The Monsanto logo is on display at the Farm Progress Show on Aug. 31, 2015, in Decatur, Illinois.Seth Perlman ~ Associated Press, file ...

FILE – This Aug. 31, 2015 file photo shows the Monsanto logo seen at the Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Ill. German drug and chemicals company Bayer AG says it has made a $62 billion offer to ...

LOUIS -- Monsanto Co. shareholders Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a $57 billion merger with Bayer AG, a deal that would combine two of the world's biggest agricultural companies.

Last September, Monsanto accepted an offer from Bayer to $57 billion to its shareholders and assume $9 billion in debt. Monsanto was founded in St. Louis in 1901 by John Francis Queeny.

With farmer and regulator eyes turned toward the two companies, Bayer and Monsanto technology leads on Thursday repeated their confidence the merger will close by the end of 2017. The companies ...

Monsanto was trading relatively flat early Wednesday, at $106.67. Bayer was trading for $96.98, up nearly 4 percent.

German drug and crop chemical group Bayer AG on Thursday announced details of a sweetened $64 billion bid for Monsanto Co as it tries to put the U.S. seed company under pressure to engage further.

Monsanto's decision, first reported earlier on Tuesday by Reuters, puts pressure on Bayer to decide whether to raise its bid, even as the company faces criticism from some shareholders that its ...

German life sciences giant Bayer saw its shares drop by over 7% on Wednesday following a US court’s decision to review a case against Monsanto, a subsidiary acquired by Bayer in 2018. The ...

We estimate Monsanto would be worth $130 per share in Bayer’s hands, which includes our annual run-rate cost-synergy target of $1 billion,” Morningstar analysts said in a note.

German drug and chemicals company Bayer AG says it has made a $62 billion offer to buy U.S.-based crops and seeds specialist Monsanto Company. Bayer said Monday, May 23, 2016 that the all-cash ...