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02.18.2009 1:16 pm

Germany next to nix Monsanto’s GM corn?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Bloomberg News reports that Germany’s Agriculture Minister was quoted in today’s Berliner Zietung saying the government may revoke a license for the cultivation of Monsanto Co.’s genetically modified corn because of lack of demand.

According to the country’s farmers’ association, about 6,600 acres of…

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03.19.2008 8:13 am

Monsanto loses bid to overturn French ban on genetically modified corn

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Bloomberg News this morning is reporting that Monsanto Co. and French farmers lost a bid to have France’s highest court overturn a ban on genetically modified corn.

The Conseil d’Etat in Paris today said that the Agriculture Ministry had the right to…

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02.11.2008 7:40 am

France suspends use of Monsanto corn seed

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Associated Press reports that that French government has suspended the use of genetically modified corn crops in France while it awaits EU approval for a full ban.

The order formalized France’s announcement Jan. 11 that it would suspend cultivation of…

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