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Monsanto
American agribusiness corporation (1901–2018)
For other uses, see Monsanto (disambiguation).
The Monsanto Company () was an American agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation founded in 1901 and headquartered in Creve Coeur, Missouri. Monsanto's best-known product is Roundup, a glyphosate-based herbicide, developed in the 1970s. Later, the company became a major producer of genetically engineered crops. In 2018, the company ranked 199th on the Fortune 500 of the largest United States corporations by revenue.[2]
Monsanto was one of four groups to introduce genes into plants in 1983,[3] and was among the first to conduct field trials of genetically modified crops in 1987. It was one of the top-ten U.S. chemical companies until it divested most of its chemical businesses between 1997 and 2002, through a process of mergers and spin-offs that focused the company on biotechnology.
Monsanto was one of the first companies to apply the biotechnology industry business model to agriculture, using techniques developed by biotech drug companies.[4]: 2–6 In this business model, companies recoup R&D expenses by exploiting biological patents.[5][6][7][8]
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Emerging Biologicals Could Help No-Tillers Get More With Less
For no-tillers already saving topsoil, reducing fuel usage and controlling input costs, the emerging market of biological products could offer another way to ratchet yields even higher without paying an environmental price.
But are these products a real solution — or a solution in search of a problem?
Whether it’s increasing yields, mitigating stress, improving soil fertility or warding off insects and disease, it appears biologicals are coming of age after developing a “snake oil” reputation years ago.
Research results on these products paint a conflicting picture, yet Monsanto, Bayer CropScience and BASF are going all in, buying up smaller bio-ag innovators to build their own platforms for biologicals.
Established companies like Novozymes, Stoller USA and Agricen also see growing demand.
“Twenty-five years ago, biologicals were a side note with many unanswered questions, but now the market is growing and becoming mainstream, with over half of the world’s soybeans using biologicals,” says Cathy Soanes, Novozymes BioAg group’s customer solution manager for North America and a former agronomist.
“I think farmers now realize that when you invest so much money in seed and traits, it pays to use a b