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…

European Union experts failed to reach consensus Monday on whether France and Greece should be forced to lift bans on growing Monsanto Co.’s insect-resistant corn. The impasse is just one example of the ongoing debate over genetically modified crops in Europe.

The International Herald…

Seed giant Monsanto Co. continues to develop crops that will be less prone to drought. But for now, farmers’ fortunes still ride with Mother Nature.

The relationship might explain why the Creve Coeur-based company is choosing to help sponsor a new…

A top executive at Monsanto Co. plans to lay out a case for belief in the company’s ability to double its gross profits by 2012.

The Creve Coeur-based biotech giant sees a significant growth opportunity creating more yield for farmers through…

Monsanto Co. is selling its dairy hormone business to Eli Lilly and Co. for $300 million.

Under the terms of the agreement, Lilly will purchase assets and liabilities of Monsanto associated with the Posilac brand and related business. The transaction will…

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 company…

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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, including a…

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…

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 completed…

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 of…