Monsanto’s, the biotech seed giant, tried unsuccessfully for the fourth time to buy Syngenta for $47 million. Monsanto claim to fame is making transformational solutions for agriculture. Syngenta’s massive range of pesticides would have made Monsanto into a one-stop shop for farmers. Merging with Syngenta would have moved Monsanto to the U.K., where corporations are taxed at a lower rate. Both companies are already known for their aggressive patenting of seeds and chemicals. Syngenta is notorious for its treatment of people who dared to question its chemicals and Monsanto is pretty well known for the same practices.
