Monsanto News

Pfizer Inc. will close seven research facilities in connection with its $68 billion acquisition of Wyeth , but its South San Francisco unit will remain open.

Monsanto Co. , reeling from its first market-share losses to DuPont Co. in a decade, may be losing the confidence of some investors based on early results from the new modified seeds ita s counting on to beat competitors.

Pfizer Inc. is cutting 600 of its 1,000 St. Louis-area jobs and selling its Chesterfield research facility back to Monsanto Co.

The permanent plowing over of the pineapple industry on Maui is lamentable -- but came as no great surprise.

Savvis Receives Spirit of St. Louis Technology Award ST. LOUIS, MO, , November 1, 2009 - Savvis, Inc., a global leader in outsourced internet infrastructure services for the enterprise, has announced that it has been chosen as the winner of the 2009 Spirit of Technology Award by the St.

Kurt Shultz, U.S. Grains Council director in the Mediterranean and Africa, said, "It remains to be seen when U.S. corn gluten feed and DDGS to the EU will resume, but we are hopeful it's soon." This comment comes subsequent to the EU authorizing three types of genetically enhanced corn for food, feed, import and processing on Oct.

Unfazed by the ongoing opposition to the commercialisation of Bt brinjal, Monsanto India Limited , a subsidiary of US-based global biotech food major Monsanto Company, is planning to introduce genetically modified corn in the country by 2012-13. The proposed corn seed would be embedded with not only Bt but also with the company's 'Roundup ready' ...

Monsanto Company broke ground Wednesday on its 10.5 million dollar research "megasite" in Lubbock, Texas.

Thursday, 5 November 2009, 3:03 pm Press Release: Greenwire By Paul Voosen of Greenwire Europe can't feed its pigs -- at least, not by itself.

Monsanto Co., the world's biggest seed maker, on Tuesday said it is opening its first research center in China.

Two of Monsanto Co. 's corn seeds have won approval from the European Union . Both YieldGard VT Pro and YieldGard VT Rootworm/RR2 were designed to increase crop yields, the company said Friday.

EU authorizes Monsanto's YieldGard VT corn technologies Nov. 2, 2009 ST. LOUIS -- Monsanto Company welcomed Friday the European Union authorization of two of its corn technologies, YieldGard VT Pro and YieldGard VT Rootworm/RR2 . The decision covers the import, processing and food and feed use of these products.

The 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.

CIT Group Inc, a lender to a million small and mid-sized U.S. businesses, filed for bankruptcy on Sunday.

This is an update about the court battle and Genetically Engineered Beets that are being grown in the Willamette Valley.

"Monsanto asks Supreme Court to review alfalfa ban": Today's edition of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch contains an article that begins, "Monsanto Co.

Monsanto Co., St. Louis, made a voluntary contribution of $170 million to its U.S. pension plan in 2009, confirmed spokeswoman Kelli Powers.

DNA by Anje Vela - Health Reform - "Let food be your medicine". "Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food." Hippocrates "If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny." Thomas Jefferson Q: Can you ...

FDA clears way for testing use of first SDA omega-3 soybean oil in foods Oct. 26, 2009 ST.

The "jobless" economic recovery is on. According to a Federal Reserve survey released Wednesday, many industries have stabilized or shown slight improvement in the past few months.