Brazilian seed companies buy into Monsanto's bonus plan

摘要

Brazil's National Seed Congress has accepted Monsanto's offer of a "bonus" program that makes it more attractive for farmers to buy certified seeds than turn to the black market as they have in the past.As the 2005-06 growing season approached,Monsanto faced almost total rejection of its proposed royalty rate of us0.17 per pound of certified Roundup Ready soybean seeds.