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Monsanto tried to acquire Swiss agro-biotechnology rival Syngenta for US$46.5 billion in 2015, but failed. [77] In that year Monsanto was the world's biggest supplier of seeds, controlling 26% of the global seed market (Du Pont was second with 21%). [78] Monsanto was the only manufacturer of white phosphorus for military use in the US. [79]
The Monsanto brand was discontinued; its products are now marketed under the Bayer name. [147] On 16 September 2019, under the approval of National Company Law Tribunal, Bayer completed the merger of Monsanto India. [148] Bayer's Monsanto acquisition is the biggest acquisition by a German company to date. [149]
Monsanto purchases G. D. Searle & Company for $2.7 billion in cash. [22] [23] 1986: Products: Monsanto sells its American-based commodity plastics, or polystyrene, business to Polysar Ltd., a Canadian petrochemical company. [24] 1993: Products: Monsanto's Searle division files a patent application for Celebrex. [25] [26] 1994: Products
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Monsanto's Roundup Ready Seeds and the Pioneer Hi-Bred products now owned by DuPont were created in response to farmer demand, with farmers seeking to get the highest yields from their crops ...
Step on up, Monsanto (NYS: MON) . ... the company has repurchased a decent amount of its own stock. That's caused shares outstanding to fall: 2011* 2010. ... Now, companies tend to be fairly poor ...
The company was best known for its leading role in the development of hybrid corn and for its "winged ear" logo. DeKalb Genetics Corporation was purchased by the Monsanto Company in 1998 and has been owned since 2017 by Bayer. The DeKalb seed business, the DEKALB brand and the winged ear logo are now owned and managed by Bayer. [1]
In 1964 the United States Department of Justice brought antitrust action against Mobay, resulting in Bayer AG reaching an agreement to purchase Monsanto's share of the company in 1967. [ 6 ] : 440–441 In October 1971 Mobay, along with five other Bayer-owned chemical-related subsidiaries in the United States, merged into a single company ...