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25 August 2011 - New Country Lead for Monsanto South Africa Monsanto Africa integrates entire business – Effective 1 September 2011, Kobus Steenekamp will be the new Country Lead – Monsanto South Africa.
May 2011 - Monsanto opens third phase of maize seed plant – The third phase of Monsanto’s technologically advanced maize seed plant in Lictenburg was recently opened by by Kobus Lindeque, area Director of Mosanto in Africa.
16 November 2010 - Monsanto opens third phase of maize seed plant – The third phase of Monsanto’s technologically advanced maize seed plant in Lictenburg was recently opened by by Kobus Lindeque, area Director of Mosanto in Africa.
16 November 2010 - GENUITY® — the best decision – Monsanto’s range of advanced, innovative products for maize, cotton and soya are now branded under one name - GENUITY®.
16 November 2010 - Monsanto SA receives cultivation approval for MON89034 (Yieldgard II) and MON89034 x NK603 (stacked trait) in South Africa. – Maize farmers in South Africa are now one step closer to planting improved next-generation technologies to support the world’s growing demands for food and feed.
18 August 2010 No Delta18RF (Roundup Ready Flex) available for the coming planting season – There will be no Delta18RF (Roundup Ready Flex) cotton available in the market for the coming planting season. Monsanto DeltaPine will not make any seed available as quality tests indicated that the quality of the seed does not adhere to the stringent quality requirements set by Monsanto.
June 2010 Pollination Variation Problem in Maize Solved – Research conducted during the past season, 2009/10, by representatives and agronomists of Monsanto into pollination variations in experienced last season proved beyond doubt that the pollination variations was a genetic deviation that occurred when the parent lines were reversed. The problem has been solved and seed of the DKC78-45BR, one of the most popular cultivars on the market, will again be available for the 2010/2011 season.
February 2010 Monsanto and BASF — working together for better results!
23 June 2009 GDARD announces Biotechnology Awards – The Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (GDARD) has today announced a comprehensive incentive scheme for those involved in the Biotechnology sector in the region.
4 June 2009 Constitutional Court hearing – In August 2002, the Biowatch Trust, a non-governmental organisation, launched court proceedings in the High Court, demanding access to a very broad range of information held by the Registrar of Genetic Resources. Biowatch’s request for information was framed extremely broadly and did not identify specific information sought by Biowatch.
March, 2009 Monsanto gives away Maxxum 140 CAB (104 kW) tractor at gala evening – The 50 finalists of the DEKALB-tractor competition and other guest from the agricultural paternity attended a gala evening at Kievits Kroon outside Pretoria on Friday 13 March to find out who the winners of the three tractors would be. |
