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Corn farmers turn to insecticides again
Jul 23, 2013
Farmers are buying more insecticides this season. That’s because one tenacious pest has developed resistance to a genetically modified corn variety.
World Food Prize goes to Monsanto executive
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Kai Ryssdal
Jun 19, 2013
"For his work in developing and improving genetically modified crops," said the president of the World Food Prize Foundation.
Monsanto: The behemoth that controls 90 percent of soybean production
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Scott Tong
May 13, 2013
The Supreme Court ruling protects a company that controls 90 percent of the expanding soybean production in the U.S. and Latin America; what has followed from Monsanto’s dominance?
Drought helps DuPont rake in profits
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Noel King
Apr 23, 2013
DuPont Chemical is primarily known for products like paint pigment, but the sale of drought-resistant seeds is boosting the company's earnings.
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Brazil, Latin American farmers targeted by biotech
Apr 3, 2013
Monsanto reports earnings and a lot of the company’s growth is based on Latin America.
Monsanto pulls public radio into its greenwash
Jun 26, 2009
American Public Media has been getting flogged recently by some of its listeners, the environmental website Grist, and others online for accepting...
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Stop belching, Bessie! You're ruining the environment!
Jul 8, 2008
What a riot! How complex is a story about:...