Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883

Poll: Farmers overwhelmingly oppose Bayer-Monsanto merger

An overwhelming majority of surveyed farmers are concerned about the proposed Bayer-Monsanto merger and believe it will have a negative impact on independent farmers and farming communities, a recent poll has found.

 According to the poll, of the farmers who responded:

 93.7 percent are concerned about the proposed merger of Bayer and Monsanto (82.8 percent are very concerned/10.9 percent somewhat...