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Monsanto Co., the world's biggest seed maker, on Tuesday said it is opening its first research center in China.
The Justice Department is investigating whether Monsanto Co. violated antitrust rules in trying to expand its dominance of the market for genetically engineered crops.
Monsanto Co., the world's biggest seed maker, said Wednesday its fourth-quarter loss widened to $233 million in the fourth quarter on lower revenue, led by a drop in sales of its Roundup herbicide which is facing on onslaught of generic competition.
Monsanto Co., the world's biggest seed maker, said Thursday it plans to make deeper work force cuts than previously announced, saying it will reduce its staff by about 8 percent to cut costs.
Shares of Monsanto Co. fell on Friday, a day after the world's largest seed maker warned of weakness in its glyphosate business, prompting analysts to trim 2010 profit estimates.
Monsanto Co., the world's biggest seed maker, on Thursday reaffirmed its full-year profit outlook at the low end of its previously announced guidance.
Federal regulators said Thursday an Idaho mine that Monsanto Co. depends on to make its Roundup weed killer has violated federal and state water quality laws almost since it opened, sending selenium and other heavy metals into the region's waterways.
Monsanto Co., the world's biggest seed maker, said Wednesday its third-quarter profit fell 14 percent and disclosed plans to cut 900 jobs, or about 4 percent of its work force.
Monsanto, the world's biggest seed maker, says its third-quarter profit fell 14 percent and plans to cut 900 jobs, or about 4 percent of its work force.
Monsanto Co., the world's biggest seed maker, said Thursday its fiscal second-quarter profit edged down 3.2 percent, but still beat Wall Street expectations as corn and soybean sales rose sharply.
Monsanto Co., the world's biggest seed maker, on Tuesday reiterated its fiscal 2009 adjusted profit forecast below analysts' estimates.
Each passing day seems to drop a fresh dose of bad news on the economy.
Monsanto Co., the world's biggest seed maker, said Wednesday its fiscal first-quarter profit more than doubled on higher sales to Latin America, and raised its expectations for the year.
Monsanto Co.'s profit soared 42 percent in its third quarter on a strong performance by Roundup herbicide and by its seeds and traits business. The company also boosted its earnings guidance for the year.
Seed company Monsanto Co. said Wednesday its second-quarter earnings more than doubled on increasingly strong sales of corn seed and herbicide in the United States. But the company's profit forecast for 2008 appeared to disappoint Wall Street as the company's shares slipped by midday.
Monsanto Co. shares jumped nearly 10 percent Tuesday after the agricultural products company said earnings per share for the second quarter and for all of fiscal 2008 will be stronger than originally projected.
Monsanto Co. reported Thursday that its first-quarter earnings nearly tripled because of surprisingly strong herbicide and seed sales in Latin America. It boosted its earnings forecast for the year, sending its shares up by 8.5 percent.
Seed company Monsanto Co. posted a wider loss on Wednesday for its fiscal fourth quarter, weighed down by charges related to its acquisition of cotton company Delta and Pine Land Co.
Pfizer Inc., struggling with fierce competition from makers of generic drugs, announced Monday it will cut 10,000 jobs and close at least five facilities as part of an effort to slash its annual costs by up to $2 billion by the end of next year.
Monsanto Co. will boost production of a growth hormone that makes dairy cows produce more milk after receiving federal approval to make the drug entirely in the United States, the company said Monday.
France Finds Monsanto Guilty of Lying France's highest court has ruled that U.S. agrochemical giant Monsanto had not told the truth about the safety of its best-selling weed-killer, Roundup.
Monsanto Pulls GM Corn Amid Serious Food Safety ConcernsApparently Monsanto would prefer to not sell their corn than to subject it to study.
Stop the Senate Vote to Give Our Food Sovereignty to the WTO Banksters There's never a bad time to know when Congress is putting one over on the public and the win for Monsanto getting WTO corporate buddy rules to trump National Standards is a wet dream come to life. More articulate details follow.
