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Monsanto

Monsanto Company, headquartered in St Louis, Missouri, develops products for the agricultural, pharmaceutical, food ingredients and chemical industries. Products manufactured by Monsanto include Roundup herbicide, Daypro and Arthrotec arthritis treatments, Ortho lawn-and-garden products, Wear-Dated carpet and NutraSweet brand sweetener. For the year 1995, Monsanto recognized $739 million of net income, a 19 per cent increase from the previous year. Management attributes the financial success of Monsanto to a focus on core products and a continuing effort to redesign work processes and cut costs.

As a life sciences company, Monsanto is committed to finding sustainable solutions to the growing global needs for food and health by ...

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