On 5 Sep 2003 10:53:23 GMT, Brian Sandle
wrote:

"Torsten Brinch" wrote in message
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Monsanto ad, for Roundup Ultra in RR cotton:
"The only weed control you'll need"

http://www.weeds.iastate.edu/weednews/mon-ad.GIF


Interesting that ad is offering Roundup with a hood to use on weeds
in non-GM cotton crops, too.

I found it more interesting that it is offering Roundup as all-season
direct spray in RR cotton. I thought past true 4 leaf stage in cotton
there would be risk of late season herbicide damage from direct sprays
in cotton.

I read Monsanto is to split into separate herbicide and GM
companies. It was said that Monsanto is to sell its chemical branch.

Where did you read that, Brian?

(Note: Monsanto also breeds conventional seeds, it's not just GM.
They report huge improvements from marker-assisted conventional
breeding for yields, in corn, particularly, in last years annual
report.)

I thought that that side of the business was the more profitable.

It looks like GM may be being downplayed. Monsanto has not had
sufficient financial success, has it?

Threatened by extinction might be a tad strong, but Monsanto does seem
to have become rather small now, compared to what it was back in the
1990's. Share values took a beating last year when Pharmacia spun
Monsanto off, and soon after the CEO left the company. But, who knows,
Monsanto may have something big in the product pipeline, although I
can't imagine what that could be.

Gordon may know more about returns from Monsanto shares, whether
they have been satisfactory returns on investments and how they
have been developing over the years.