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To: Ish who wrote (34865)	11/12/2015 10:48:06 AM
From: richardred	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34894

If my memory serves me right. Monsanto has come under a lot of fire lately for roundup and other activist issues. I think a lot has to due with the trend towards Organics. I'm not sure how its effecting sales, if any yet. Monsanto recently tried to buy Syngenta. They might try again IMO. Bayer is just one big monster. The world still needs food for survival no mater how you slice it! Some farming Trends I'm seeing are cage fee eggs and no GMO's in many foods. October 18, 2015 5:13 pm Bayer open to deals to bolster crop science division ft.com Syngenta CEO Mike Mack steps down following Monsanto deal failure ibtimes.co.uk Prior to ceo stepping down Syngenta to sell off seed business after failed Monsanto takeover 8 September 2015 Matthew Gunther Swiss agrochemical business Syngenta will sell its seed business and buy back $2 billion (£1.3 billion) worth of shares in a move intended to restore shareholder confidence after the company rejected a $47 billion takeover bid by its US rival Monsanto in August 2015. Monsanto made a series of failed merger offers to Syngenta this summer, before shelving its effort to take over the company following a final $47 billion offer. In a statement last month, the US agrochemical giant stated there was ‘no basis for constructive engagement from Syngenta’. After Syngenta turned down the offer, its share price plummeted by 18%. The current plan to divest the vegetable seed division is intended to ‘accelerate shareholder value creation’, according to Syngenta’s chairman Michel Demare, and the business will start the process in the next month. rsc.org