Monsanto Co. said today it will buy Dutch vegetable-seed company De Ruiter Seeds Group BV for 546 million euros, or more than $862 million based on today’s currency exchange rate.

Monsanto, based in Creve Coeur, said it will add the…

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Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) this morning raised its 2008 earnings per share guidance and predicted its second-quarter profit will rise above Wall Street analysts.

The Creve Coeur-based company said it now expects second-quarter earnings per share of $1.98,…

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…

Monsanto Inc. and Divergence Inc., both based in Creve Coeur, said Thursday they have cracked the genetic code of a soybean pest that causes $1 billion worth of crop loss in the United States each year.

The companies said they…

A federal court on Friday handed a defeat to military veterans, their families and Vietnamese nationals who sued Dow Chemical Co., Monsanto Co. and other chemical makers over the use of “agent orange” during the Vietnam War.

The U.S. Court…

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Monsanto Co. this morning raised its full-year profit outlook as the world’s largest seed company continues to see strong demand for its seeds and herbicides.

Creve Coeur-based Monsanto said it now expects earnings of $2.70 to $2.80…

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…

Monsanto Co., based in Creve Coeur, said Tuesday its Roundup Ready 2 Yield biotech soybeans received import approval by regulators in Japan, the Phillippines and Taiwan. Japan is the No. 3 market for soybeans grown in the United States.

These…

Corn growers in four states, including Illinois, next year will be eligible for average discounts of 14 percent on their crop insurance, if they plant seeds with a trio of biotech traits from Creve Coeur-based Monsanto Co.

The discounts –…

Bankrupt chemical maker Solutia Inc. said today that select creditors and equity holders have taken up all the discounted shares they can get in the reorganized company. This will leave Creve Coeur-based   Monsanto Co. without any ownership in Solutia.

Solutia,…