But it should fit cleanly with Bayer's agrochemicals division, creating the world's third-largest herbicides business and allowing it to compete more evenly with biotechcrop and agrochemicals giants Monsanto (nyse: MON - news - people ) and Syngenta (nyse: SYT - news - people ).
If the USDA or a court determines that a biotech seed or crop or food does not pass environmental or health muster, it will be pulled from the market and banned.