• Most Popular
  • Most Shared

Bayer CropScience, Monsanto in license deals

Wed Jun 20, 2007 9:19am EDT

Stocks

   

FRANKFURT, June 20 (Reuters) - Bayer CropScience BAYG.DE and Monsanto (MON.N) have entered into a series of long-term business and licensing agreements on agricultural technologies, the German drugs and chemicals group said on Wednesday. Bayer said in a statement its agrobusiness unit will grant Monsanto a royalty bearing, non-exclusive license for its herbicide technology for use in corn and soybeans, the two largest field crops in terms of acreage in the United States.

((Reporting by Mantik Kusjanto; Reuters Messaging: mantik.kusjanto.reuters.com@reuters.net; E-mail: mantik.kusjanto@reuters.com; +49 69 7565 1203)) Keywords: BAYER MONSANTO/

(C) Reuters 2007. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution ofReuters content, including by caching, framing or similar means, is expresslyprohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters and the Reuterssphere logo are registered trademarks and trademarks of the Reuters group ofcompanies around the world.nWEA3961


More from Reuters

Photo

U.S. official admits security failed in air scare

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration admitted on Monday that air travel security failed when a Nigerian man with suspected ties to Islamic militants allegedly was able to smuggle explosives onto a U.S.-bound flight in an attempt to blow it up. | Video

» More Top News
Armed men travel on a vehicle on a road near the Saudi border in the western Yemeni province of Hajja October 10, 2009. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

The next al Qaeda hub?

The attempted Christmas Day bombing of an American airliner has put another region in the spotlight as a breeding ground for terrorism.  Full Article 

WORLD
A man yells at the site of suicide bomb attack on a procession of Shit'ite Muslims commemorating Ashura in Karachi December 28, 2009. Credit: REUTERS/Athar Hussain

"Worse than an infidel"

Dozens killed as suicide bomber attacks Shi'ite Muslim progression in Pakistan despite thousands of security forces on high alert.   Full Article | Video 

World