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The Monsanto Company (/ m ɒ n ˈ s æ n t oʊ /) was an American agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation founded in 1901 and headquartered in Creve Coeur, Missouri. Monsanto's best-known product is Roundup , a glyphosate -based herbicide , developed in the 1970s.
Monsanto starts its pivot into biotechnology. It genetically engineers a plant cell in 1982, commercializes the first genetically engineered product, recombinant bovine growth hormone (rbGH) - in 1994, and brings its first genetically engineered seeds, Roundup soybeans, onto the market in 1996.
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Fraley won the 2013 World Food Prize for "breakthrough achievements in founding, developing, and applying modern agricultural biotechnology". [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Fraley was inducted as a Laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois and awarded the Order of Lincoln (the State’s highest honor) by the Governor of Illinois on June 19, 2021.
Taylor worked closely with Monsanto CEO Bob Shapiro on a strategy to improve Monsanto's stakeholder engagement and openness to stakeholder concerns. This led to Shapiro's presentation at an October 9, 1999 Greenpeace Business Conference, in which he pledged to listen more and "reconsider the moral, religious and ethical ramifications of the use ...
SmartStax is a brand of genetically modified seed made through a collaboration between Monsanto Company and Dow Chemical Company. [1] It takes advantage of multiple modes of insect protection and herbicide tolerance. SmartStax takes advantage of Yieldgard VT Triple (Monsanto), Herculex Xtra (Dow), RoundUp Ready 2 (Monsanto), and Liberty Link ...
The Monsanto Years is the 37th studio album by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Neil Young and the American rock group Promise of the Real, released on June 29, 2015 on Reprise Records. A concept album which criticizes the agribusiness company Monsanto , [ 2 ] it is Young's thirty-fifth studio album and the third by Promise of the Real.
Storytone was followed in 2015 by his concept album The Monsanto Years. [141] The Monsanto Years is an album themed both in support of sustainable farming, and to protest the biotechnology company Monsanto. [142] Young achieves this protest in a series of lyrical sentiments against genetically modified food production.