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Sunday, 13 October 2019 15:18

M&A Awards: With $40 million raise, Vestaron positions to commercialize new eco-friendly insecticides

Since securing a $40 million capital investment last spring, Vestaron Corp. has been assembling commercial and operating teams as it prepares for the broad launch of a brand of eco-friendly pesticides in 2020.

Published in Small Business

The Bayer CropScience facility at 1740 Whitehall Road in Muskegon Township is part of a business line that parent company Bayer AG will need to divest to secure regulatory approval for its $66 billion acquisition of Monsanto Co. The facility produces the Liberty herbicide.

Saturday, 09 June 2018 00:34

Bayer to divest Muskegon facility to settle antitrust action

MUSKEGON — The path to closing the $66 billion mega-merger of Bayer AG and Monsanto Co. included the divestiture of chemical manufacturing operations in West Michigan.

Published in Manufacturing

Sunday, 15 October 2017 20:00

Tillerman Seeds makes first acquisition, seeks to consolidate regional seed producers

GRAND RAPIDS — A West Michigan investment company has completed the first in what it hopes to be a string of acquisitions of independent, regional seed producers.

Published in Food/Agribusiness

West Michigan farmers are skeptical about the pending deal that would merge St. Louis-based Monsanto Co. with Bayer AG of Germany. Critics say the deal serves as yet another example of consolidation in the agriculture industry that will ultimately raise prices for farmers, remove choices from the marketplace and stifle innovation.

Sunday, 02 October 2016 14:10

As Bayer-Monsanto deal materializes, West Michigan farmers brace for consolidation

A major player in Big Agriculture is poised to expand its influence in the industry.

Published in Food/Agribusiness