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Opinion: The most consequential ag story in 2018 is …
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In the past year Dave Dickey has blogged and waxed on a number of consequential agricultural events. Find out which ag story was the the most consequential in 2018.
Agribusiness
Post merger, Bayer vague on lawsuit strategy, despite liability
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It’s been nearly two weeks since the merger between Bayer AG and Monsanto officially began its integration, two months since the deal closed and nearly two years since the planned deal was announced.
Despite that, newly appointed Bayer officials are vague on how they plan to handle the mountain of lawsuits inherited from Monsanto over pesticides such as glyphosate and dicamba.
Q&A: Here’s what one expert in the $290 million case against Monsanto had to say about the trial
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On August 10, a San Francisco court ordered the agribusiness company Monsanto to pay nearly $290 million in damages to a California man who alleges his cancer was caused by Roundup, the company’s most widely used herbicide. We spoke with an expert who testified in the trial. Here's what he had to say.
Agribusiness
Reports: U.S. Department of Justice to approve Bayer-Monsanto merger
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On Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. Department of Justice has reached an agreement to approve the $62.5 billion merger, which was originally announced in May 2016.
Agribusiness
More than 300 food and farm groups ask U.S. attorney general to stop agricultural mega mergers
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Hundreds of food and farm groups are calling on recently confirmed U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to step in and block a wave of billion-dollar mega mergers sweeping across America’s agriculture industry.
Agribusiness
Harvest Public Media: Why you should care about ‘Big Ag’ companies getting bigger
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Five of the six biggest companies that produce and sell seeds and chemicals to the world’s farmers are pursuing deals that could leave a market dominated by just three giant, global companies. Harvest Public Media reports on the deals in this new story.
Agribusiness
Harvest Public Media: How ‘Big Ag’ came to be
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The massive industry that supplies farmers with the tools to raise crops is on the brink of a watershed moment, according to Harvest Public Media.
Agribusiness
Weeding out competition: Farmers left paying steep prices as seed firms merge
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Central Illinois corn and soybean farmer Norbert Brauer said he remembers when he could plant an acre of corn for about $100 total — but that was nearly three decades ago.