https://phys.org/news/2018-06-bayer-monsanto-merger-agrichemical-juggernaut.html

"Buying Monsanto brings big reputational risks, but also enormous market opportunities," the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper judged.

Executives are betting big on projections that around 10 billion people will live on Earth by 2050, meaning more food must grow on the same amount of arable land.