The deal was announced Tuesday by the Missouri-based Bunge — which is the world's largest oilseeds processing company, operating 300 facilities in more than 40 countries worldwide — and Viterra, which is owned by Swiss commodities giant Glencore, as well as the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and B.C. Investment Management Corp.
Viterra, formerly the iconic Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, is a grain-handling business that has more than 80 facilities across the country and exports into more than 70 countries. However, the merger is also part of an ongoing wave of consolidation in the agriculture sector in recent years. Among notable mergers have been German company Bayer's 2018 US$66-billion blockbuster deal to acquire Monsanto, as well as the 2018 merger between Agrium Inc. and PotashCorp of Saskatchewan, which created Nutrien Inc., the largest potash producer in the world today.
"The Bureau has a mandate to review mergers to determine whether they are likely to result in a substantial lessening or prevention of competition," said spokesman Jayme Albert in an email. Shannon Sereda, director of government relations, policy and markets for the Alberta Wheat Commission, said her organization is monitoring the proposed deal.
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