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The Monsanto Company () was an American agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation founded in 1901 and headquartered in Creve Coeur, Missouri. Monsanto's best-known product is Roundup, a glyphosate-based herbicide, developed in the 1970s. Later, the company became a major producer of genetically engineered crops. In 2018, the company ranked 199th on the Fortune 500 of the largest United States corporations by revenue.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Monsanto Company
- Company.logo
- Monsanto logo.svg
- Company.traded_as
- NYSE: MON (until 2018) (S&P 500 component)
- Company.industry
- Agribusiness
- Company.fate
- Acquired by Bayer
- Company.foundation
- Reformed in 2000 (spun off from Pharmacia & Upjohn)
- Company.founder
- John Francis Queeny
- Company.location
- Creve Coeur, Missouri, U.S.
- Company.parent
- Pharmacia & Upjohn (1999–2000)Bayer AG (2018–present)
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company, Funder
- Founded
- 1901
- Location
- Creve Coeur, United States
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.418554.9 · ISNI 0000 0004 0466 8542
Wikidata facts
- Employees
- 21400
- Revenue
- 15000000000
- Official website
- monsanto.com
- Image
- Monsanto-vestiging Enkhuizen.jpg
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- Commons category
- Monsanto Company
- inception
- 1901-00-00
- net profit
- 2300000000
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2018-06-07
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56 sectionsContents
- History
- "Pre-Pharmacia" Monsanto
- 1901 to WWII
- Post-WWII
- 1960s and 1970s
- 1980 to 1989: Becoming an agribiotech company
- 1990 to 1999: Moving into the seed market & industry consolidation
- "Pre-Pharmacia" Monsanto overview
- "Post-Pharmacia" Monsanto
- 2000 to 2009: Birth of the "new" Monsanto
- 2010 to 2017: Further growth, Syngenta
- "Post-Pharmacia" Monsanto overview
- Sale to Bayer
- Products and associated issues
- Current products
- Glyphosate herbicides
- Crop seed
- Row crops
- India-specific issues
- Vegetables
- Former products
- Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
- Agent Orange
- Bovine somatotropin
- Uncommercialized products
- "Terminator" seeds
- GM wheat
- Legal affairs
- Argentina
- Brazil
- China
- India
- United Kingdom
- United States
- PCBs
- Polluted sites
- GM wheat
- Cancer risks of Roundup
- Dicamba lawsuits
- Improper accounting for incentive rebates
- Ghostwriting
- Government relations
- United States
- Revolving door
- United Kingdom
- European Union
- Haiti
- Public relations
- Sponsorships
- University relationships
- Awards
- Documentaries
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
The Monsanto Company () was an American agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation founded in 1901 and headquartered in Creve Coeur, Missouri. Monsanto's best-known product is Roundup, a glyphosate-based herbicide, developed in the 1970s. Later, the company became a major producer of genetically engineered crops. In 2018, the company ranked 199th on the Fortune 500 of the largest United States corporations by revenue.
Monsanto was one of four groups to introduce genes into plants in 1983, and was among the first to conduct field trials of genetically modified crops in 1987. It was one of the top-ten U.S. chemical companies until it divested most of its chemical businesses between 1997 and 2002, through a process of mergers and spin-offs that focused the company on biotechnology.