Monsanto and the Round Table on Responsible Soy (RTRS)Nominated for lobbying for RoundupReady (RR) soy to be considered a "climate-friendly" crop that is eligible for carbon credits and subsidies under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM); and for pushing for meaningless 'responsible' label for RoundupReady soy, which could be used …
Humans still evolving as our brains shrink "When you develop agricultural diets, you might need adaptations to survive on them, the way the digestive systems are regulated," Hawks said.
Extracts - Science and the Corporate AgendaBiotech related extracts from the recent in-depth report about the power of commercial interests within science and technology: Science and the Corporate Agenda, by Stuart Parkinson and Chris Langley of Scientists for Global Responsibility.
Industry avoid the truth about GM segregation problemsAs farmers are commencing delivery of their canola, the agricultural industry is avoiding answering genuine questions from non-GM farmers who claim need answering prior to delivery.
Justice investigation targets MonsantoThe U.S. Justice Department's inquiry into Monsanto Co.'s marketing tactics in the biotech seed industry may be a leading indicator of the Obama administration's approach to antitrust matters in general.
At OpEdNews: FDA HID RESEARCH THAT DAMNED ASPARTAME: Fatal studies should have blocked NutraSweet approvalThis is a very important revelation about FDA over 3 decades
Turkey Bans Imports of Biotech Food ProductsTurkey, the 27th largest export market for all U.S. goods, issued a new regulation placing additional requirements on all food and feed products containing genetically enhanced components. This new regulation essentially came without warning, according to U.S.
Monsanto seeks Supreme Court review of biotech alfalfa ruling - National Rural News - Agribusiness and General - General - The LandMonsanto has filed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court's decision to block the cultivation of the company's Roundup Ready alfalfa until the USDA completes its environmental assessment.
Can Biotech Food Cure World Hunger?With food prices remaining high in developing countries, the United Nations estimates that the number of hungry people around the world could increase by 100 million in 2009 and pass the one billion mark.
Monsanto Lies, Again (and Again and Again)by cmargulis Earlier this week, Monsanto was found guilty by France's highest court of false advertising, for claims that Roundup, its toxic weed killer, is biodegradable and leaves "the soil clean." Environmental and consumer rights campaigners brought the French case in …
Norman Borlaug and Monsanto, Ties that BindIf Norman Borlaug was not a Monsanto Man in life, though many believe him to be the best poster boy the Biotech Brigade could produce, his legacy is cemented as a promoter of privatized seeds and genetically modified life forms, fueled by Land Grant University research.
Monsanto's Increasing Seed Monopoly Power Under ScrutinyDue to concerns regarding rising seed prices and industry concentration, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced recently they will examine competition and antitrust concerns in the seed industry.
The problem is that the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , FOX NEWS,CBS,ABC ,KBR,Halliburton,BlackWater(Xe),Monsanto...etc are Corporate entities that have been infected with malfeasance and avarice through the misguided capitalism we all love...a soul manifested into an entity that has …
Monsanto Forecasts Africa to Increase Biotech Crop Planting Monsanto Co., the world's biggest seed producer, expects African countries to increase planting of genetically-modified crops to boost food security and economic development as the region is affected by climate change.
Is Eli Lilly Milking Cancer by Promoting and Treating It?Years ago, an owner of a glass company was arrested for throwing bricks through store windows in his town.
Obama Caves to Agribusinessby Kathy Ozer and Marcia Ishii-Eiteman "Lobbyists won't find a job in my White House." President Obama assured us with this claim upon inauguration.
Here's the first in what will hopefully be a series of articles about win-win solutions to America's challenges. The focus will be on the ingenuity, capability and optimism of the American people (read: not the American government).
Illegal GM "Triffid" flax shows up in 16 countriesThe UK became the 16th country to report contamination of its food chain on Monday, when the UK Food Standards Agency reported the illegal GMO in cereals and bakery products on the European Food Safety Authority's Rapid Alert System web site
Will Heirloom Seeds Become A Thing Of The Past?While it was written in the height of the summer it is even more timely as Nature sends much of our plant life to seed.
Angry Thai farmers call for ban on GM riceMae-Wan Ho reports on an extraordinary gathering of Thai farmers, activists, government officials, academics and rice research scientists with the objective of securing official protection for indigenous biodiversity knowledge and wisdom.
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