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Biofuels Short Takes: Bowman v. Monsanto ruling from SCOTUS
Tweet Monsanto IP protection case. In Washington, in a unanimous ruling delivered today, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed its support for protecting U.S. innovations – in this case, ruling that an Indiana farmer had to pay a fee to Monsanto to use its genetically modified soybeans to make new seeds. Writing the unanimous decision, Justice [...]
Gevo’s Gevolution
Tweet Has Gevo whipped its problems, and whipped them good? When a problem comes along, you must whip it Before the cream sets out too long, you must whip it When something’s goin’ wrong, you must whip it Now whip it into shape Shape it up, get straight Go forward, move ahead Try to detect [...]
Monsanto announces $400 million expansion plan at Chesterfield Village Research Center
Tweet In Missouri, Monsanto announced plans to bring together its St. Louis-based industry-leading research and development team on one campus when it completes a more than $400 million expansion at its Chesterfield Village Research Center. The company plans to begin work this summer and expects to add 675 jobs across St. Louis County over the [...]
Biofuels Digest Index climbs to 68.22 as advanced biofuels rebound
Tweet The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, edged up 0.31 percent to 68.22 as advanced biofuels rebounded. For the day, Biofuels Energy (BIOF) dropped 3.39 percent to $4.85, while Monsanto gained 1.17 percent to $105.70 on strong earnings. Among other equities, Codexis (CDXS) jumped 3.24 percent to $2.23. Overall, advances [...]
The Carbon Fix? Think Carbon Suit. ZeaKal raises $3.8M in Series A financing
Tweet Crop yield and oil content increases of up to 50% and 34% seen from ZeaKal’s HME technology. Though in early days — what’s going on? Last week, ZeaKal announced that it had raised $3.8 million in its Series A financing. A successful Series A is always a good indication that, while it is early [...]
“Shell Imagination, Innovation and Investment – for a sustainable energy future in Brazil.”
Tweet Today on Twitter: algaetec: Algae Industry Survey 2013 On Our Way to Price-Competitive Algae Biofuels? JoBurgess11: Burning biofuels could be worse than coal MonsantoCo http://t.co/sH4kaXiY0Y: The Little Red River Irrigation Project Saves Drought-Plagued Crops (via #Monsanto Today) Shell Imagination, Innovation and Investment – for a sustainable energy future in Brazil.
Monsanto seed patent case to appear before Supreme Court
Tweet In Washington, Monsanto’s seed patent will appear before the Supreme Court tomorrow. The case addresses the ownership of seeds under patents, particularly whether the seed from the company’s Roundup Ready soybeans can be legally replanted— the financial implications on farmers and the biotech industry alike could be enormous. Said Cathy Enright, a representative from [...]
Who’s Your Valentine? Biofuels Digest’s Ardent 50
Tweet Gevo, KiOR top the Ardent 50 rankings at biofuelsdigest.com — the most-intensively researched companies— analyzing page views from more than 800,000 site visits. In Florida, Gevo and KiOR took Valentines Day honors by topping the Ardent 50 rankings, as Biofuels Digest published the 50 Most searched companies at biofuelsdigest.com for 2012-13. In topping this [...]
Monsanto buys activities of Israel’s Rosetta Green for $35M
Tweet In Missouri, Monsanto is acquiring the activities of Israeli crop bioengineering company Rosetta Green for $35 million. The employees will all be offered continued employment with Monsanto but Rosetta Green will be left without corporate activities and will be an empty shell company in Tel Aviv. The company’s core technology centers on MicroRNAs, which are short [...]
Monsanto Acquires Select Assets of Agradis and signs research collaboration agreement with SGI
Tweet In Missouri, Monsanto announced they have purchased select assets of Agradis , a privately held company focused on developing sustainable agricultural solutions. Monsanto’s purchase includes the Agradis name and its collection of microbes that can improve crop productivity. Monsanto has also acquired the company’s R&D site in La Jolla, California. Monsanto also announced an [...]
