Yes and no: they were bought by Bayer 5 years ago, so they don't exist under that name anymore, but I don't know how much of their worst bullshit they're still doing under the new name.
For example, I was unable to confirm or rule out whether they're still doing the suicide crops and food DRM bullshit as Bayer or not..
As a farmer Monsanto has done a lot of sketchy stuff, but I'd like to point out that "terminator crops" actually have a legitimate usage case. There's few worse weeds than volunteer herbicide-resistant canola, and if it just didn't come up next year it would be great.
Almost all modern crops are hybrids anyways which don't breed true. Nobody is saving seed except in very specific cases and even small farmers aren't even planting bin-run wheat as modern genetics outperform it so greatly.
If you want to save seed there are plenty of open-pollinated varieties out there but unfortunately most of them perform poorly compared to their modern hybrid counterparts, from field crops to garden vegetables.
Was? Are Monsanto's days over?
Yes and no: they were bought by Bayer 5 years ago, so they don't exist under that name anymore, but I don't know how much of their worst bullshit they're still doing under the new name.
For example, I was unable to confirm or rule out whether they're still doing the suicide crops and food DRM bullshit as Bayer or not..
As a farmer Monsanto has done a lot of sketchy stuff, but I'd like to point out that "terminator crops" actually have a legitimate usage case. There's few worse weeds than volunteer herbicide-resistant canola, and if it just didn't come up next year it would be great.
Almost all modern crops are hybrids anyways which don't breed true. Nobody is saving seed except in very specific cases and even small farmers aren't even planting bin-run wheat as modern genetics outperform it so greatly.
If you want to save seed there are plenty of open-pollinated varieties out there but unfortunately most of them perform poorly compared to their modern hybrid counterparts, from field crops to garden vegetables.