…crop science division says overregulation is the “single biggest challenge” in the EU for crop protection companies. The regulatory environment and current crop prices helped to kick start consolidation efforts…
Bayer Investors React to the Monsanto Acquisition
…quickly grow its earning potential. There is some uncertainty that the deal will get regulatory approval from roughly 30 agencies around the world, and the fact that Bayer will pay…
APHIS Seeks Comments on Treatment Evaluation Document
…eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2016-0049 Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to Docket No. APHIS-2016-0049, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD…
Farm Bureau: River-Flow Plan Will Cause Needless Suffering
…unpromising, given past results. “Turning our regional economy, our local communities and our livelihoods into a regulatory experiment is not a responsible way to manage our precious water resources,” he…
Bayer, Monsanto Announce Agreement
…to customary closing conditions, including Monsanto shareholder approval of the merger agreement and receipt of required regulatory approvals. Closing is expected by the end of 2017. The companies will work…
California Governor Signs Farm Worker Overtime Bill
…farmers in other countries and states with no overtime costs, far lower minimum wages, reliable water supplies, and far less regulatory burden.” From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news…
Bayer and Monsanto Boards to Meet Soon
…can be no assurance that the parties will enter into an agreement. The proposed transaction would be subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions. The key conditions of…
New National Offshore Wind Strategy to Drive Deployment
…numerous actions to ensure that the regulatory process is predictable, transparent, efficient and informed by lessons learned from regulators in other countries. Additionally, as the first generation of installed projects…
Farm Credit Associations’ Boards Vote For Merger
…stockholders. The next steps will include a review and approval by AgriBank, which is the funding bank for the three association, as well as a regulatory review and approval by…
Dairy Fighting for Immigration, TPP, and Child Nutrition
National Milk Producers’ Federation CEO and President Jim Mulhern is skeptical that Congress will be able to tackle immigration reform, child nutrition programs, or the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement before or…
Agrium in Merger Talks with Potash Corp.
…future acquisitions and that we will be able to implement our standards, controls, procedures and policies at any acquired businesses to realize the expected synergies; that future business, regulatory and…
Little-Known Corn Disease Found in Nine States
…Julie Van Meter – State Plant Regulatory Official–Nebraska Department of Agriculture Pathogen Bacterial leaf streak, caused by Xanthomonas vasicola pv. vasculorum (synonym X. campestris pv. zeae), was confirmed for the…
Grasshopper and Mormon Cricket Suppression Program
…Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2016-0045. Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to Docket No. APHIS-2016-0031, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238….
State Seeks Way to Solve ‘A Big Biomass Problem’
…this week, Ball said, adding, “we are 100 percent focused on (Greenhouse Gas Reduction Funds), but other policy changes need to be made, including reform in the Renewable Portfolio Standard…