Germany's BAYER has officially bought up the agrochemicals company CROPSCIENCE (Franco-German AVENTIS and Germany's SCHERING AG) for EUR 7.25 bn including EUR 2 bn of debt. This is BAYER's biggest ever acquisition and BAYER's agrochemical business will later form a separate company, BAYER CROPSCIENCE, which will have a turnover of between EUR 6.5 and 7 bn this year.