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Germany's Bayer is expected to close its $62.5 billion purchase of Monsanto this Thursday, at which point it will retire the acquired brand.

The bottom line: Environmentalists and other progressive activists won't have the Monsanto name to kick around much longer, even though its products will live on.

"Monsanto" will disappear in three days

Environmentalists won't be able to target the name any longer.

Protest against the Bayer-Monsanto merger.

A protest in Germany against Bayer's takeover deal for Monsanto. Photo by Patrick Stollarz/AFP/Getty Images

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Germany&#x27;s Bayer is expected to close its $62.5 billion purchase of Monsanto this Thursday, at which point it will retire the acquired brand.The bottom line: Environmentalists and other progressive activists won&#x27;t have the Monsanto name to <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="kick around" data-vars-click-url="https://modernfarmer.com/2014/03/monsantos-good-bad-pr-problem/" data-vars-content-id="1f5a2d2d-2e49-438e-9aa7-66fc0e7af608" data-vars-headline="&quot;Monsanto&quot; will disappear in three days" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://modernfarmer.com/2014/03/monsantos-good-bad-pr-problem/" target="_blank">kick around</a> much longer, even though its products will live on.

"Monsanto" will disappear in three days

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