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Fast Company
October 2008
Elizabeth Svoboda |
The Future of Farming is in Nitrogen Efficiency A California biotech firm claims a gene that makes plants use nitrogen more efficiently can transform agriculture, make lots of money -- and slash greenhouse-gas emissions.   |
BusinessWeek
April 29, 2010
Kaskey & Ligi |
The Seed Makers Who Don't Pray for Rain Agricultural companies tweak crops to flourish with less. |
The Motley Fool
July 15, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Monsanto Goes Brown to Make Green The agricultural giant is buying WestBred, a privately held wheat breeding company for $45 million. |
Wired
May 2004
Richard Manning |
Super Organics Forget Frankenfruit - the new-and-improved flavor of gene science is Earth-friendly and all-natural. Welcome to the golden age of smart breeding. |
Reason
January 2001
Ronald Bailey |
Dr. Strangelunch Or: Why we should learn to stop worrying and love genetically modified food... |
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2006
Bob Hirschfeld |
Good Breeding Ag-biotech is entering a period of vibrant growth as farmers, not only in the U.S., but Brazil, India and China increase usage of the highly productive seeds. Is Wall Street valuing shares of ag-biotech companies correctly? |
Nutrition Action Healthletter
November 2001
David Schardt |
Genetically Engineered Foods: Are They Safe? Using biotechnology to produce food has enormous potential: safer pesticides and less harm to wildlife, more nutritious foods, and greater yields to help feed the world's hungry nations. It's the risks of dicing and splicing Mother Nature that are harder to get a handle on... |
The Motley Fool
January 4, 2012
Jim Mueller |
This Fertilizer Company Will Help Grow Your Portfolio Fertilizer is a necessity. So is this company. |
BusinessWeek
February 5, 2007
Carey & Carter |
Food vs. Fuel As energy demands devour crops once meant for sustenance, the economics of agriculture are being rewritten. |
Wired
December 22, 2008
Bill Donahue |
King of Bionic Ag Uses Turbocharged Seeds, Precision Chemistry, and a Little TLC From these fields, Kip Cullers produced 155 bushels of soybeans an acre in 2007, making him the king of soybeans. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2007
William Sweet |
Corn-o-Copia In today's hothouse political climate, some weird ethanol projects have taken root along with essentially sound ones. |
BusinessWeek
November 13, 2006
Adrienne Carter |
Harvesting Green Power Farmers are sowing the seeds of an alternative energy future. But how much of the country can we fuel on corn? |
BusinessWeek
October 3, 2005
Adrienne Carter |
Blow After Blow For Midwest Farmers Farmer Steve Pitstick is using high- and low-tech strategies to survive a cruel year. |
The Motley Fool
July 1, 2011
Jacob Roche |
Mr. Market Mistakes Good News for Bad What's going on with these fertilizer stocks? |
Wired
October 2006 |
My Big Biofuels Bet It may surprise you to learn that the most promising solution to our nation's energy crisis begins in the bowels of a waste trough, under the slotted concrete floor of a giant pen that holds 28,000 beef cattle. |
The Motley Fool
September 12, 2008
Brian Orelli |
Monsanto Makes Half a Discovery Monsanto announces that it has sequenced the DNA of one of its "top-performing elite" lines of corn. |
The Motley Fool
February 5, 2011
Dana Blankenhorn |
Throwing Corn off the Green Bus Is the best way to accelerate the move to truly renewable ethanol, to cellulosic alcohol, for the rest of the renewables industry to let corn go? |
Wired
May 19, 2008
Spencer Reiss |
Superefficient Frankencrops Could Put a Real Dent in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Food can be genetically altered to be more nitrogen-efficient and decrease the need for carbon based processes. |
The Motley Fool
June 30, 2008
Brian Orelli |
Will the Agriculture Sector Bust? Prices can't go up forever. |
Science News
May 15, 2004
Janet Raloff |
Marsh Farming for Profit and the Common Good Some environmental groups are considering support of a whole new class of farming that is essentially wetlands management. |
The Motley Fool
January 11, 2012
Jacob Roche |
Betting the Farm on Monsanto The biotech giant sits at the top of the food chain. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2008
James B. Meigs |
The Ethanol Fallacy: Op-Ed America needs smart alternative to oil, but the just-passed energy bill puts too much emphasis on the wrong alternative |
BusinessWeek
March 19, 2007
Gene G. Marcial |
Ethanol Is Music To Mosaic's Ears As corn prices shoot up, fertilizer prices are soaring, too. Little-known Mosaic is a pure fertilizer play. |
The Motley Fool
February 29, 2008
Jack Uldrich |
Agriculture Sector Looks Good in Genes Innovations in genomics and supercomputing will fuel the agriculture sector's future growth. |
The Motley Fool
July 21, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Monsanto and Dow Create Super Corn Sometimes you need a little help from a friend. |
Science News
September 17, 2005
Janet Raloff |
