InvestmentsTop Global NewsMarketsReal Estate Bleaker profit outlook at Bayer turns into reckoning over Monsanto By financialnews_rlv83x - October 1, 2020 0 119 Bayer shares plunged after it flagged lower profit next year and warned it may have to write down the value of agriculture assets by close to 10 billion euros (US$11.7 billion), rekindling a debate over the merits of the takeover of Monsanto.