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• The Sugar is the Same
  10/12/09
  

  It's October 30 and you've just left the office for home, that familiar Friday afternoon freedom sweeping over you. On the drive home, you notice the neigh...

• The Forecast Looks Sweet
  10/09/09
  

  You can't avoid it. It's in the smoothie, the slice of cake at dessert, and even the candy you'll give trick-or- treaters later this month. It's sugar, and...

• Answering Department of Justice Questions
  10/08/09
  

  Monsanto has received questions from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) this year regarding competition in the seed industry. These questions come at a ...

• Sugarbeets 101
  10/07/09
  

  Our first 2009 harvest report comes from Colorado and focuses on sugarbeets. But what is there to know about sugarbeets?

• The Irrigation Sensation
  10/01/09
  

  The Irrigation Museum records irrigation practices dating back to 6000 B.C. People in Egypt and Mesopotamia (present day Iraq) used water from the flooding...

• No Till in Argentina
  09/30/09
  

  At least that's what AAPRESID, the Argentine association of no-till farmers, and Monsanto are hoping for. The two have partnered to promote Agricultura Cer...

• Fraley Tours with Farmers in Mississippi
  09/28/09
  

  On Aug. 27, Robb Fraley, Monsanto chief technology officer, led farmers through Monsanto's technology pipeline during the Scott, Mississippi Genuity Showca...

• A Walk Through the Yields of Tomorrow
  09/24/09
  

  Every year farmers pour through the gates of the Farm Progress Show to see the latest and greatest technology in agriculture. This year was no different, a...

• Genuity™ Roundup Ready^® Sugarbeets
  09/23/09
  

  On September 21, 2009, U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey White ruled that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will have to complete an Environmental ...

• Runge Promotes Scholars' Program in South America
  09/22/09
  

  Dr. Ed Runge, director of the Monsanto Beachell-Borlaug International Scholars Program, is traveling to countries throughout South America, July 27 - Aug. ...

• From the Farm to the Lab and Back Again: A Science Pioneer's Journey in Agriculture
  09/21/09
  

  Dr. Robb Fraley grew up on a farm in Illinois. There, he developed his love for agriculture and his desire to help science make farming easier for farming ...

• Day Two Recap of Husker Harvest Days 2009
  09/17/09
  

  Husker Harvest Days was extremely busy on Wednesday with the Genuity Canned Food Drive (sponsored by Monsanto and the United Way), Yields of Tomorrow tours...

• More with Less - We All Want It
  09/16/09
  

  Farmers need it, and Monsanto's goal is to provide it. More yield with less resources - that was the message during Monsanto's Asgrow and DeKalb Performanc...

• Day One Recap of Husker Harvest Days 2009
  09/16/09
  

  Monsanto is back at it again with the 2009 Husker Harvest Days in Grand Island, Nebraska.

• Farm Safety at Farm Progress
  09/11/09
  

  Every year an average of 113 youth die from farm-related injuries. This fact, along with several others concerning farm safety, were posted in a farm safet...

• Vegetables Make Progress
  09/08/09
  

  When you visited Monsanto's "Yields of Tomorrow" plot tour at Farm Progress this year, you might have noticed something a little different about the site.

• Performance is All About Choice
  09/03/09
  

  On Monday August 31, Brett Begemann, global commercial lead, presented to more than 120 performance partners on the eve of the 2009 Farm Progress Show.

• Being "AGtive Online"
  09/02/09
  

  If you've ever been to YouTube to watch videos, you know how hilarious, creative and even interesting people can be with a simple hand-held camera.

• Taking the Guesswork out of Planting Populations
  09/02/09
  

  The annual Farm Progress Show brings in a variety of corn growers from all around the US and the world. Those growers all have the same goal - to maximize ...

• Yields of Tomorrow Tour Focuses on Sustainable Agriculture
  09/02/09
  

  The year 1953 saw two events that through history have been repeated several times. The first - Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay become the first humans t...

