contaminated its waterways and wildlife.  The lawsuit filed Thursday by Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum seeks $100 million to mitigate pollution that state officials say has accumulated over decades.  ...