mergers and acquisitions
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Wilbur-Ellis Acquires North Dakota Retailer Mott Grain
Wilbur-Ellis Co. has acquired the assets of Mott Grain (No. 99 on the CropLife 100), located in Mott, ND. The acquisition broadens Wilbur-Ellis’ footprint…
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Rentech Nitrogen Acquires Fertilizer Producer Agrifos
Rentech, Inc., Los Angeles, has announced that its majority-owned subsidiary, Rentech Nitrogen Partners, L.P., has entered into a definitive agreement with Agrifos Holdings Inc.…
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Ag Retail Consolidation: Going Nowhere But Up
My partner in crime shared some of the early returns from our 29th CropLife 100 research project, and so far there haven’t been any…
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H.J. Baker Acquires Sulphur Production Facility
H.J. Baker & Bro., Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Tiger-Sul Products (Canada) Co. has announced Tiger-Sul Products has purchased a sulphur processing facility in…
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Dow AgroSciences Acquires Cal/West Seeds
Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Co., has acquired the assets of Cal/West Seeds based in Woodland, CA. Cal/West is…
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Wisconsin River Co-op To Merge With Farmers Co-op
Two Wisconsin cooperatives, Wisconsin River Co-op (currently ranked No. 60 on the CropLife 100 rankings), based in Adams, and Farmer’s Co-op Supply and Shipping…
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BASF To Acquire Becker Underwood
BASF plans to acquire Becker Underwood for a price of $1.02 billion. The company, headquartered in Ames, IA, is one of the leading global…
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Ostrander Farmers Co-op Members Vote To Approve Joining CHS
Members of Ostrander Farmers Co-op, Ostrander, MN, have voted to merge with CHS Inc. (ranked No. 6 on the CropLife 100), and combine operations…
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Bayer CropScience Completes AgraQuest Acquisition
Bayer CropScience has completed its purchase of AgraQuest, Inc., a global supplier of innovative biological pest management solutions. All required transaction waiting periods have…
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JR Simplot Acquires Dorman Brothers
Dorman Brothers, an agricultural supply company with locations in Goodland, Kansas, and in Colorado at Burlington and Cheyenne Wells, will join Simplot’s AgriBusiness Group…
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