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EPA Weighs In On Glyphosate, Says It Doesn't Cause Cancer

9:49am September 17, 2016

by Dan Charles

The Environmental Protection Agency says that the country's most widely used weedkiller, glyphosate, does not cause cancer. The chemical has been under intense international scrutiny.

Chemical Giant Bayer Agrees To Buy Monsanto For $66 Billion

9:49am September 14, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The deal will create the world's largest supplier of seeds and agricultural chemicals, if it survives scrutiny by regulators. It's part of a wave of agribusiness consolidations.

These soybean leaves show evidence of damage from dicamba. It could cut the the harvest by 10 to 30 percent.

Crime In The Fields: How Monsanto And Scofflaw Farmers Hurt Soybeans In Arkansas

4:24pm August 01, 2016

by Dan Charles

A new type of genetically engineered crop is tempting farmers to use a weedkiller illegally. The illicit chemical use has damaged nearby crops and provoked conflict among neighbors.

Monsanto Calls Bayer's $62 Billion Takeover Offer 'Financially Inadequate'

2:54pm May 24, 2016

by Jim Zarroli

But the St. Louis-based seed company makes clear it's still willing to negotiate with the German chemical and pharmaceutical giant.

A farmer holds Monsanto's Roundup Ready Soy Bean seeds at his family farm in Bunceton, Mo. Monsanto has been both celebrated and reviled for its genetically altered seed business.

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What $62 Billion In Cash Could Buy You: Monsanto

2:34pm May 23, 2016

by Chris Arnold

German chemical company Bayer makes a strong offer to buy the giant U.S. agricultural firm.

Central Illinois corn and soybean farmer Tim Seifert loads his field planter with Syngenta insecticide while planting seed corn in 2011. Monsanto has made a bid to buy Syngenta for its pesticide business.

Monsanto, Angling For Global Pesticide Dominance, Woos Syngenta

5:18pm June 09, 2015

by Dan Charles

The world's biggest seed company wants to buy the world's biggest pesticide company. Syngenta is playing hard to get, but a veteran industry executive says the deal may happen.

Central Illinois corn farmer Jerry McCulley refills his sprayer with the weedkiller glyphosate on a farm near Auburn, Ill. A new assessment of the chemical finds that the (uncertain) risks mainly affect the people who work with it or who come in direct co

A Top Weedkiller Could Cause Cancer. Should We Be Scared?

4:00pm March 24, 2015

by Dan Charles

A respected scientific group says that glyphosate, also known as Roundup, is "probably carcinogenic to humans." Yet the actual risks — which are mainly to farmers, not consumers — remain uncertain.

A global positioning receiver on the top of a combine harvester at a farm in Warwick, Md., in June. The equipment uses sensors and computers to help drive the combine along the route where the crops were planted, judge the composition of a crop and genera

Science

Big Data Companies Agree: Farmers Should Own Their Information

6:28am November 16, 2014

by Dan Charles

Farmers depend on "Big Data" these days, but some worry the companies collecting information about their operations might misuse it. New privacy guidelines are supposed to protect farmers' interests.

The headquarters of Monsanto, near St. Louis, Mo. Monsanto is the world's largest seed supplier.

Science

Monsanto Hired This Guy To Help It Win Over Millennials

11:08am October 30, 2014

by Eliza Barclay

Vance Crowe, 32, has a tough assignment: reach out to millennials, many of whom are skeptical of GMOs. Crowe says the company can do a better job of listening to their concerns.

Wheat grows in a test field at Oregon State University in Corvallis. Some scientists believe that there's a chance that genetically modified wheat found in one farmer's field in May is still in the seed supply.

In Oregon, The GMO Wheat Mystery Deepens

4:34pm July 18, 2013

by Dan Charles

Government investigators are trying to solve an agricultural whodunit: How did genetically engineered wheat that was never approved for sale end up in a farmer's field in Oregon? Some are raising the possibility of sabotage; others suspect simple human error.

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