Fruit And Vegetable Seed Production Inside Monsanto Co. Seed Valley Greenhouses

Workers tend to paprika plants inside a greenhouse operated by Seminis and De Ruite, the vegetable seeds divisions of Monsanto Co., in Bergschenhoek, Netherlands. Monsanto's disappointing earnings report could help Bayer AG with its proposed $53.7 billion takeover of the world's largest seed company. Photo: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Workers tend paprika plants inside a greenhouse operated by Seminis and De Ruite, the vegetable seeds divisions of Monsanto Co., in Bergschenhoek, Netherlands. Photo: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Workers tend to paprika plants inside a greenhouse operated by Seminis and De Ruite, the vegetable seeds divisions of Monsanto Co., in Bergschenhoek, Netherlands, on Thursday, July 7, 2016. Monsanto’s disappointing earnings report could help Bayer AG with its proposed $53.7 billion takeover of the world’s largest seed company. Photographer: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg via Getty Images