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Monsanto subidiary American Seeds, Inc. (ASI) announces it acquired Gold Country Seed, Inc.


Monsanto The Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) is a multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation. It is the world's leading producer of the herbicide glyphosate, marketed as "Roundup".  subidiary American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of  Seeds, Inc. (ASI ASI,
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) announces it acquired Gold Country Seed, Inc., Hutchinson, MN, and Heritage Seeds, Rensselaer, IN.

Dennis Plummer, ASI president says, "These companies have a strong track record of serving their farmer customers and delivering high-quality products. We look forward to working with these companies and supporting their commitment to deliver the newest technology In the best germplasm."

Monsanto acquired both companies in cash transactions totaling $8.7 million. Collectively, these two companies represent approximately 0.4 percent of total U.S. corn and soybean soybean, soya bean, or soy pea, leguminous plant (Glycine max, G. soja, or Soja max) of the family Leguminosae (pulse family), native to tropical and warm temperate regions of Asia, where it has been  seed sales.
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Title Annotation:Heritage Seeds
Publication:Agri Marketing
Article Type:Brief article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Apr 1, 2006
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