• Channel Bio Announces New Premier Seed Brand
  09/01/09
  

  A new day is dawning for Channel Bio Corp. The company's group of regional seed brands is being elevated to a new, premier brand committed to providing far...

• Monsanto Pipeline from 2006 to 2009
  08/31/09
  

  Since 2006, Monsanto Company has showcased its robust product pipeline at the Farm Progress Show. This pipeline features Monsanto's innovative products in ...

• Video: Farmers Talk about Monsanto's Yields of Tomorrow Tour
  08/31/09
  

  Monsanto's plot tour at the Farm Progress Show is always a sight to see, but this year, visitors are getting a different look at Monsanto's technologies.

• Innovation and the Competitive Seed Market
  08/14/09
  

  There has recently been increased attention to Monsanto's role in the agricultural seed market. There is no question Monsanto is the recognized industry le...

• Video: Creating the Monsanto Tech Showcase at Farm Progress Show 2009
  08/14/09
  

  From planting regulated material, to managing the crops throughout the summer, a great deal of team work is required to pull off a technology showcase seco...

• Video: Farm Progress Show Creates Unique Opportunities for Monsanto
  08/07/09
  

  In 2008, Monsanto hosted farmers from around the world representing more than 2 million cop acres. Hear from Monsanto Traits Marketing Manager, Dion McBay,...

• Video: 2009 Farm Progress Show Sneak Peek
  08/05/09
  

  If you visited the Monsanto tents at the Farm Progress Show last year or even saw its presence online, you may have thought the work was second to none. We...

• Monsanto Joins Arms to Battle Child Labor
  07/27/09
  

  In April 2006, Monsanto took an important step to formalize a commitment to protect and advance human rights within our company and among our business part...

• Journal of Cotton Science Publishes Article on Molecular Markers
  07/15/09
  

  The donation of molecular markers announced by Monsanto Company and Texas AgriLife in April has been completed today with the publication of an in-depth ar...

• Pledge Award Winner: Water Efficient Maize for Africa
  07/14/09
  

  There is a region in the world some say is worse off today than 30 years ago. The people living there hardly have any money or food. The farmers growing th...

• Pledge Award Winner: Human Rights Initiatives in Hybrid Cotton Seed Production in India
  07/14/09
  

  In many countries, children spend most of the day at school with friends or at home with family. In India, many children up to 14-years-old spend dawn to ...

• Pledge Award Winner: Improving Safety and Creating Opportunities for the Local Workers in San Quintin, Mexico
  07/14/09
  

  In 2007, Seminis San Quintin set a goal to improve human rights conditions for its work force and reduce migrant worker dependency. Not only did they accom...

• Pledge Award Winner: Enabling Virus-Resistant Papaya and Sweet Potato in Asia
  07/13/09
  

  Imagine you are a smallholder farmer in Vietnam. Your papaya and sweet potato crops were just decimated by viral disease. Your children are malnourished, a...

• Pledge Award Winner: SDA Soybean Development Provides a Sustainable Source of Omega-3
  07/13/09
  

  When biotechnology was in its infancy, there were expectations of grand outcomes: rice that could make beta carotene, tomatoes that would stay fresh longer...

• Pledge Award Winner: Introduction of Insect-Protected Biotech Cotton in Burkina Faso
  07/13/09
  

  Imagine a place where a farmer wakes to find 90 percent of his cotton crop destroyed by insect infestation. Eight years ago, this nightmare was a reality f...

• Produce More, Conserve More - How Can Monsanto Do Both?
  07/08/09
  

  On Feb. 17, Jerry Steiner, Monsanto executive vice president of corporate affairs, addressed more than 230 experts in agriculture during the World Grains T...

• New Tool Helps Growers Make Calculations
  07/06/09
  

  On June 10, The Weather Channel Interactive (TWCi), in continued collaboration with Monsanto, launched the Growing Degree Days (GDD) calculator as a part o...

