Monday, October 18, 2010

Be Nice to Monsanto, They’re Having a Very Bad Year

Be Nice to Monsanto, They’re Having a Very Bad Year

The clock is running out

Monsanto wants to rush out a Roundup Ready sugar beet, but the courts have blocked a rollout without first doing the proper testing. That could take two more years.

Their GMO SmartStax Corn has been a high-priced bust.

Their patents on Roundup Ready Soybeans run out in a couple of years.

They’re getting hit for hiring a division of the old Blackwater Security firm to dig up dirt on anti-GMO activists.

And now a medical study has raised concerns linking Roundup and glyphosates to birth defects.

Where does that leave Monsanto? Here’s Robert Langreth’s conclusion over at Forbes

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