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The Monsanto Company (/ m ɒ n ˈ s æ n t oʊ /) was an American agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation founded in 1901 and headquartered in Creve Coeur, Missouri. Monsanto's best-known product is Roundup, a glyphosate-based herbicide, developed in the 1970s.
In 2014, Monsanto reached a settlement with soft wheat farmers over the 2013 discovery of experimental glyphosate-resistant wheat in a field in Oregon which had led to South Korea and Japan temporarily stopping some US wheat importation. The settlement included the establishment of a $2.125 million fund for economically affected soft-wheat farmers.
The cash call is smaller than initially envisaged by Bayer because Monsanto reduced its debt while the antitrust review dragged on. Bayer (BAYGn.DE) launched a 6 billion euros ($7 billion/5.24 ...
Sec. 735. In the event that a determination of non-regulated status made pursuant to section 411 of the Plant Protection Act is or has been invalidated or vacated, the Secretary of Agriculture shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon request by a farmer, grower, farm operator, or producer, immediately grant temporary permit(s) or temporary deregulation in part, subject to ...
Taylor worked closely with Monsanto CEO Bob Shapiro on a strategy to improve Monsanto's stakeholder engagement and openness to stakeholder concerns. This led to Shapiro's presentation at an October 9, 1999 Greenpeace Business Conference, in which he pledged to listen more and "reconsider the moral, religious and ethical ramifications of the use ...
The 20th-century Monsanto Company, in the midst of a roughly five-year series of mergers and spin-offs (which had the effect of reducing its focus on chemicals in favor of biotechnology), legally ceased to exist in 2000. A new Monsanto Company was created and Grant became executive vice president and chief operating officer of this
David Albert Friedberg (born 1980 [1]) is an American entrepreneur, businessman, and angel investor. [2] He founded and was chief executive of The Climate Corporation, whose $1.1 billion sale to Monsanto in 2013 made it the first unicorn in the emerging agricultural technology space.
Front entrance to Donald Danforth Plant Science Center. Founded in 1998 through the efforts of William Henry Danforth, chancellor emeritus of Washington University in St. Louis, the Center was established with a $60 million gift from the Danforth Foundation, a $50 million gift from the Monsanto Fund, the donation of 40 acres of land from Monsanto, and $25 million in tax credits from the State ...