Monsanto

The war is on. A crucial weapon in the attack is Roundup (glyphosate), a herbicide that’s being used for something for which it was never intended: the forced ripening of crops, called desiccation, all but guaranteeing it will wind up in our food. Roundup hinders biosynthesis by poisoning the shikimate pathway…

The US Environmental Protection Agency is due in federal court on Tuesday to answer allegations that it broke the law to support a Monsanto system that has triggered widespread crop damage over the last few summers and continues to threaten farms across the c… Read More

New CFO Dennis Schemm's old company got bought out by a Trex rival. Composite "wood" manufacturer Trex (NYSE:TREX) put up Q4 2019 financial results that were really fantastic, with sales leaping 18% and profits soaring 41% year over year. Of course, all of Trex reported those results back in February before…

Some years ago, the then vice-president of Monsanto Robert T Fraley asked, “Why do people doubt science”. He posed the question partly because he had difficulty in believing that some people had valid concerns about the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in agriculture. Critics were questioning the science behind…

This article was originally published in 2016. Millions of Nigerians are urging the Nigerian government to reject Monsanto’s attempts to introduce genetically modified (GMO) cotton and maize into the country’s food and farming systems. One-hundred organizations representing more than 5 million Nigerians, including farmers, faith-based organisations, civil society groups, students and local…

When did the United States of America attain peak earnestness? It had to have happened sometime in the long 1950s, beginning with victory in the Second World War and ending with the cultural shifts of the early 60s. Though individual Americans back then might express discontent and even cynicism about…

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Shareholder advisory groups are divided over whether to endorse the management and directors at German drugs and pesticides company Bayer , according to recommendations submitted by proxy voting firms.Bayer is due to host its annual general meeting on April 28 but the company still faces potentially huge…

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Shareholder advisory groups are divided over whether to endorse the management and directors at German drugs and pesticides company Bayer (BAYGn.DE), according to recommendations submitted by proxy voting firms. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Bayer AG is seen in a showroom of the German drugmaker where the…

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Shareholder advisory groups are divided over whether to endorse the management and directors at German drugs and pesticides company Bayer (BAYGn.DE), according to recommendations submitted by proxy voting firms. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Bayer AG is seen in a showroom of the German drugmaker where the…

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — In 2006, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation jointly launched the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). The African Green Revolution Forum claims AGRA is the "world's most important and impactful forum for African agriculture". The initial AGRA goals -…