Monsanto Picks Seminis
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Monsanto's latest acquisition provides a sensible avenue for growth.
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Agrochemical giant Monsanto agrees to pay $1.5m (Â£799,000)  in US penalties for bribing a high-level Indonesian official.
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US farmers given go-ahead to produce cloned meat for human food chain
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A U.S. judge ruled the U.S. government violated the law by failing to adequately consider environmental damage from Monsanto's genetically engineered alfalfa.  Judge Charles Breyer of U.S. District Court in San Francisco said the U.S.
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Biogen Idec Inc. of Cambridge said it is in final discussions with the Food and Drug Administration about its new multiple sclerosis drug Antegren, and expects the drug to be approved by the end of the month.
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Environmental group Greenpeace launched a  fresh attack on genetically modified maize developed by U.S.  biotech giant Monsanto, saying on Tuesday that rats fed on one  version developed liver and kidney problems.
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France may follow Germany in imposing restrictions on a strain of genetically-modified corn made by the US giant Monsanto, Ecology Minister Alan Juppe was quoted Friday as saying.
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Monsanto Co.'s  attempt to buy southern seed giant Delta & Pine Land Co.  could be running into trouble as an unusual backlash against the proposed combination is taking root across the U.S. Farm Belt, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Monday.
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WASHINGTON - Nebraska Gov. Mike O. Johanns, nominated by President Bush on Thursday to be the next Agriculture secretary, grew up on an Iowa dairy farm and has traveled widely to promote farm products from
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The U.S. green-lights the use of products derived from cloned animals while testing continues, but the nation's biggest milk producer opposes it. Plus: Sanyo earnings probe... Illinois Senate passes stem cell bill... and more.
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EU biotech experts will debate next  week whether to allow imports of carnations whose color has  been genetically modified, possibly the first new approval of a  GMO plant in eight years, officials said on Friday.
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By JIM PAUL    URBANA, Ill.  -- Plant geneticist Ted Hymowitz knew that finding an allergy-free soybean would take a painstaking search through thousands of varieties...
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Monsanto Co.   reported on Thursday that quarterly earnings jumped 71 percent,  driven partly by surging sales of its genetically modified corn  and other seeds.
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A genetically engineered cotton plant with lower levels of a harmful chemical in its seeds could create a rich source of protein for people in the developing world.
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The European Union approved on Wednesday the first biotech seeds for planting and sale across EU territory, flying in the face of widespread consumer resistance to genetically modified (GMO) crops and foods.
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Agriculture products company Monsanto Co.  on Monday said it will buy vegetable and fruit seed company Seminis Inc. for about &#36;1 billion in a move to capitalize on the trend toward healthier diets and enhance its portfolio of seed operations.
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ST. PAUL - A leading state senator said he may push for a ban on a herbicide commonly applied to corn crops across Minnesota, citing research that suggests the chemical causes deformities in frogs and other health hazards.