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Farmer Bloggers Making Their Voices Heard

Since today is agriculture day, we thought a great way to celebrate would be to highlight a few of the people who are actively sharing their ag stories online. There are a lot of voices sharing their personal story about agriculture, so we thought it may be good to highlight a few of them now and then, so our hope is this will become a series.

With the number of voices, sadly we can’t highlight them all, but hopefully our readers will find it advantageous to discover blogs telling the story straight from the farm, ranch or science bench. The … Full Article »

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Originally published
March 8, 2012 by Janice Person

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There and Back Again

All good things must come to an end.

True, but the impact they have travels with us.

The past eight weeks of my internship with Monsanto have flown by. Before we came to St Louis, we received a list of projects we would work on, giving us an idea of what would be expected of us, the teams that we would work within, and the output expected.

If this list had included a “What you will learn at Monsanto” section, you can bet it would be infinitely short of the actual lessons I’ll take away with me.

Not just about … Full Article »

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Originally published
September 2, 2011 by Monsantoco

The Leaving of St Louis

So here we are. Eight weeks to the day that I arrived in sunny St Louis, I’m packing my bags and getting ready to go back to not-so-sunny Scotland.

The past eight weeks have been challenging, fascinating and memorable. As a journalism student with very little knowledge of agriculture or bioscience (or marketing and public affairs for that matter!), I didn’t really know what to expect from interning here. .But looking back, I feel more confident, knowledgeable and driven ahead of my return to university in Glasgow.

I now have experience in an array of roles; contributing to Global Branding … Full Article »

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Originally published
September 2, 2011 by Monsantoco

The Scottish Are Coming! The Scottish Are Coming!

By Kitty Gordon

Avid “Beyond the Rows” readers will have been introduced to my fellow intern Rory, and will know a little about who we are, and why we’re with Monsanto for the summer. For those of you who haven’t had the good fortune to read Rory’s blog, I’ll fill in the gaps.

My name is Kitty Gordon. I am a 26 year old Communications and Public Relations student from Aberdeen in the north east of Scotland, and part of the fantastic Saltire program.

The Saltire Foundation is a Scottish organization established in 2006 with a view to … Full Article »

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Originally published
July 25, 2011 by Monsantoco

New Experiences, Perceptions & Lessons

By Rory Herron

It’s not very often that a student from a Scottish University gets the opportunity to spend a summer working abroad in one of the world’s most successful companies. Yet thanks to a relatively new Scottish initiative, The Saltire Foundation, I am one of 54 successful student applicants lucky enough to be doing just that: having the experience of a lifetime; enjoying 8 weeks of summer in the busy offices of one of the world’s most exciting and innovative multinational companies.

My name is Rory Herron; I’m 22 years old and hail from County Derry in Ireland. … Full Article »

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Originally published
July 15, 2011 by Monsantoco

Gothenburg Learning Center Highlights Agricultural Conservation

By Sara Duncan

Water limitations are constant constraints to western agricultural production. In 2008, Monsanto pledged to reduce, by one-third, soil, land, water and energy resources required to produce a unit of its corn, soybeans and cotton crops between 2000 and 2030.

Using a combination of advanced breeding, biotechnology and improved farm-management practices, the company is helping farmers make the most efficient use of precious resources that are vital to meeting growing demand for food, fiber and fuel. In 2009, Monsanto opened a learning center in Gothenburg, Nebraska, dedicated to showcasing efforts to support sustainable agriculture.

“The most difficult part … Full Article »

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Originally published
June 30, 2011 by Monsantoco

The Future of Food

As a Brit living in the United States, I have immensely enjoyed all the attention my former stomping grounds have been receiving lately due to the Royal Wedding. Watching my future king walk down the aisle, and having my American friends and family celebrate with me, was incredible and exciting.

So when His Royal Highness (HRH) the Duke of Cambridge’s father, otherwise known as HRH The Prince of Wales or Prince Charles and my immediate future king, visited the U.S recently to speak on food and agriculture at the Future of Food conference in Washington D.C., I paid attention.… Full Article »

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Originally published
May 31, 2011 by Mark Sutherland

PUBPAT Allegations Are False, Misleading and Deceptive

On Tuesday, the Public Patent Foundation, a legal services foundation aimed at changing U.S. patent law, filed suit against Monsanto on behalf of organic interests. We’ve briefly read the allegations of the PUBPAT suit and press statement and find many of these allegations to be false, misleading and deceptive.

Here are the facts:

  • It has never been, nor will it be Monsanto policy to exercise its patent rights where trace amounts of our patented seed or traits are present in farmer’s fields as a result of inadvertent means.

Biotechnology crops have provided a wealth of benefits to farmers and the … Full Article »

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Originally published
March 29, 2011 by Monsantoco

The 2010 ISAAA Report on Biotech Crops

“Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops: 2010.”

It’s a rather calm-sounding official title for an important compilation of data on what’s happening with agricultural biotechnology around the world.

On Tuesday, the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) released its annual report. This one also provides a 15-year overview, with the first biotech crop haveing been introduced in 1996.

Highlights of the report include:

• Biotech crops are now grown on more than one billion acres, about 10 percent of the total cropland in the world.
• The rate of adoption of biotech crops in the last … Full Article »

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Originally published
February 22, 2011 by Glynn Young

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A Report from the EU

Last week, the European Commission’s research compendium published a report entitled “A Decade of EU-funded GMO Research.” It’s the second of two reports, the first entitled “EC-sponsored Research on Safety of Genetically Modified Organisms 1985-2000.” The two reports together are a compliation of 130 EU-sponsored studies carried out by more than 500 research organizations from 1985 to 2010.

The findings are, well, just plain shocking. Not that the EU said them, of course, but that 25 years of EU-funded research has shown that there are potentially significant benefits from biotechnology – to the EU and its … Full Article »

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Originally published
December 15, 2010 by Glynn Young