The $66 billion Bayer-Monsanto merger just got a major green light -- but farmers are terrified

Jim Young/Reuters Bayer, a German pharmaceutical and chemical company, has won approval in the US to buy agricultural giant Monsanto. But farmers are worried about what the consolidation might mean for prices and their future business. Whereas Bayer and Monsanto claim the move will spur innovation, other analysts have expressed skepticism. A blockbuster deal between Bayer and Monsantoappears to be moving ahead. On Monday, the US Department of Justice approved the German pharmaceutical and chemic...