With the new Monsanto acquisition, Bayer has reduced its expected earnings. USDA was working to make the department the entry point for H-2A applications.
Great first quarter news as the U.S. Meat Export Federation reports beef export value set a new record in March at $693.1 million, up 18 percent year-over-year.
**Brazil has agreed to impose an import tax on U.S. ethanol, a move criticized by U.S. ethanol leaders.
According to Brownfield, the Renewable Fuels Association’s Bob Dinneen, Growth Energy’s Emily Skor, and the U.S. Grains Council’s Tom Sleight issued a joint statement Wednesday saying they are disappointed to see the ruling by Brazil’s Chamber of Foreign Trade to impose a 20-percent tariff on U.
**Syngenta shareholders have accepted ChemChina’s $43 billion offer to buy the company, tendering more than enough shares to allow the transaction to go forward.
Syngenta announced Monday that “based on preliminary numbers, around 80...
**China’s competition authority has approved ChemChina’s proposed acquisition of Syngenta, according to both parties in the deal.
That follows the conditional approval of the U.S. and EU competition authorities last week and Mexico’s approval this week...
**ChemChina’s $43 billion acquisition of Syngenta has been approved by the Federal Trade Commission, on the condition that ChemChina divest three of its generic pesticides. The European Commission, the EU’s governing body, approved the deal last Wednesday...
SEATTLE (AP) — The voting members of Seattle's Group Health Cooperative have agreed to an acquisition by California health-care giant Kaiser Permanente.
The proposal needed the approval of two-thirds of Group Health's members, and it received that when results of the mail-in ballot were announced Saturday, with 8,824 voting in favor to 1,585 opposed. Gro...