• Monsanto's Sustainability Commitment Celebrates Its First Year
  07/01/09
  

  It doesn't seem like a year has passed since Monsanto announced its commitment to sustainable yield. But June 4 marks the day Monsanto declared to the wor...

• New Soybean Technologies Off to a Strong Start in 2009
  06/30/09
  

  "We've got premium genetics-the next generation of a high-yielding trait and a seed treatment system to help protect and increase yields," Kim Magin, soybe...

• Begemann Calls Angel Award Recognition a 'Twofold Honor'
  06/17/09
  

  Eileen Elias Freeman, author of The Angels' Little Instruction Book, said, "Angels are all around us, all the time, in the very air we breathe."

• Sustainable Agriculture: One Farmer's View
  06/09/09
  

  About 100 years ago, the world shrank. According to history.com, developments in transportation and communication--and mass population movements--helped c...

• Video: Monsanto's Planting Update from the Field-Minnesota
  06/03/09
  

  It's coming to an end. Join Monsanto's Tyne Morgan as she wraps up the 2009 Monsanto Planting Updates from the Field in Minnesota. Farmers in the #4 United...

• Monsanto Helps Cotton Museum Expand
  06/03/09
  

  On May 26, the Cotton Museum at the Memphis Cotton Exchange announced plans to expand its facility to house a permanent cotton exhibit and educational prog...

• Irrigation Technology In Developing Countries Must Improve, Experts Say
  06/02/09
  

  As the earth's population grows, so does its need for more water. But without better water management practices in place, particularly in the agricultural ...

• Video: Monsanto's Planting Update from the Field - Illinois
  05/29/09
  

  Farmers in Illinois are behind--there's no way to sugarcoat it. But last week, farmers welcomed sunshine and wind to dry out the ground and get back in the...

• Sustainability—More Than a Commitment for Brazil
  05/26/09
  

  In 2008, Brazil ranked as one of the world's top four emitters of greenhouse gases, along with China, the United States and Indonesia. Environmental threat...

• Video: Monsanto's Planting Update from the Field - Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin
  05/21/09
  

  If you've been following the Monsanto Planting Updates from the Field, you've heard week after week about farmers being behind in planting due to too much ...

• Building a World Without Hunger
  05/15/09
  

  When it comes to helping the hungry — including farmers who produce less than they eat — the world suffers from a lack of leadership, rather than a shortag...

• Video: Monsanto's Planting Update from the Field-DelMarVa
  05/13/09
  

  For this week's planting update, Monsanto's Tyne Morgan travels all the way to the East Coast to talk to farmers in Delmarva.

• Managing the Uncontrollable
  05/13/09
  

  New farming technologies may not be able to control the weather, but they are helping farmers manage the uncontrollable-so that a wet spring doesn't have t...

