Monsanto News

Monsanto Co. said it will speed up the availability of higher yielding biotech corn and soybean seed as the company aims to meet ambitious profit goals laid out two years ago.

Missouri and St. Louis County officials are studying whether Pfizer Inc. must repay state subsidies and whether it will continue to receive property tax abatement for a building on its Chesterfield campus.

MONSANTO COMPLETES U.S. REGULATORY SUBMISSIONS IN SUPPORT OF VISTIVE III SOYBEANS THAT PRODUCE HEALTHIER COOKING OILS Press release Vistive III Oil Significantly Reduces Saturated Fats and Helps Eliminate Trans Fats ST.

Monsanto Co . asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court's decision to ban the planting of genetically modified alfalfa until an environmental review is completed, according to the St.

Monsanto completes regulatory submissions for Vistive III soybeans Nov. 12, 2009 ST.

A complete list of all headlines and biomedical stock developments can be found on BioMedReports.Com On 11/09/09, Monsanto Company and Pfizer Inc announced they have entered into an agreement for Monsanto to acquire Pfizer's Chesterfield Village Research Center located in Chesterfield, Mo.

Monsanto reconfirms 2010 guidance, 2012 financial commitments Nov. 10, 2009 ST. LOUIS -- The positive mix lift expected as farmers choose to upgrade to next-generation technologies allows Monsanto Company to reconfirm its commitment to double its 2007 gross profit in 2012, Monsanto President and CEO Hugh Grant will tell investors today.

Over its 108-year history, Monsanto Co, the world's largest seed company, has evolved from primarily an industrial chemical concern into a pure agricultural products company.

While Monsanto Co is considered a leader in research, development and marketing of genetically modified crops, a handful of other corporate giants are also staking a claim to feeding the world with biotech corn, soy and other crops.

Norman Borlaug, the father of the Green Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, had only months to live when he received a visit from an old friend, Rob Fraley, chief of technology for Monsanto Co.

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.