23 June 2012

Monsanto May Be Forced To Repay Brazilian GM Soybean Royalties Worth Billions Of Dollars

When the history of modern Brazil comes to be written, a special place will be reserved for the soybean, the powerful farmers that grow it -- and the deforestation it is driving. And at the center of that tale will be Monsanto, with its patented "Roundup Ready" crop, so called because it has been genetically modified to withstand the herbicide glyphosate, marketed as Roundup. 

On Techdirt.

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