Monsanto, Bayer execs had ‘productive’ meeting with Trump

This story was originally published in St. Louis Business Journal on January 11, 2017.

By Steph Kukuljan| bizjournals.com/stlouis

“Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) and Bayer AG (ETR: BAYN) executives met with President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday to pitch the companies’ proposed $66 billion merger.

Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant and Bayer CEO Werner Baumann met with Trump at his transition headquarters in New York, according to Fox Business Network. The Creve Coeur-based agtech company confirmed the meeting in a statement to the Business Journal…”