Max Armstrong offers insight into what factors are driving the major mergers between large farm input companies including the purchase of Syngenta, the merger of Dow and DuPont and the marriage of Bayer and Monsanto. Max looks at the costs driving these big deals.

Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Max Armstrong, veteran farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness.

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