Preparing for Bayer Merger, Monsanto Continues with Growth Projects

SUGAR LAND--April 6, 2017--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--In a recent conference call regarding the company's quarterly earnings, Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON) (St. Louis, Missouri) CEO Hugh Grant said that the company's pending $66 billion merger with Bayer AG (Leverkusen , Germany) was going smoothly and that its major growth project at an herbicide plant in Louisiana was progressing as planned. Industrial Info is tracking $1.28 billion of projects involving Monsanto and $1.15 billion in projects involving Bayer.