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• Revisiting WEMA—One Year Later
  05/11/09
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  05/06/09
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  05/01/09
• Video: Monsanto's Planting Update from the Field - Tennessee
  04/29/09
• Video: Monsanto's Planting Update from the Field - Kansas
  04/22/09
• Monsanto MTU Rolls into Washington, D.C.
  04/20/09
• Project SHARE to Help Improve Farmers' Lives
  04/20/09
• The Importance of F.A.R.M.Y.
  04/13/09
• Monsanto Donates State-of-the-Art Marker Technology to Public Database
  04/07/09
• White Maize in South Africa
  04/02/09
• How We Establish Biotech Crop Safety: Product Safety for Food and Feed
  03/30/09
• How We Establish Biotech Crop Safety: Product Characterization
  03/30/09
• Chefs Compete for Healthier Fried Foods
  03/25/09
• HR 875: Monsanto's Dream Bill – Or Just an Internet Rumor?
  03/23/09
• Viva La Ag!
  03/17/09
• Successful Farming for the Future
  03/13/09
• Successful Farming for the Future--Part 2
  03/13/09
• Not Your Ordinary Trade Show
  03/12/09
• Regulatory Submissions Complete for World's First Biotech Drought-Tolerant Corn
  03/10/09
• R-and-D Investment Contributes to Mid-20s Gross Profit Growth for Seeds and Genomics
  03/10/09
• Video: Introducing Farmer's Forecast
  03/09/09
• Video: First Delivery of Asgrow^® Roundup Ready 2 Yield^® Soybeans
  03/06/09
• Monsanto Law Takes on Human Rights
  03/03/09
• Why Genuity™? Building a Trait Master Brand
  02/26/09
• The Future is Now: Hello, Genuity™
  02/26/09
• Monsanto Peppers Find Sweet Success in India
  02/23/09
• Diversity Networks Demonstrate Value to the Business
  02/20/09
• A Brighter Future for Soybean Growers
  02/20/09
• De Ruiter Invites Guests to 'Pick Your Winter Profits'
  02/19/09
• Farmer Joins 100 Bushel Club with Asgrow^® Soybeans
  02/12/09
• Monsanto Honored for No-Till
  02/09/09
• Do GM Crops Increase Yield?
  02/09/09
• French Researchers Speculate Roundup May Cause Human Cell Damage
  02/05/09
• A New Definition for Family
  02/03/09
• Seminis' Pink Pearls Aid Breast Cancer Research
  01/22/09
• Dicamba Moves Forward
  01/22/09
• BASF and Monsanto Agree to Develop Dicamba-Based Formulation Tech
  01/20/09
• Bollgard II® and Roundup Ready® Flex Stack Better Results
  01/12/09
• El Salvador Third to Adopt GMOs
  01/12/09
• Monsanto and Weather Channel Partner to Develop Farmer's Ag Site
  01/08/09
• Monsanto Takes First Step Toward Launching Drought-Tolerant Corn
  01/07/09
• What Matters to Steve Mizell?
  01/05/09
• DeKalb No. 1 in Key States
  12/22/08
• History of the Electric Gene Gun
  12/02/08
• A Man, A Computer and A Blueberry Farm: The Possibilities of Agriculture and Technology
  12/01/08
• Deltapine Launches New Web Site for the U.S. Market
  11/12/08
• Monsanto’s statement on safety allegations related to transgenic maize NK603 X MON 810
  11/11/08
• Settling the Matter
  Part 5 in a Series of 5 Articles
  11/11/08
• Seed Police?
  Part 4 in a Series of 5 Articles
  11/10/08
• 4-H and Monsanto: Developing the Next Great Thinkers
  11/07/08
• Field Procedure
  Part 3 in a Series of 5 Articles
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• Monsanto Agracetus Location Develops Water-use Sustainability Project
  10/29/08
• Farmers Reporting Farmers
  Part 2 in a Series of 5 Articles
  10/10/08
• Monsanto is Focused on the Future of Farming
  10/08/08
• Why Does Monsanto Patent Seeds?
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  09/30/08
• Creating a Bag of DeKalb Corn
  09/24/08
• Breaking New Ground: New DeKalb Corn Seed Production Plant
  09/09/08
• Monsanto Takes On Child Labor in India
  06/19/08
• A New Reason to Ride the MS 150
  04/08/08
• "There's a Lot of Farmer in Me"
  04/08/08
• Monsanto Executive Finds Motivation in the Farming Life
  01/09/08
• Mississippi Farmboy Spends His Summer at Monsanto in China
  10/24/07
• Love of Agriculture Led Me to Seminis
  07/17/07
• All Sevens
  05/29/07
• Drought, pests, hard work – and success
  05/03/07
• Technology Changes as a Way of Life
  03/06/07
• Reflections about Life on a South Texas Cotton Farm
  01/22/07
• Reflections of a Science Pioneer
  10/31/06
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