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Pairwise Plants Raises $25m Funding to Speed up Crop Innovation
Mar 22, 2018Pairwise Plants has closed a $25m Series A funding round co-led by Deerfield Management and Monsanto Growth Ventures (MGV), the venture capital arm of Monsanto to accelerate crop innovation. Pairwise is an agricultural company focused on ...
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Monsanto Reaches Licensing Agreement with Broad Institute for Crispr System
Jan 10, 2017Monsanto announced that it has reached a new global licensing agreement with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard for the use of the novel CRISPR-Cpf1 genome-editing technology in agriculture. The CRISPR-Cpf1 system represents an ...
Tags: Monsanto, Crispr System
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Monsanto Shareholders Approve Bayer's $66bn Merger Deal
Dec 15, 2016US-based agricultural company Monsanto has secured an approval from its shareholders to merge its business with a subsidiary of German pharmaceutical company Bayer for $66bn. As per the terms of the merger deal, the shareowners will be ...
Tags: Monsanto, Merger Deal
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Monsanto Reaches Licensing Agreement with Broad Institute on Key Genome-Editing Application
Sep 27, 2016Monsanto Company has announced that it has reached a global licensing agreement for the use of the CRISPR-Cas genome-editing technology in agriculture with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. The Broad Institute is a world leader in ...
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Ricebran Technologies Appoints Robert Smith as Interim CEO
Sep 6, 2016RiceBran Technologies announced that its board of directors has named Dr. Robert Smith, the company's chief operating officer, as interim CEO, effective immediately. Dr. Smith will succeed W. John Short, who will remain with the Company ...
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Monsanto to Launch Six New Dekalb Disease Shield Corn Products
Sep 6, 2016Farmers face the risk of major yield loss from corn diseases in any given season, but they will have a new defense in 2017 with the debut of DEKALB Disease Shield corn products. Six new DEKALB Disease Shield products are being introduced ...
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US Senators Reach Deal on Gmo Labeling on Packaged Food
Jun 27, 2016US Senator have reached a bipartisan deal for mandatory labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in packaged foods across the country. The proposal was introduced by Senate Agricultural Committee members Sen. Pat Roberts, R- ...
Tags: GMOs, mandatory labeling
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Monsanto Looking to Exit Biotech Soybean Seeds Business in Argentina
May 13, 2016Agricultural and seed company Monsanto is looking to exit its biotech soybean seeds business in Argentina, as it faces problems in collecting seed royalties and with a depreciation in the country’s currency. The seed company is in ...
Tags: Soybean Seeds, soybean
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Monsanto to Invest $975m to Expand Its Seed Manufacturing Facility in Luling, Louisiana
Apr 15, 2016US-based agribusiness company Monsanto has announced to invest $975m over the next three years to expand its manufacturing site in Luling, Louisiana. The investment will also support the launch of Roundup Ready Xtend Crop System, a seed ...
Tags: Monsanto, Investment, Expansion, Roundup Ready Xtend Crop System
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US Senate Stalls GMO Labeling Bill
Mar 18, 2016The US Senate has stalled a bill which would have eliminated state by state laws requiring food manufacturers to label products made with genetically modified organisms (GMOs), ahead of Vermont’s law coming into effect from July. ...
Tags: US Senate, GMO, Food manufactures, Label products
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New Corn Rootworm Technology on The Way
Nov 18, 2015Monsanto has been granted final U.S. approval for MON 87411, or corn rootworm III (CRWIII), which marked the trait’s final U.S. approval necessary to support full food, feed, and environmental authorization. This product represents ...
Tags: Monsanto, corn rootworm III, corn
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European Regulators Affirm Glyphosate Safety
Nov 18, 2015European Union regulators have concluded that the widely used herbicide glyphosate is unlikely to cause cancer, a ruling that runs counter to a controversial assessment issued recently by an arm of the World Health Organization. The ...
Tags: herbicide, glyphosate, fruits, vegetables
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Syngenta Has Rejected $45bn Acquisition Offer From Global Seed Technology Major Monsanto
May 12, 2015Swiss agribusiness Syngenta has rejected $45bn acquisition offer from global seed technology major Monsanto for the second time citing unfavorable terms for shareholders. If the proposed deal advances, an industry leader with combined ...
Tags: Syngenta, agribusiness
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EU Contemplates Simplifying Import Approval Process
Apr 10, 2015The EU plans to empower member states to grant admission to controversial genetically modified foods and animal feed by simplifying the import approval process. The move is expected to grant more freedom to enable entry of GM products ...
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Monsanto's Indian Subsidiary Submits Final Trial Results for Its Corn to GM Lawmakers
Mar 3, 2015Global seed technology major Monsanto’s Indian subsidiary said it would submit final trial results for its genetically modified (GM) corn to lawmakers within a year. As cited in Reuters, Monsanto India CEO Shilpa Divekar Nirula said ...
Tags: seed technology, Corn
