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The Salt
1:33 pm
Tue October 16, 2012

Farmer Tackling Monsanto's Seed Policy Gets A Day In Supreme Court

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Many folks protest Monsanto's business practices, like this Greenpeace protester spraying paint on a company research soybean field in Iowa.
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Originally published on Wed February 13, 2013 9:57 am

Why do so many people hate Monsanto?

Is it because this multinational corporation pioneered some enormously successful genetically engineered crops, including corn, soybeans and cotton?

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GMO Labeling
3:30 pm
Fri August 17, 2012

Monsanto gives $4.2 million to block GMO labeling

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Monsanto is leading the fight to block a California ballot initiative that would require labeling of food with genetically modified ingredients.

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Monsanto
10:11 am
Wed June 27, 2012

Monsanto 3Q profit soars, maintains year view

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A field of soybeans grown with Monsanto's genetically-modified Roundup Ready seeds.
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Monsanto says its fiscal third-quarter net income soared 35 percent as its seeds and traits business benefited from a mild winter that drove farmers to plant crops earlier and in large numbers.

The U.S. agricultural giant also maintained its full-year earnings forecast after boosting it last month.

The St. Louis company, which produces genetically engineered seeds and the herbicide Roundup, earned $937 million, or $1.74 per share, in the quarter ended in May. That's compared with $692 million, or $1.28 per share, a year earlier.

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