18.03.2014
- A U.S. public interest group, Center for Food Safety (CFS), is asking a Washington, D.C. court to force the Department of Agriculture to turn over nearly 1,200 documents related to...
12.03.2014
- U.S. investment ratings agency Moody's says activist shareholders are stepping up the pressure on many of the U.S. companies it rates, often with negative effects on their credit...
12.02.2014
- Thanks to Germany's abstention, the EU Council of Ministers on Feb. 11 elected by default to approve cultivation of a new type of insect-resistant genetically modified maize...
06.02.2014
- Germany has indicated it will abstain in a vote of the EU Council - scheduled for February 11 - on cultivation of a new type of insect-resistant, genetically modified maize...
30.01.2014
- Two shareholder resolutions backed by environmental, food safety and consumer activists groups failed to be approved at Monsanto's annual general meeting in suburban St. Louis...
14.01.2014
- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld Monsanto's biotech seed patents, dealing a blow to a group attempting to ward off lawsuits by the company against farmers. The group, made...
10.01.2014
- Monsanto reported higher-than-expected quarterly earnings on Wednesday as a rise in herbicide sales offset a decline in its corn business. The company also said it was making fast...
16.12.2013
- The EU General Court has overturned on procedural grounds a 2010 decision by the European Commission (EC) authorizing sales of the genetically modified potato Amflora, developed by...
