New Corn Technologies Are Taking Down Some Major Pests
If you ask many corn farmers, aside from weather, pests are at the top of the list of factors that hurt their yields. Corn Earworm, Fall Armyworm, and Western Bean Cutworm can all impact yields due to destruction of corn kernels. Lucky for these corn farmers, scientists like the ones at Monsanto are working hard [...]
Clearing up Stories on Monsanto’s South Africa Corn Crop
At the beginning of 2009, Monsanto learned that some of our farmer customers in South Africa were having issues with biotech maize they had purchased from us. What we found was that three of our white maize hybrids were experiencing a reduced pollination issue. In some cases, the variable pollination caused a reduction in the [...]
Pardon Our Dust…
We will have to temporarily shut down comments to the blog until Monday, April 12 due to some maintenance we are doing on the site. Keep those comments on the tips of your fingers for next week!
The Perfect Week to Thank a Farmer, National Agriculture Week
As someone that didn’t grow up in agriculture (the closest I got was the 5 cow dairy farm up the street from my subdivision) I seldom thought about the importance of farming in my everyday life before I graduated college. Now that I work for Monsanto, I have had the opportunity to meet with farmers [...]
A Holiday Hiatus
During the holiday season, Beyond the Rows will be taking a break from blogging to spend time with family and friends. We encourage you to do the same and come back after the first of the year. Thank you for your readership. We all wish you a Happy Holidays and a wonderful New Year! Sincerely, [...]
Monsanto’s Hugh Grant Named one of the World’s Best-Performing CEOs
The Harvard Business Review (HBR) has selected Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant as one of the world’s 50 best-performing CEOs. The list is included in the January/February 2010 issue of Harvard Business Review. Grant comes in at number 10. From HBR: “Today boards of directors, senior managers, and investors intensely want to know how CEOs handle [...]
Even More Changes
Back in August I wrote about more changes coming down the line. Starting this week you will be introduced to our four full-time bloggers, Nick, Janice, Glynn and Mica. Each has a different voice and a different perspective to bring to agriculture and this blog. I am excited that they will start sharing stories from [...]
Video: Finding that Perfect Jack-O’-Lantern
The leaves are changing, it’s getting colder and the kids seem to be getting more hyper. Yes, the second best holiday (next to Christmas) for kids young and old is right around the corner. Halloween! Have you gone to the patch to pick out that perfect, round, orange jack-o-lantern yet? Did you know that breeding [...]
Monsanto a Water Bully? Not So
Last week a misleading article about Monsanto appeared in The Guardian, a UK-based newspaper. The article made many inaccurate claims about Monsanto’s water use and our presence on the Hawaiian island of Molokai. The story gained a lot of attention and sparked a heated debate in the comments section, with participants from Molokai refuting Mr. [...]
Farm Progress Tweets
One of the great things about Farm Progress has been the opportunity to put faces to many of the names I see online so often. During my time working the Social Media booth this morning, and then at an event later in the afternoon, I was pleased to meet a few people that I follow [...]
Greetings from Decatur, IL!
The event so many people in agriculture have been working toward is finally here: Farm Progress 2009. I am excited because it is my first farm show and what better first event than the “Super Bowl of Agriculture”? I am not quite sure what to expect, but my co-workers say it’s a blast. I DO [...]
Changes for the Better
Six months ago, Monsanto According to Monsanto set out to be a blog focused solely on issues related to Monsanto . The reason to start such a blog? Often times we need to set the record straight on a number of different topics, from labeling to HR 875. We addressed the big topics and had [...]
Looking Beyond the Headline
Based on some of the internet chatter I have seen, people seem to have misinterpreted a wire service headline stating Monsanto was raising seed prices as much as 42% for 2010. There was more to the story beyond the headline. Some misinterpreted the headline to read we were raising prices over the existing product line [...]
CH-CH-CH-CH-CHANGES!
The employees of Monsanto have entered the blogosphere. In order to insure the integrity of the Monsanto According to Monsanto blog there have been some small changes, including the addition of a suggestion box.
Mr. Monsanto
Some bloggers have noticed that an employee from Monsanto has visited their blog and have affectionately nicknamed the Monsanto visitor, “Mr. Monsanto”. If they knew the full circumstances of the visit however, they probably wouldn’t be as keyed up.
Seed Cleaners and Monsanto
Monsanto employee Brad sets the story straight regarding Monsanto and seed cleaners. The truth is far less dramatic than the sensationalized blog postings about rural cleansing.
