Monsanto

Monsanto

Monsanto is an agricultural company. Innovation and technology is applied to help farmers around the world produce more while conserving more. Monsanto helps farmers grow yield sustainably so they can be successful, produce healthier foods, better animal feeds and more fiber, while also reducing agriculture's impact on our environment.

Monsanto has the largest Research & Development (R&D) staff in the industry and invests 10% of sales in R&D, or almost 2 million dollars per day. R&D focus in vegetables is balanced on yield, disease, quality and agronomic improvements. Different technologies, like conventional breeding and genetic markers, provide breeders options to select the right tools for the job.

In 2008 De Ruiter Seeds became part of Monsanto. De Ruiter Seeds is Monsanto's brand for vegetables seeds for protected cultures. Seminis is the brand vegetable seeds for open field.

The mission of Monsanto vegetables is to improve grower productivity, as well as increase worldwide consumption of fruits and vegetables, by developing new products through seed expertise and innovation.

For more information about Monsanto, visit the company's website.