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When Monsanto Co. purchased Climate Corp. for $930 million last year, it got a San Francisco-based startup that crunches weather data to improve crop yields and design insurance. It also got David ...
Monsanto officials "have just dug their feet in," said Steve Smith, chairman of the Save Our Crops group. "I'm not here to be a salesman for Dow, but I'm here to stand up when people do the right ...
Monsanto has pretty much given up any hope (at least for now) of selling its genetically engineered seeds for corn, sugar beets, and other crops in Europe, where opposition to GMO food is ...
It has evolved to lawsuits, a labeling law and a public now deeply suspicious of or deeply confused about what this giant corporation does.
Under the headline "New bill would allow farmers to sue Monsanto if GMO crops invade their property," the article began: Farmers in Oregon could finally get a win in their fight against companies ...
A desolate world without GMO crops: Inside Monsanto’s demented spin campaign Fifty years after "Silent Spring" hit bookstores, Big Ag is still trying to win the public's hearts and minds ...
Myth 2: Monsanto will sue you for growing their patented GMOs if traces of those GMOs entered your fields through wind-blown pollen. This is the idea that I see most often.
Monsanto Co. said Thursday it will largely drop its bid to grow some of its genetically modified crops in Europe. The world’s largest seed-maker has nine pending applications with the European ...
Monsanto's main business is the sale of genetically-modified crop seeds, but it is developing ways to increase crop yields without the use of engineered seed. The research and development ...
One sneaky provision on this year's agriculture appropriations docket would practically give biotech companies immunity from USDA regulation. Needless to say, activists are up in arms.
Monsanto Co. believes that some of its canola seed might contain genetically modified material that isn't federally approved. Angling to avoid a massive recall of food products, the company is ...