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ST. LOUIS, Nov. 9, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) and Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) today announced that they have entered into an agreement for Monsanto to acquire Pfizer's Chesterfield Village Research Center located in Chesterfield, Mo. Under the terms of the agreement, Monsanto will acquire the property from Pfizer for $435 million to be paid over time, and Pfizer will continue to have operations at Chesterfield Village through a lease agreement, primarily...
LUBBOCK, Texas, Nov. 4, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cotton farmers on the High Plains are always looking for ways to improve their farm's profit potential, and two of the biggest opportunities for farmers to that are to increase yield potential and produce better quality fiber. Those are the goals of Monsanto Company's (NYSE: MON) $10.5 million research "megasite" in Lubbock, where the company broke ground on the site today. The megasite will provide a central point for the company's...
ST. LOUIS and BEIJING, Nov. 4, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) announced today that it is opening its first research center in China, further demonstrating its commitment to forming technology collaborations in the country. The Monsanto Biotechnology Research Center in Zhongguancun, Beijing, will strengthen the company's ties with Chinese research institutions in plant biotechnology and genomics. The new research center is an extension of the company's...
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 3, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) announced it will hold a series of webcasts in conjunction with its biennial investor event scheduled for Nov. 10-11 at Research Triangle Park, N.C. During presentations at the event, company executives will discuss Monsanto's strategic initiatives, financial targets, product performance, research and development pipeline and other matters related to the company's business. On Tuesday, Nov. 10, a webcast...
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 30, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) welcomed today the European Union authorization of two of its corn technologies, YieldGard VT Pro(TM) (MON 89034) and YieldGard VT Rootworm/RR2® (MON 88017). The decision covers the import, processing and food and feed use of these products. The final step in the approval process is publication of the decision by the European Commission. These approvals follow the European Food Safety Authority's positive...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The Greater Washington Urban League Celebrates 71 Years of Community Service WHO: Greater Washington Urban League, Inc. (GWUL); Maudine R. Cooper (President and CEO, GWUL), Celebrity Host Tommy Davidson (Comedian, TV & Screen Star) and guest appearances by other local celebrities. WHAT: The Greater Washington Urban League's, Third Annual Decades Party. Highlighting the evening is a special...
ST. LOUIS and BEIJING, Oct. 20, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Monsanto Company and Huazhong Agricultural University have entered into a collaboration to further the development of novel traits such as higher yield, drought resistance and nitrogen use efficiency. Monsanto will evaluate and advance certain technologies developed by Professor Qifa Zhang's research team at Huazhong Agricultural University in China. "We're excited to be working with a prominent research team in China who has...
More than 50,000 Emails Sent Via ICCR Web-Based Campaign Targeting GMO Sugar Beets NEW YORK, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The hurried review and approval this summer by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Monsanto's SmartStax genetically modified corn has now been called into question by the late September federal court ruling against a genetically modified, herbicide-resistant strain of sugar beets, according to the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR),...
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 29, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) will issue the company's financial results for its 2009 fourth quarter and full fiscal year on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, prior to market open. Monsanto will hold a conference call at 8:30 a.m. central time (9:30 a.m. eastern time) in conjunction with the announcement of its results. The call will focus on the company's results in the fourth-quarter and fiscal-year 2009, as well as future expectations. The call...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Chief executives of four leading agricultural companies pledged Tuesday to work collectively with public and private entities in an effort to close an imminent productivity gap to meet the needs of a growing and more affluent world population. The commitments highlighted the Global Harvest Initiative's day-long symposium, Agriculture at a Crossroads, aimed at raising awareness of the global productivity gap -- the difference between the current pace of...
