Bloomberg Law
Feb. 8, 2018, 5:55 PM UTC

TV Ad Urges Trump to Spike Monsanto-Bayer Merger

Eleanor Tyler

• Ads to run during Fox News programs in Washington area

• Trump has no role in reviewing Bayer-Monsanto

Bayer AG’s $66 billion bid to merge with Monsanto Co. is targeted in an advocacy group advertisement aimed straight at President Donald Trump.

Farmers and Families First Inc., a social advocacy nonprofit, said Feb. 6 that it has purchased the ad titled “Save the Heartland” to run on Fox News in the Washington area starting “immediately.”

Theadappeals directly to Trump “to stand with America’s farmers and please stop the Monsanto merger” with Bayer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9h_0nnjVMY

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