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Seeds, Corteva & Bayer
Johnston, Iowa, United States41.68°N 93.70°W
computed criticality17/100
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Bayer, Corteva, Syngenta ~½ of world seed and pesticide market
2024Fault line
The improved corn, soy and cotton seeds that feed world agriculture, and the pesticides tied to them, are held by four giants born of recent mergers. A plant-patent lock on the first link of food.
Actors
Bayer
Corteva
Syngenta (ChemChina)
BASF
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