In Brazil, Monsanto is facing up to $7.5 billion in payments to five million Brazillian soy farmers. Many have come together to sue the Ag Giant over a controversy regarding penalties placed on the farmers for reusing Monsanto’s genetically modified seeds. The Brazilian Supreme Court decided against Monsanto in mid-June, after a Rio Grande Do […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, fell 0.32 percent to 70.83 despite a Monsanto surge. For the day, BP fell 1.12 percent to $44.25, while Monsanto (MON) surged 5.47 percent to $76.68. Among other equities, Verenium (VRNM) jumped 5.33 percent to $2.37 on a new product introduction. Overall, advances and […]
In Washington, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has deregulated MON 87460, Monsanto’s first-generation drought-tolerant trait for corn. Drought-tolerant corn is projected to be introduced as part of an overall system that would offer farmers improved genetics, agronomic practices and the drought trait. Monsanto plans to conduct on-farm trials in 2012 to give farmers experience with […]
In Brazil, Monsanto said that it expects to yield up to 21 million gallons of ethanol this year from 20,000 hectares of sweet sorghum planted as an alternative feedstock for the October-February period. During this period, sugar cane has low sugar levels. Approximately 1.7 million hectares are cleared and replanted in sugar cane annually, which […]
In California, Mendel Biotechnology announced that a regulatory petition by Monsanto Company was made recently to the USDA for soybean plants containing Mendel’s leading yield gene. The filing is a key part of the regulatory path as the trait moves closer to commercial launch. Approval of the petition is one of the final milestones needed […]
In Washington, D.C., the world’s largest seed company spent $1.71 million in the second quarter of 2011 to lobby the federal government, according to a disclosure report filed with the House clerk’s office by Monsanto Co. The Company lobbied Congress and the U.S. Department of Agriculture over regulations that would affect the distribution of genetically […]
In Denmark, Novozymes has joined Nidus as a corporate partner, and will collaborate with Nidus and its other partners Bunge Limited (NYSE:BG) and Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON) to select and develop early-stage energy technologies. Launched in September, 2010, Nidus takes a novel approach to commercialization by using its partners to identify market opportunities and experienced entrepreneurs […]
In Florida, Neste Oil, Raizen, Dow, Monsanto and Genencor are among the “big brands” trailing in first-round match-ups in the 2011 Transformative Technologies tournament. 32 first round battles will continue in the voting until Friday at 5pm Eastern Time, with winners proceeding to second round voting which begins on Monday, August 22nd. With two days […]
In Florida, #3 seed Raizen was in early trouble with voters in the first round of the 2011 Transformative Technologies tournament, with 14th seeded Abengoa Bioenergy taking 55 percent of the votes in first day polling. The first-round of the tournament pits the hottest biotechnologies of 64 organizations against each other, in 32 head-to-head contests […]
Background: This is a first round, East Regional match-up between #5 seed Algenol and #12 seed Monsanto in the 2011 Transformative Technologies tourney, from Biofuels Digest. Voting: Open to all Biofuels Digest subscribers. Voting links are in the Biofuels Digest daily newsletter. To subscribe (free), visit here. The winner gets: Most votes advances to the […]
