Source: Sonja Begemann, AGWEB, 8/23/18


After two long years of waiting, Bayer and Monsanto executives sit together at the table as one team. Until last week, the companies could not share business information as a condition of the Department of Justice requirements for the acquisition.
The $66 billion acquisition joins together two powerhouses: Bayer’s chemical portfolio and Monsanto’s seed and trait engine. The company divested more than $7 billion in assets, including the Bayer row crop and vegetable seeds business, glufosinate business, certain glyphosate businesses and several other assets to gain access to Monsanto.

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