Former Monsanto President, Now Bayer CropScience COO Brett Begemann
Longtime former-Monsanto President Brett Begemann updated the media on what to expect as 2018 winds down from the new Bayer-Monsanto combined company. The verdict? Business as usual, at least for now. Begemann also told an inspiring story about his late-father during his final days. A farmer himself, the elder Begemann turned and asked his son, "Do you know what is so hard about moving on? Farming is getting really interesting right now!" It was a good reminder of a couple things: #1: Former Monsanto employees are still people, just like the rest of us, no matter how much vitriol the internet spews at them for doing their jobs. #2: The late Mr. Begemann was indeed correct, it is a SUPER interesting time to be in agriculture right now. Sometimes we could all use a reminder of that, and that includes myself. Thank you for your story, Brett.