WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court appeared likely Tuesday to side with Monsanto Co. in its claim that an Indiana farmer violated the company's patents on soybean seeds that are resistant to its weed-killer.

2. CrescoAg Inks Lease for New Downtown HQ - Friday, July 15, 2011

Downtown Memphis has landed another corporate headquarters. CrescoAg LLC, an independent information management company, has signed a new lease on 4,594 square feet at 88 Union Ave.

3. ‘Lovin’ From the Oven’ A Success for Gordon - Friday, April 29, 2011

Kat Gordon exudes the energy of someone on a perpetual sugar high. She has a playful side that shows up in the brightly colored wigs she’s worn to work.

And she’s about as approachable as you’d expect someone to be who spends her time perfecting the confections that comprise endless pie racks and cupcake trays of what she calls her store’s “lovin’ from the oven.”

4. Agricenter Gives Region’s Ag Biz Place to Call Home - Tuesday, March 29, 2011

In the daily hustle and bustle of city life, it’s easy for Memphians to forget that the urban pocket they call home sits amid one of the nation’s richest agricultural regions.

And the world’s largest urban farm, nonprofit Agricenter International at 7777 Walnut Grove Road, is continually working to create more awareness about farming through educational programs and to advance agricultural technologies through research and trials.

5. Biomass Early Registration Ends Wednesday - Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Early registration for Biomass South 2010 ends Wednesday.

The Oct. 14 and 15 event takes place at the University of Memphis. The keynote debate will be on “The Future of Southern Forests in Bioenergy.”

6. Pressure Mounts to Stop Antibiotics in Agriculture - Monday, January 04, 2010

FRANKENSTEIN, Mo. (AP) – The mystery started the day farmer Russ Kremer got between a jealous boar and a sow in heat.

The boar gored Kremer in the knee with a razor-sharp tusk. The burly pig farmer shrugged it off, figuring: “You pour the blood out of your boot and go on.”

7. Pfizer Trimming Research Plants after Buying Wyeth - Tuesday, November 10, 2009

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Less than a month after buying Wyeth, drug giant Pfizer Inc. has mapped out a new structure for its research and development operations.

8. Food Giants Race to Pass Rising Costs to Shoppers - Monday, August 11, 2008

Companies throughout the food chain are changing the way they do business in response to soaring grain costs, and consumers are likely to bear the brunt in the form of rising food prices.

Farmers are making the broadest cuts to their livestock herds in decades, meaning meat at the supermarket will likely cost more in coming years. Middlemen are trying to shorten the duration of supply contracts to 90 days from one year so they can pass on higher costs more quickly. And food brands are shrinking the contents of their packages, from ice-cream cartons to beverage containers.

9. German-Based Company Agrees to Buy Stoneville - Monday, June 04, 2007

Bayer CropScience has agreed to purchase cottonseed company Stoneville Seed Pedigree Co.

Headquartered in Monheim, Germany, Bayer CropScience will buy Stoneville from competitor Monsanto Co. for $310 million.

10. Relationships, Client Needs Behind Husch Eppenberger Offshoot - Thursday, January 18, 2007

Jennifer Ziegenhorn is not from Memphis, but after more than 13 years practicing law here, says she is beginning to feel very much at home in the Bluff City.

Ziegenhorn moved to Memphis right after graduating from law school at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville in 1993.Ziegenhorn recently was promoted to equity partner of the Memphis office of Husch & Eppenberger LLC. She also will head the firm's commercial litigation and dispute resolution group.

11. Events - Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Talk Shoppe presents "Home Financing Solutions Using Low Documentation Loans" today from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Better Business Bureau of the Mid-South, 3693 Tyndale St. For more information, contact Talk Shoppe sponsor Jo Garner at 759-7808.

12. Monsanto Grows BusinessWith D&PL Acquisition - Thursday, August 17, 2006
     St. Louis-based agribusiness giant Monsanto Co. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Delta and Pine Land Co. (D&PL) for $1.5 billion in cash, the companies announced in a joint statement.
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13. Down and Out in Covington - Thursday, June 22, 2006

For the typical farmer in America's heartland, the struggle to get by is met with heroism and little fanfare. For Covington farmer Kem Ralph, getting by has been a little more complicated.

Since the late 1990s, he's gone to court, been on the receiving end of a nearly $3 million judgment, done a stint in prison and grown accustomed to seeing his name in the newspaper. Those were but a few of the consequences of locking horns with Monsanto, a major agrochemical corporation, in a patent infringement dispute.

14. Monsanto's Shares Up, DuPont's Down - Wednesday, March 29, 2006
St. Louis-based Monsanto Co. reported a 4.1 percent or $3.32 rise in shares to $83.88 per share Thursday, according to an Associated Press report. The producer of herbicides and genetically engineered seeds also predicted it will continue to gain mar

15. Archived Article: Page 2 Sale - Monday, January 03, 2000
Now independent plant in stronger position Now independent plant in stronger position Monsanto's sale of Stoneville Pedigreed Seed Co. is now final. Closing Wednesday on the agreement signed in early August, the new owners are Hicks, Muse, Tate &...

16. Archived Article: Tech Briefs - Wednesday, April 14, 1999
The Memphis Area Association of Realtors will host a free seminar on incorporating the Internet into the real estate business from 9 a The Memphis Area Association of Realtors will host a free seminar on incorporating the Internet into the real esta...

17. Archived Article: Chandler Ehrlich Exp Lj - Thursday, September 04, 1997
By LAURIE JOHNSON Chandler, Ehrlich & Co. opens Knoxville office By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News The acquisition of two new clients has prompted local communications agency Chandler, Ehrlich & Co. to open a new office in Knoxville. The Memp...

18. Archived Article: Milestones - Friday, August 01, 1997
Chandler, Ehrlich & Co Chandler, Ehrlich & Co. recently was selected by Stoneville Pedigreed Seed Co. to handle national and international marketing communications needs, including advertising, public relations and direct marketing. Stonevil...

19. Archived Article: Farm Policy - Tuesday, January 28, 1997
1-27-95 Farm policy.gs Changing federal farm policy to be discussed at conference By GABRIELLE C.L. SONGE The Daily News They came from Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and even southern Kentucky to attend the first conference on farm policy held la...

20. Archived Article: Law Analys - Thursday, September 19, 1996
United States vs United States vs. Olin Corp.: Emerging trend or aberration? By William D. Evans Jr. Special to The Daily News The recent decision in United States vs. Olin Corp., 927 F. 2d 1502 (S.D. Ala. 1996), sent shock waves throughout the envi...

21. Archived Article: Business Profile - Monday, November 27, 1995
11/20 jts business profile PSI builds it and they come: business follows quality Firm recently won $8.5 million contract to expand Monsanto plant; $250 million N.D. project pending By JAMES SNYDER The Daily News For president Richard Gadomski, succe...