What a year it’s been for the global agribusiness industry. While the mergers and acquisitions once again dominated headlines in 2018, it was also about the key trends shaping the market. From the latest with the biostimulant market, to sourcing agchem from China, there was always something grabbing our attention throughout the year.
8 | U.S. Approves Bayer-Monsanto Merger April 9: The U.S. Justice Department approved Bayer AG’s acquisition of Monsanto Co. after the companies pledged to sell off additional assets to secure government antitrust approval.
6 | Slideshow: Highlights from the Trade Summit Presentations August 13: Sessions at the AgriBusiness Global Trade Summit ranged from the ongoing environmental regulations forcing many Chinese manufacturers to close and the state of crop protection, to the future of sourcing and up to the minute changes to the trade war between the U.S. and China.
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5 | Seaweed Extracts: What Makes Them Work? January 5: As we gain more insights into the mechanisms by which seaweed extracts function in crops, hopefully we will start to see the industry move away from the "use to improve plant growth" marketing approach toward a more scientific and informed strategy.
2 | Slideshow: Highlights from Biostimulant CommerceCon August 20: Highlights from AgriBusiness Global's successful Biostimulant CommerceCon in Phoenix, AZ in August were captured in this photo slideshow.
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1 | UPL to Acquire Arysta for Over $4 Billion July 9: In one of the largest deals by an Indian company, UPL Ltd. announced it was buying Platform Specialty Products Corp.’s Arysta LifeScience business for more than $4 billion.
The slideshow above shows the 10 most-read AgriBusinessGlobal.com stories in 2018 in terms of unique pageviews, unveiled in descending order.
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18 December 2018 
