MA Group's $1bn bid for US sprays giant collapses2 Sep 2010
The Israeli group blames "material gaps" in accounts for the failure of its Albaugh bid. But the US group cites "unacceptable" demands by MA
Earnings caution sends Monsanto shares down 6% 31 Aug 2010
The seeds and sprays giant says full-year earnings will fall short of Wall Street hopes, and says it is to cut a further 650-700 jobs
Monsanto faces revenue risk if seed drive misfires16 Aug 2010
The seed giant faces losing a "big block" of royalty income if it does not lure customers to its cutting generation seed within four years
Monsanto hits back at claims over biotech beet28 Jul 2010
The seeds giant defends genetically modified sugar beet, which according to some farmers is more expensive to grow than conventional crop
Syngenta signs up help to boost weedkiller sales26 Jul 2010
The world's top agrichemicals group licenses an anti-pest product from minnow Plant Health Care to bolster its sagging glyphosate takings
China tax cut could ruin urea rally, says Yara16 Jul 2010
Chinese sellers have been massing stocks of the fertilizer at ports in preparation for a drop in export levies, the nitrogen giant says
Slow sales of Monsanto seed hurt Plant Health Care16 Jun 2010
Shares in the agrichemicals group slump 37% after sales of a seed treatment are dented by soft demand for Monsanto's latest biotech soybeans
