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As of 2009, sales of Roundup herbicides still represented about 10 percent of Monsanto's revenue despite competition from Chinese producers of other glyphosate-based herbicides. [2] The overall Roundup line of products represented about half of Monsanto's yearly revenue in 2009. [3] The product is marketed to consumers by Scotts Miracle-Gro ...
Roundup was the first glyphosate-based herbicide, developed by Monsanto in the 1970s. It is used most heavily on corn, soy, and cotton crops that have been genetically modified to be resistant to the herbicide. Some products include two active ingredients, such as Enlist Duo which includes 2,4-D as well as glyphosate. As of 2010, more than 750 ...
Monsanto developed and patented the use of glyphosate to kill weeds in the early 1970s and first brought it to market in 1974, under the Roundup brandname. [27] [28] While its initial patent [29] expired in 1991, Monsanto retained exclusive rights in the United States until its patent [30] on the isopropylamine salt expired in September 2000. [31]
Bayer bought the holding interest of Monsanto, the owner of Roundup ,on June 7, 2018. By May 2022, Monsanto settled over 100,000 Roundup lawsuits, paying out $11 billion in damages. There are ...
In 2020, Bayer settled most of the then-pending Roundup cases for up to $9.6 billion but failed to get a settlement covering future cases. More than 50,000 claims remain pending.
The USDA completed an environmental impact study of Roundup Ready sugar beets in 2012 and concluded that they are safe, at which time they were deregulated. [11] In 2016, Monsanto introduced Roundup Ready Xtend soybeans, modified to tolerate both dicamba and glyphosate. Xtend soybeans were planted on 1 million acres in 2016, and by 2020 were ...
The popular chemical has its defenders outside of Monsanto, and there's debate over how much glyphosate actually sticks around from field to plate, but the fact that a bottle of Roundup is no one ...
John E. Franz (born December 21, 1929) is an organic chemist who discovered the herbicide glyphosate while working at Monsanto Company in 1970. [1] The chemical became the active ingredient in Roundup, a broad-spectrum, post-emergence herbicide. Franz has earned acclaim and rewards for this breakthrough.