Monsanto, the chemical company with outsized influence and impact on our agricultural practices, is often in the news. Its genetically modified Roundup Ready crop seeds were introduced 25 years ago, ...

Farmers who eschew genetically modified crops, lawyers at the Public Patent Foundation argued, are vulnerable to infringement claims by Monsanto if their crops are accidentally contaminated by the ...

Some soybean and seed officials in North Dakota say they're not surprised about the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that affirmed an Indiana farmer infringed a Monsanto seed patent by buying and ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Monday that an Indiana farmer violated Monsanto Co.'s patents on soybean seeds resistant to its weed killer by growing the beans without buying new seeds from the ...

CREVE COEUR, Mo. -- Monsanto Co., whose genetically modified corn and soybeans have reshaped America's heartland and rallied a nation of fast-food foes, wants to revolutionize the produce aisle. The ...

When the CEOs of both Monsanto and Bayer met with Donald Trump to talk about their potential merger just three days before the inauguration, they made some big promises. If the union between the world ...

LONDON/FRANKFURT -- U.S. seeds giant Monsanto is trying to line up buyers for assets worth up to $8 billion to appease competition authorities before making a fresh takeover approach for Swiss ...

This story comes from the Sacramento Bee newspaper: Woodland, Calif. -- Monsanto is spending $31 million to expand its central California research and development headquarters, nearly doubling the ...

With Monsanto’s patented genes being inserted into roughly 95 percent of all soybeans and 80 percent of all corn grown in the U.S., the company also is using its wide reach to control the ability of ...

Seeds grow Monsanto's business The company, looking to solidify its position as a global leader, bets on a future of tastier, more nutritious fruits and vegetables that consumers will love to eat.

WASHINGTON • Monsanto Co. asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to set aside a 2007 ban on genetically engineered alfalfa ordered amid fears that the crop might contaminate nonmodified plants. In ...

Monsanto Co., the world's biggest seed maker, said Wednesday it lost $19 million in the first quarter as global sales of its Roundup herbicide sank in the face of generic competition. As Roundup ...