In the red

Wall Street anticipates that Monsanto’s latest quarterly snapshot will show a smaller loss for the seed seller.

The Saint Louis, Missouri-based company has been struggling amid a steady decline in sales this past year. However, its woes didn't spook German drug and chemicals company Bayer AG from agreeing to acquire Monsanto last month for $57 billion in a deal that would create a giant global chemical and agricultural products company. Monsanto reports its fiscal fourth-quarter results today.