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Wed, 6 Jun 2018 17:56:50 -0400
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You know you have a bad reputation when you think a name associated with
actual goose-stepping WWII Nazis is the better choice.

"Monsanto to ditch its infamous name after sale to Bayer"
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jun/04/monsanto-to-ditch-its-infam
ous-name-after-sale-to-bayer
https://tinyurl.com/y79wb4mu

Farmers now find themselves with two "partners" who they have no choice but
to work with Monsanto/Bayer and Dow/Dupont:

"If you look at how much of the farmers' seed and pesticide dollars are
going to these companies, Monsanto-Bayer - if it were one company today -
would be getting $1 out of every $3," Connelly says. "Dow-Dupont would be
taking one out of every $4. Think that's a problem? Holy crap, right?"

http://www.businessinsider.com/bayer-monsanto-merger-trump-farmers-worried-2
017-2
https://tinyurl.com/jhyz35o

But I'm absolutely certain that beekeepers have nothing at all to worry
about, I mean, what could go wrong?

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