Monsanto develops soy product for Brazil Consistently, Monsanto has focused on developing products addressing the needs of farmers in North America, albeit products which later prove to be useful for famers elsewhere around the world. Monsanto has departed from this pattern with the development of insect-resistant soy -- something needed by farmers in Brazil. After that, it's back to business as usual, which is getting import permissions from Brazil's international trade partners. This is, truly, a notable event in the internationalization of agricultural science. More†

Roundup: what's next? (updated) First, Monsanto shed its pharmaceutical and chemical businesses -- which became known as Pharmacia and Solutia, respectively. Then it sold its Posilac dairy product business to Eli Lilly. Now, is it looking to sell its Roundup herbicide business? No, but what's next? Plenty. (partial rewrite)  More†

Cooperation on GM wheat For many years, the international wheat market has been dominated by three major competitors; the United States, Canada and Australia. The High Plains Journal says a recent announcement by the major wheat organizations of all three countries, though, has put those rivalries on a backburner, if only for a moment. More†

76% of US wheat growers support biotech More than three-quarters of wheat growers responding to a recent National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) survey approved a petition supporting the commercialization of biotechnology in wheat. The survey was commissioned by NAWG as a project of the NAWG Foundation to measure and document the level of support of biotech trait commercialization among wheat growers. More†