Using Light to Sense Plants' Health and Diversity A new experimental laser device promises speedy and more-detailed maps of crop-nutrition needs by taking readings from plants themselves as a tractor or other vehicle moves through a field. |
Chemistry World
February 16, 2007
Richard Van Noorden |
Against the Grain Scientists warn that corn-based ethanol can't realistically cut carbon emissions or gasoline usage. This hasn't stopped US ethanol producers happily gobbling up corn, galvanized by high oil prices and generous tax credits. |
Food Engineering
February 1, 2008 |
Cracking the Corn for Ethanol Some ethanol producers have, indeed, been using the entire corn kernel for ethanol but others, such as progressive food ingredient producers, see the value of using just part of the corn kernel to produce ethanol. |
The Motley Fool
January 4, 2007
Brian Gorman |
Monsanto's Bigger Harvest? High corn prices could allow Monsanto to raise seed prices and improve margins. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
April 15, 2009
Brian Orelli |
No Bumper Crop, but Bans Aplenty for Monsanto Germany's move to ban planting of Monsanto's genetically modified corn seeds won't be a major hit to sales, but it's the thought that counts. |
The Motley Fool
December 6, 2011
Neha Chamaria |
Debugging Monsanto's Bug Concerns Doubts about Monsanto's pest-resistant seeds' efficiency grow. Should you become cautious? |
Science News
August 30, 2003
Janet Raloff |
Spying Genetically Engineered Crops Environmental Protection Agency scientists are exploring the use of satellites to monitor genetically engineered crops. |
The Motley Fool
February 27, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Hooray for Stalemates! Government deadlock will likely bring more genetically engineered seeds to the EU, and good news for Syngenta, DuPont, and Dow Chemical. |
| National Gardening |
Corn Care Corn doesn't need any more attention than other garden vegetables, but it's a crop that can take up a fair amount of time if you plant a lot. Make it easier by combining tasks. |
Geotimes
June 2007
Megan Sever |
Agriculture Consuming World's Water Land-use managers and legislators need to consider how decisions such as growing more corn for biofuels or sequestering carbon might affect the ability to meet the water supply needs of Earth's expanding population. |
BusinessWeek
November 13, 2006
Adrienne Carter |
Planting the Seeds of a Biofuels Boom After one successful biofuel plant, Minnesota farmer Loren Forrest plans to build two more, one that uses cellulosic materials. |
The Motley Fool
April 3, 2008
Brian Orelli |
Monsanto's Planting Its Seeds Strong growth from the agricultural giant, but will it last? |
Registered Rep.
July 1, 2004
Bob Hirschfeld |
Fertile Fields Rarely will you find a more obvious-sounding investing tip than this: Those seeking growth opportunities should look to agriculture. |
| National Gardening |
Sweet Corn Essentials Tips on planting, growing, and harvesting sweet corn. |
Geotimes
February 2006 |
Turning Trash Into Energy Global investment is growing in a variety of projects that take trash and convert it into usable energy: Turkey to oil... Poop power... From bread basket to fuel pump... Flying high on plant waste... Trash to light up New York... |
| National Gardening |
Corn: Planting Variations If you like experimenting, there are some variations on the basic planting methods you may want to try. |
Popular Mechanics
April 2008
Roy Berendsohn |
Your Best Lawn Ever: PM's Guide to the Perfect Backyard Think of your lawn as a crop that's harvested once a week. It takes a lot of nutrition, water and care to keep it growing. Here's the action plan. |
Smithsonian
April 2007
Eric Jaffe |
The World After Oil As the planet warms up, eco-friendly fuels can't get here fast enough. |
The Motley Fool
August 29, 2008
Brian Orelli |
Monsanto Seeds Its Pipeline A continued partnership with Evogene should result in higher yields. |
Science News
July 22, 2006
Ben Harder |
Demand for Ethanol May Drive Up Food Prices The production of ethanol from corn and other crops for fuel could drive up food prices. |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2007
Brian Orelli |
Monsanto Counts Beans Agricultural giant Monsanto is one step closer to launching its new soybean. In field-testing the new seeds have demonstrated a 7%-11% increase in yield. |
BusinessWeek
December 18, 2006
Carey & Aston |
Put A Termite In Your Tank Bio breakthroughs are promising much better ways to make ethanol. |
The Motley Fool
July 17, 2007
Brian Orelli |
A Fruitful Collaboration Monsanto and BASF team up to grow better plants. Long-term investors should take it as a sign that Monsanto and BASF are putting their capital to good use. |
BusinessWeek
July 14, 2003
Arlene Weintraub |
The Outcry over "Terminator" Genes in Food Critics fear such safeguards present fresh genetic perils |
The Motley Fool
January 4, 2008
Brian Orelli |
Monsanto Rounds Up Growth Sales grew 36% year-over-year at Monsanto; since sales growth significantly outpaced costs, the bottom line looked even better, with diluted EPS nearly tripling. |
