Insights and Stories on Monsanto

Climate Corp. to partner with Canadian drone data firm

Nov. 27, 2017 at 5:53 pm CST

In a bid to bring its eye-in-the-sky views of clients’ fields closer to Earth, Monsanto’s Climate Corp. has struck up a partnership with a Canadian drone data provider. Climate on Nov. 15 announced an “official” partnership with Toronto-based Deveron UAS, which operates a fleet of drones serving farm clients across […]

Bottles of Roundup herbicide on a shelf.

Germany swings EU vote in favour of glyphosate

Nov. 27, 2017 at 3:53 pm CST

By philip-blenkinsop

Brazil pushes back decision on Bayer-Monsanto tie-up

Nov. 22, 2017 at 7:21 pm CST

By Ana Mano

U.S. farm study finds no firm cancer link to glyphosate

Nov. 9, 2017 at 8:58 am CST

By Kate Kelland

Monsanto halts U.S. seed treatment launch after complaints of rashes

Nov. 1, 2017 at 9:46 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Monsanto, BASF herbicides strain states with damage complaints

Nov. 1, 2017 at 2:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. farmers have overwhelmed state governments with thousands of complaints about crop damage linked to new versions of herbicides, threatening future sales by manufacturers Monsanto and BASF. Monsanto is banking on herbicides using dicamba — and seeds engineered to resist it — to dominate soybean production […]

By Tom Polansek

Bayer sees more antitrust asset sales ahead

Oct. 26, 2017 at 8:48 pm CDT

Frankfurt | Reuters — Bayer said it expected antitrust authorities to make the planned acquisition of Monsanto conditional on more asset sales after agreeing to sell seed and herbicide businesses for 5.9 billion euro (C$8.8 billion) to BASF. “By no means did the deal that was signed with BASF constitute […]

By Reuters

Climate FieldView data system ready for Prairies

Oct. 25, 2017 at 3:38 pm CDT

In beta testing in the region for much of this year, the Climate FieldView crop data system from Monsanto’s Climate Corp. has gone live on the Prairies. The Climate Corp. announced Wednesday the Climate FieldView platform is available for purchase in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta on a per-acre basis, allowing […]

By Staff

EU delays decision on glyphosate

Oct. 25, 2017 at 1:31 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — EU countries failed on Wednesday to vote on a licence extension for glyphosate, delaying again a decision on the widely used herbicide that critics say could cause cancer. The European Commission said in a statement the relevant committee did not hold a vote at a meeting […]