> Agriculture is too important to allow ideological differences to bring progress to a standstill,” Bayer Chief Executive Werner Baumann said in the statement.

> Agriculture is too important to allow ideological differences to bring progress to a standstill,” Bayer Chief Executive Werner Baumann said in the statement. On the one hand, they want "dialogue with the society", and at the same time they clearly show what their priorities are, and that they're not likely to listen. What they call "ideology" is - depending on the context - deep care for our Earth, for the future of what we eat, how the seeds are controlled and distributed and similar issues. Baumann contrasts progress with ideology, which is a neat PR trick, but distorts complex reality.