Bayer acquisition means 'Monsanto' will be no more

06/04/18 2:49 PM By Steve Davies

Monsanto and Bayer can begin integrating their operations in a couple of months, after planned asset sales to BASF are completed.

A closer look at the impact of the Bayer-Monsanto merger

05/30/18 6:52 AM By Steve Davies

Sometimes, in order to get what you want, you have to give a little. In the case of the latest consolidation in the agriculture sector, Bayer will have to give a lot to get much more.

Bayer-Monsanto deal gets conditional green light from DOJ

05/29/18 1:20 PM By Steve Davies

Bayer has agreed to sell off approximately $9 billion in businesses and assets to BASF in order to gain approval of its purchase of Monsanto, the Justice Department announced today.

WOTUS arguments at SCOTUS go well for industry

10/11/17 6:05 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2017 - The Supreme Court appears poised to allow challenges to the “waters of the U.S.” rule to proceed in federal district courts, as sought by dozens of farm groups.

Dow-DuPont merger gets green light from Justice Department

06/15/17 5:00 PM By Daniel Enoch

WASHINGTON, June 15, 2017 – DuPont and Dow Chemical say they’ve gotten approval from the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division for their merger, a combination that will create the world’s largest crop protection and seeds company.

Conaway, Goodlatte seek answers from Justice Dept. on Duarte case

05/26/17 4:53 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, May 26, 2017 - Pressure is mounting on the Justice Department to back off its prosecution of a California nursery owner who is facing $2.8 million in fines for plowing in wetlands.

States fiddle with SNAP error rates to win bonuses from USDA

04/19/17 11:25 AM By Philip Brasher and Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, April 19, 2017- Even as Congress prepares to write a new farm bill, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is snarled in an investigation of state mismanagement that raises questions about USDA’s oversight of the program.

Ken Dallmier, President & COO of Clarkson Grain Company

This week’s guest on Open Mic is Ken Dallmier, President and COO of Clarkson Grain Company. While the global grain business is dominated by supply, demand and now trade wars, this Illinois-based company functions under a customer-focused mindset. Dallmier says this generation of consumer demand is dominated by a different set of social values leading to questions over the way food is produced and the prices they’re willing to pay. Sustainability, organic and non-GMO are providing farmers an income stream isolated from traditional market forces.

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Opinion: Trait-based regulation of GM plants is on the horizon – at last!

USDA’s Sid Abel and Doug McKalip just briefed me on the new regulatory framework that is shaping up for the oversight of plants modified by what they are now calling “plant breeding innovations.”

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