Bayer's $80b Monsanto takeover gets ACCC and European approval

Andrew Marshall
Updated March 27 2018 - 8:02am, first published March 22 2018 - 11:45am
The latest super-sized ag chemical merger will not be opposed by Australia's competition watchdog.
The latest super-sized ag chemical merger will not be opposed by Australia's competition watchdog.

Despite initial Australian concerns, the supersized merger between German conglomerate, Bayer, and US farm chemical and plant genetics giant, Monsanto, will not be opposed by our national competition watchdog.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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