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Word: agribiz (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Seldom has a company caught so much heat for a product it didn't invent, didn't make and didn't even yet have the rights to. But then again, seldom has there been a product as elegantly spooky as the bit of biotechnology known as Terminator. On Tuesday, agribiz giant Monsanto promised not to impose on its customers a technology that renders seeds sterile after the plant has ended its growth cycle. The boys down in the Monsanto accounting department saw this as an ingenious way to protect the company's investment by forcing farmers to buy new bags...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Monsanto Bows to a Biotech Backlash | 10/5/1999 | See Source »

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