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Friday, May 16, 2014
Monsanto faces protest over pesticide use in Argentina
May 16, 2014 Monsanto faces protest over pesticide use in Argentina     Agriculture workers and various environmental advocacy groups in Argentina have launched a protest against the use of pesticides produced by Monsanto. Along with worker ...
Friday, May 16, 2014
DuPont receives court-backed sanctions for violating Monsanto's seed technology patent
A US federal appeals court has ruled that DuPont, by creating its mass-distributed seed unit, Pioneer, illegally employed technology which is developed by fellow agrochemical giant, Monsanto.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Monsanto opens US$3 million BT corn seed facility in Philippine's Bulacan
April 29, 2014 Monsanto opens US$3 million BT corn seed facility in Philippine's Bulacan   In order to serve as its seed "refuge-in-a bag" (RIB) facility, Monsanto Philippines Inc. opened last week a PHP134-million (US$3 million) plant in P ...
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Brazil's public prosecutor urges ban of Monsanto's glyphosate herbicide
April 15, 2014 Brazil's public prosecutor urges ban of Monsanto's glyphosate herbicide The federal public prosecutor in Brazil requested that the Justice Department immediately suspend the use of glyphosate - the most widely used herbicide ...
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Monsanto reports high quarterly earnings on strong corn, soy demand
April 3, 2014  Monsanto reports high quarterly earnings on strong corn, soy demand Monsanto Co., which specialises in developing genetically engineered crops that withstand herbicides and ward off insects, reported higher-than-expected quar ...
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Chile withdraws 'Monsanto Law' from congress
March 26, 2014 Chile withdraws 'Monsanto Law' from congress Citing concerns over the rights of small and medium sized farmers, Chilean government has withdrawn the Plant Growers Law - commonly known as the 'Monsanto Law' - from the congress ...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Argentina protests against Monsanto's corn project on environmental concerns
February 12, 2014 Argentina protests against Monsanto's corn project on environmental concerns   Following authorities' rejection of Monsanto's environmental-impact assessment, Monsanto Co. hit another roadblock in its plans to build an ARS ...
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Monsanto's GMO resolutions fail
At Monsanto's annual shareholders' meeting on Tuesday (Jan 21), critics of genetically modified crops protested, calling for the company to provide a report on contamination in non-GMO crops and to stop fighting mandatory labels on foods co ...
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Monsanto set to launch first ever GMO wheat in commercial market
January 29, 2014 Monsanto set to launch first-ever GMO wheat in commercial market Monsanto is preparing to introduce the first-ever GMO wheat seed into the commercial market, although the herbicide-tolerant wheat has yet to receive legal ap ...
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
US Supreme Court will not hear appeal of Monsanto seed case
January 15, 2014 US Supreme Court will not hear appeal of Monsanto seed case     The US Supreme Court will not be hearing an appeal from organic farmers and other parties who have called for Monsanto Co's promise to never sue farmers if the ...
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Monsanto reports 5.2% drop in corn seeds profits in Sep-Nov
January 9, 2014 Monsanto reports 5.2% drop in corn seeds profits in Sep-Nov Due to South American growers' switch from corn to soy, Monsanto revealed that profits from corn seeds, its biggest earner, fell 5.2% to US$650 million in the Septe ...
Monday, January 6, 2014
UK to intervene in Monsanto's GM soy case
The British government will step in on the case against the European Commission's approval of the Intacta genetically modified (GM) soy variety developed by Monsanto at the European Court of Justice.
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Monsanto to develop new varieties of corn in 22 US states
November 28, 2013 Monsanto to develop new varieties of corn in 22 US states In order to develop new varieties of plants with a better combination of traits, including built-in pest resistance, Monsanto Co., which has several locations in Ha ...
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Monsanto expands rapeseed production in Peyrehorade, France
November 14, 2013 Monsanto expands rapeseed production in Peyrehorade, France Monsanto announced a major investment in its oilseed rape (OSR) hybrids which are used by UK growers and expanding its plants in Romania, Hungary, Turkey and most ...
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Monsanto and Evogene extend R&D partnership on plant genes identification
October 29, 2013   Monsanto and Evogene extend R&D partnership on plant genes identification Monsanto and plant genomics company, Evogene Ltd, have announced the extension of their expanding research and development collaboration on identif ...

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