The manufacturer of a popular weedkiller won support Wednesday from the Republican-controlled Missouri House for a proposal that could shield it from costly lawsuits.
Monsanto has asked a judge to prevent Arkansas lawmakers from banning the use of a weed killer that farmers have said drifts onto their crops and causes damage.
Monsanto shareholders have voted to approve a proposed $57 billion takeover bid by Bayer AG, in a deal that would create a chemical and agriculture giant.
A former Monsanto executive who tipped off regulators about the agribusiness giant's accounting practices involving rebates for its Roundup weed-killer will get nearly $22.5 million as a whistleblower.
German drug and chemicals company Bayer AG says it has entered talks with the Monsanto Company about the possible acquisition of the U.S.-based specialist in genetically modified crop seeds.