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- 'Embrace GM Monsanto' urges Europe
- Monsanto has called on Europe to "stop sitting on its hands" and embrace GM food production. As demand for food, feed and fuel put increasing pressure on resources, high-yield farming would be essential, said Monsanto biotech manager Colin Merritt at last week's Royal Show. Merritt made a strong...
- Research articles 2008-07-12
- Zacks Earnings Preview: General Mills, Micron Technology, Monsanto, Oracle and Research in Motion
- CHICAGO -- Zacks.com releases the list of companies likely to issue earnings surprises. This week's list includes General Mills (NYSE: GIS), Micron Technology (NYSE: MU), Monsanto (NYSE: MON), Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) and Research in Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM). To see more earnings analysis, visit http://at.zacks.com/?id=3207. Earnings Preview is written by...
- Research articles 2008-06-23
- Zacks Analyst Interview Highlights: Syngenta, Novartis, AstraZeneca and Monsanto
- CHICAGO -- Zacks.com releases the latest Analyst Interview. Today's interview is with senior analyst Santiago Burgaleta, who discusses Syngenta (NYSE: SYT), Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS), AstraZeneca PLC (NYSE: AZN) and Monsanto (NYSE: MON). A synopsis of today's Analyst Interview is presented below. The full article can be read at...
- Research articles 2008-06-18
- Transgenic travesty: genetically modified crops could help poor farmers—if rich Western greens allowed it
- GENETICALLY modified crops should be a green activist's dream. They can increase productivity per acre, reduce the need for pesticides and herbicides, improve plants' ability to survive unfavorable conditions, and deliver key nutrients to prevent disease in those who eat them. Nowadays, with food in short supply, GM crops can...
- Research articles 2008-06-02
- French GM ban infuriates farmers, delights environmentalists
- PARIS AFP — France officially banned Saturday a strain of genetically modified corn from US agribusiness giant Monsanto, delighting environmentalists but sparking outrage from the company and French farmers. At least one association planned a legal challenge to the ruling, but leading environmental campaigner Jose Bove welcomed the decision,...
- Research articles 2008-02-08
- Zacks Buy List Highlights: Hutchinson Technology, Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, Monsanto and Take-Two Interactive
- CHICAGO -- Zacks.com releases the latest list of Zacks Rank Buy Stocks. Everyday on Zacks.com, four stocks are selected based on how well they match the criteria for the four main schools of investing: Aggressive Growth, Growth & Income, Momentum and Value. The four Zacks Rank Buy stocks highlighted today...
- Research articles 2007-11-16
- Drought-resistant corn trials scheduled
- Trials for a new drought-resistant gene to be used in GM crops were scheduled to take place in November 2007 at various locations throughout South Africa, according to a news story carried by Johannesburg's The Star on October 22.Kobus Steenkamp, biotechnology manager of Monsanto in South Africa, said that the...
- Research articles 2007-11-01
- Monsanto Patents Asserted Against American Farmers Rejected by Patent Office in PUBPAT Initiated Review: PTO Finds All Claims of All Four Patents Invalid
- To: LEGAL AFFAIRS EDITORSContact: Daniel Ravicher, Executive Director of the Public Patent Foundation, +1-212-796-0570, info@pubpat.org NEW YORK, July 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Public Patent Foundation PUBPAT announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has rejected four key Monsanto patents related to genetically modified crops that PUBPAT challenged...
- Research articles 2007-07-24
- Ongoing Debate Over Terminator Technology, The
- I. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW This paper discusses efforts to commercialize sterile seed technology, a genetic use restriction technology ("GURT") dubbed "Terminator technology" in 1998 with the approval of U.S. patent 5,723,76s.1 Terminator technology, developed through a joint public-private partnership between a then little-known cottonseed company and the United States government,...
- Research articles 2007-07-01
- Monsanto patents asserted against American farmers rejected in reexamination.
