Bayer and Ginkgo Bioworks close deal creating Agricultural Biologicals Powerhouse
18 October 2022, Germany: Bayer today announced that the company has closed the previously announced transaction with Ginkgo Bioworks to begin
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Bayer AG is a global life science company headquartered in Leverkusen, Germany, operating through three divisions: Crop Science, Pharmaceuticals, and Consumer Health. Its businesses develop products and technologies across agriculture and healthcare, with the company focused on addressing challenges related to food security, climate change, disease prevention, and healthcare access. Bayer’s global portfolio includes seeds, biotechnology traits, crop protection products, digital agriculture solutions, prescription medicines, and consumer healthcare brands.
The Crop Science division is particularly relevant to agriculture, with activities spanning seeds and traits, herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, biologicals, digital farming, and agricultural research. Bayer is advancing a pipeline of new agricultural products while focusing on technologies designed to improve farm productivity, resource efficiency, and resilience. Its current agricultural strategy includes a portfolio of ten planned blockbuster launches.
In India, Bayer has been present for more than 130 years and operates through businesses including Crop Science, Pharmaceuticals and Consumer Health. Bayer CropScience Limited is the group’s listed Indian Crop Science company, with activities covering crop protection, seeds, traits, biologicals and digital farming. The India Crop Science business works with more than 30 million smallholder farmers and focuses on crops including rice, corn, cotton, fruits and vegetables.
Bayer’s global developments in 2026 include Crop Science innovation, financial performance, product pipeline advancement, agricultural technology, sustainability, glyphosate litigation, and strategic investments. The company reported higher Crop Science sales and substantial earnings growth in both the first and second quarters of 2026.
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18 October 2022, Germany: Bayer today announced that the company has closed the previously announced transaction with Ginkgo Bioworks to begin
Read More14 October 2022, Mumbai: Bayer has announced that it has initiated the commercial application of drones in agriculture from Kharif 2022.
Read More12 October 2022, Calgary, AB: This fall, Bayer officially opened its new Canola Seed Production Site in Cranbrook, B.C. The
Read More06 October 2022, AU: Bayer has completed the sale of its Environmental Science Professional business to the international private equity firm
Read More06 October 2022, Leverkusen: Bayer has completed the sale of its Environmental Science Professional business to the international private equity firm Cinven,
Read More05 October 2022, New Delhi: Small Farmers’ Agri-Business Consortium (SFAC) and Bayer CropScience Limited have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to
Read More20 September 2022, Sydney: Bayer is pleased to announce Ashraf Al-Ouf as the Chairman and Managing Director of the Bayer Group in
Read More12 September 2022, AU: The cost of not controlling banana weevil borer for growers in north Queensland is significant, with the damage
Read More12 September 2022, AU: A completely new concept in the control of banana leaf diseases is now available to growers with the
Read More10 September 2022, Calgary, AB: Bayer Crop Science continued its commitment to fund the future leaders of Canadian agriculture by awarding
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