Monsanto Company Invests in Developing New Technologies for

Monsanto Company Invests in Developing New Technologies for Wheat with Acquisition of WestBred Business Monsanto Company announced on July 14 that it is expanding its seeds and traits portfolio to include wheat. The company has acquired the assets of WestBred, LLC, a Montana-based company that specializes in wheat germplasm, the crop's seed genetic material. The company does not expect the acquisition to be accretive to earnings until the middle to latter part of the next decade, will bolster the future growth of Monsanto's seeds and traits platform and allow farmers to benefit from the company's experience in drought-, disease- and pest-tolerance innovations. Available video includes general views of wheat harvest, mature grain and green winter wheat field.

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I believe that Monsanto's genetic engineering constitutes a "clear and present danger" to the American people. Recombinant DNA technologies are dangerous, and we should never have allowed the contamination of our food supply with GMO seeds. Once that DNA is out there, we cannot call it back - and it cross pollinates.