- The Public Patent Foundation PUBPAT (New York, NY) announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has rejected four key Monsanto patents related to genetically modified crops that PUBPAT challenged last year because the agricultural giant is using them to harass, intimidate, sue -- and...
- Research articles 2007-07-01
- Fitch Affirms Monsanto at 'A-/F2' on Delta and Pine Land Acquisition
- CHICAGO -- Fitch has affirmed Monsanto's credit ratings after the company's announcement that it had reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice DOJ that will allow it to complete its acquisition of Delta and Pine Land Company for $1.5 billion. The ratings apply to approximately $1.6 billion of...
- Research articles 2007-06-04
- Particle gun patent revoked
- At a hearing on May 3, the European Patent Office EPO revoked a patent covering the technique of particle gun introduction of genes into seeds. The evolution of the technique and its patenting by Agracerus Monsanto were the subject of comment on May 4 by news@nature.com (doi:10.1038/news070430-14).European patent EP 301749...
- Research articles 2007-06-01
- US seeks divestitures in Monsanto takeover of cotton seed giant
- WASHINGTON AFP — US authorities said Thursday they required Monsanto and the world's largest cotton seed producer Delta Pine Land Company to divest some assets so Monsanto can proceed with its 1.5-billion-dollar takeover. The Justice Department said the takeover, as proposed by the two companies, would hike the prices...
- Research articles 2007-05-31
- US seeks divestitures in Monsanto merger with cottonseed giant
- WASHINGTON AFP — US authorities said Thursday agribusiness giant Monsanto and the world's largest cottonseed producer Delta Pine Land Company must divest certain assets to proceed with their 1.5-billion-dollar merger. The Justice Department said the merger, as proposed by the two companies, would hike the prices of genetically modified...
- Research articles 2007-05-31
- Court Halts Planting of Monsanto’s Transgenic Alfalfa
- SAN FRANCISCO, California ENS — --> A federal judge today made a final ruling that the 2005 approval of Monsanto’s genetically engineered Roundup Ready alfalfa by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA, was illegal. In U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California,...
- Research articles 2007-05-03
- Canadian farmer on global crusade against GM seeds
- NEW DELHI AFP — When Monsanto decided to take Canadian farmer Percy Schmeiser to court for using its seeds, the US biotech giant didn't know it was creating a folk hero for the anti-GM crop movement. Since losing a series of court battles with Monsanto, Schmeiser has been travelling...
- Research articles 2007-02-08
- Simultaneous Adoption of Herbicide-Resistant and Conservation-Tillage Cotton Technologies
- If adoption of herbicide-resistant seed and adoption of conservation-tillage practices are determined simultaneously, adoption of herbicide-resistant seed could indirectly reduce soil erosion and adoption of conservation-tillage practices could indirectly reduce residual herbicide use and increase farm profits. Our objective was to evaluate the relationship between these two technologies for Tennessee...
- Research articles 2006-12-01
- Monsanto Eats Up Acceptance of GM Crops
- Last November, Monsanto said its gross profits might double by 2012. In an earnings-guidance update from the company on Tuesday, chief executive Hugh Grant said Monsanto is on track to do at least that well, and maybe better. "As we move closer to the Northern Hemisphere planting season, we've not...
- Blog posts 2008-03-25
- Vistive soybeans emphasize breeding
- Monsanto, the world's largest seed company, headquartered at St. Louis, Missouri, USA, is also widely recognized as a leader in the field of GM plants. This status has earned the company a negative reputation from some of its critics as being the purveyor of "Frankenfood." Not generally recognized, however, is...
- Research articles 2006-08-01
- Biotech claims dispelled.(BEHIND THE LINES)(genetically modified cotton)(Brief article)
- MONSANTO'S CLAIMS THAT genetically modified cotton reduces pesticide use are misleading, according to a July 2006 Cornell University study. The study looks at cotton growers in China that plant cotton genetically modified to secrete Bt--an otherwise naturally occurring toxin that prevents the growth...
- Research articles 2006-07-01
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