Food processing equipment supplier JBT Corporation announced this week it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the assets of Cooling and Applied Technologies (C.A.T.), Inc. for $90 million.

The German pharmaceutical company agreed to purchase Monsanto, a leading producer of genetically-engineered seed and glyphosate-based herbicide.

Praxair, Inc. and Linde AG — industrial gas suppliers to the food processing industry through a range of applications — have ended merger discussions.

Missouri-based Post Holdings, Inc. has agreed to acquire National Pasteurized Eggs, Inc. (NPE).