http://www.monsantotoday.com/fortherecord/ Monsanto For the Record Feed en-us Copyright © 2010 Monsanto Company http://www.monsanto.com/images/rss_144x110.png http://www.monsantotoday.com/fortherecord/ 144 110 http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto_today/for_the_record/monsanto_corn_mice_fertility.asp On November 11, 2008 the Austrian Federal Ministry for Health, Family and Youth released a report on three studies assessing the impact of biotech corn on reproduction. http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto_today/for_the_record/monsanto_corn_mice_fertility.asp http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto_today/for_the_record/facts_on_licensing.asp While some of our multinational competitors have historically taken an approach of not broadly licensing their germplasm or trait inventions, Monsanto has chosen a much different path. We broadly license germplasm and our trait innovations so farmers can realize the benefits from these inventions through the brands they prefer to plant on their farm. http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto_today/for_the_record/facts_on_licensing.asp http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto_today/for_the_record/india_pink_bollworm.asp During field monitoring of the 2009 cotton crop in the state of Gujarat in western India, Monsanto and Mahyco scientists detected unusual survival of pink bollworm to first-generation single-protein Bollgard I (event MON531) cotton. http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto_today/for_the_record/india_pink_bollworm.asp http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto_today/for_the_record/academic_research_agreements.asp In June 2009, corn entomologists from public universities and the U.S. government met with representatives of the country's seed companies — including Monsanto — in Ames, Iowa. The topic of the meeting, coordinated by the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA), was academic research; specifically, how to strike a balance between the seed companies' desire for well-designed scientific studies and the public scientists' desire to conduct hassle-free research on transgenic seed. http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto_today/for_the_record/academic_research_agreements.asp http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto_today/for_the_record/gene_stacks_facts.asp For over a decade, one choice that farmers consider when they select next year's seed is whether to use a "stack." Although every plant naturally contains thousands of genes and is a highly complex "stack," in this article we will focus just on genes that have been inserted into a seed using biotechnology. The new genes, which typically come from another plant or microbe, are inserted in order to convey a special characteristic or trait, like the ability to resist certain insects. These biotechnology trait "stacks" are now widely planted around the world. http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto_today/for_the_record/gene_stacks_facts.asp http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto_today/for_the_record/newleaf_potato.asp In 1995, Monsanto completed U.S. regulatory authorizations for NewLeaf™ potato, a Russet Burbank potato improved using biotechnology to provide protection from the Colorado potato beetle. Canadian authorization was completed in 1996. http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto_today/for_the_record/newleaf_potato.asp