Bayer may be exploring a potential bid for Monsanto in a deal that would create the world’s largest supplier of seeds and farm chemicals.
As the public becomes more aware of pollinator health, beekeepers and cotton producers come under more scrutiny.
USDA’s May World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report projects a 15% increase in U.S. cotton production for 2016/17, as global consumption of cotton stocks continues to grow.