Monsanto

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The Monsanto Company is a US-based multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation. It
is the world's leading producer of the herbicide glyphosate, marketed as "Roundup".
Monsanto is also the leading producer of genetically engineered (GE) seed; it provides the
technology in 90% of the genetically engineered seeds used in the US market. It is
headquartered in Creve Coeur, Missouri.Monsanto's development and marketing of genetically engineered seed and bovine growth
hormone, as well as its aggressive litigation, political lobbying practices, seed
commercialization practices and "strong-arming" of the seed industry have made the company
controversial around the world and a primary target of the alter-globalization movement
and environmental activists.http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fT-ChdL8BbY
Monsanto was founded in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1901, by John Francis Queeny.(pharmaceutical
industry.
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Monsanto joins the Chicago Climate Exchange® (CCX), North America's only voluntary, legallybinding greenhouse gas emissions reduction, registry and trading program. As part of this
program, Monsanto agrees to reduce itsown direct carbon emissions from major U.S.
operations or purchase carbon emission offsets.
COMPANY
-Monsanto sells Monsanto Choice Genetics, Inc., the company’s swine genetics business, to
Newsham Genetics, LLC.
-Monsanto acquires Delta and Pine Land Company and divests the Stoneville and NexGen
cotton businesses.
- Monsanto forms International Seed Group, Inc. (ISG), an investment holdingcompany that
provides specialized, regional vegetable and fruit seed companies with access to capital and
technology.
AGREEMENTS
- Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences : announce a cross-licensing agreement aimed at launching
SmartStax™, the industry’s first-ever eight-gene stacked combination in corn.
-Monsanto and Bayer CropScience AG announce a series of long-term business and licensingagreements related to key agricultural technologies.

-Monsanto and BASF announce a long-term joint research and development (R&D) and
commercialization collaboration in plant biotechnology. The collaboration will focus on the
development of high-yielding crops that are more tolerant to adverse environmental
conditions
ACHIEVEMENTS :
-Dr. John Franz is inducted into the National Inventors Hallof Fame® for the discovery of
glyphosate ,the active ingredient in Roundup® brand agricultural herbicides.

COMPANY
- Monsanto acquires Aly Participacoes Ltda., which operates the sugarcane and breeding
technology companies, CanaVialis S.A. and Alellyx S.A., both based in Brazil. With this
acquisition, Monsanto enters the sugarcane industry.
-Monsanto acquires Semillas Cristiani Burkard(SCB), a privately-held seed company
headquartered in Guatemala City, Guatemala. SCB is the leading Central American corn seed
company focused on hybrid corn production.
-Monsanto acquires De Ruiter Seeds Group, B.V., a Dutch holding company that owns and
operates De Ruiter Seeds. De Ruiter Seeds breeds, produces and sells hybrid vegetable seeds
for top vegetable products such as tomato,cucumber, aubergine, pepper, melon and
rootstock. De Ruiter Seeds is one of the top breeding companies in the world.
ACHIEVEMENTS
-Monsanto introduces Acceleron® brand seed treatments. The Acceleron brand launched with
Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans, is expected to be available in SmartStax corn in 2010,
Deltapine cotton in 2011 and in other crops in coming seasons.
-Monsanto sells its POSILAC®bovine somatotropin brand and related business to Eli Lilly and
Company.
-Monsanto announces its three-point commitment to sustainable agriculture. This
commitment includes: helping farmers double yield in corn, soybeans and cotton by 2030,
compared to a base year of 2000; developing seeds that will reduce by one-third per unit
produced the aggregate amount of key resources, such as land, water...
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