Agrium Inc. and Potash Corp of Saskatchewan Inc. confirmed Tuesday they are in preliminary merger talks. Agrium is North America’s major distributor of agricultural products and produces nitrogen, potash and phosphate fertilizer. PotashCorp is the world’s largest potash producer with five mines in Saskatchewan, as well as nitrogen and phosphate operations. Both issued statements saying […] Read more
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It’s all about size in global marketplace
Since late last summer, Big Seed’s big players have looked more like anxious high school kids hoping to pair off for the senior prom than international businesses investing in new products and markets. The first to go courting was Monsanto. Last August, it offered nearly $46 billion for its Swiss classmate, Syngenta, only to be […] Read more
Petition underway to oppose Bayer/Monsanto merger
Over 282,000 people have signed a petition that opposes the proposed Bayer and Monsanto merger. The petition claims a Monsanto/Bayer agrochemical monopoly would threaten world food systems, raise prices for farmers and consumers, and threaten food security for millions of people. SumOfUs is an international consumer watchdog group that spearheaded the petition. The group sent […] Read more
Dow and DuPont propose merger, making farm inputs powerhouse
Dow Chemical Company and DuPont Company announced pending nuptials this morning for their agricultural inputs children and two others. DowDuPont will become three companies instead of one or two, breaking the business into an agriculture division, a science based industrial products company and a materials science company that creates specialty products. On a conference call […] Read more
Crop input dealers grow
A collection of independent crop input dealers that recently changed its name could soon be adopting yet another moniker. Grow Community of Independents became United Suppliers Canada Inc. Sept. 1 to reflect its new partnership with a large customer-owned wholesaler of crop input products headquartered in Ames, Iowa. Grow was a network of 17 independent […] Read more
