This is very good news for people who don't want to be eating Genetically modified foods. There is only one state I believe in which you are even allowed to be told you are buying Genetically modified foods. It is in 70% of processed food you buy in a grocery store now. And if you eat enough of it you cannot reproduce ever.
Monsanto
Co. reported weaker-than-expected earnings Wednesday as the company
offered price discounts to try and revive flagging sales of its
biotech-enhanced seeds. Monsanto has struggled with falling prices for
crops like …
Monsanto misses Street 2Q forecasts on falling seed sales
Updated 9:22 pm, Thursday, April 7, 2016
FILE - This Monday, Aug.
31, 2015, file photo, shows the Monsanto logo at the Farm Progress Show
in Decatur, Ill. On Wednesday, April 6, 2016, Monsanto reports financial
earnings.
Monsanto has struggled with falling prices for crops like corn, soy beans and wheat, which have reduced farmers' spending on Monsanto's genetically enhanced seeds. At the same time, the strong dollar has made its products, including chemical weed killer, more expensive overseas.
The results fell short of Wall Street expectations, with analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research expecting earnings of $2.45 per share.
Sales tumbled more than 12 percent during the period to $4.53 billion, which also missed Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $4.78 billion.
The company said results were negatively impacted by discounted seed prices offered to U.S. farmers and reduced planting of soybeans.
The discounts and reduced demand contributed to an 8.6 percent decline in seed sales, which fell to $3.82 billion from $4.18 billion.
Sales of the company's chemical products, primarily the weed killer Roundup, fell nearly 30 percent to $715 million amid competition from generic competitors.
The company continues to expect full-year earnings in the range of $4.40 to $5.10 per share.
Last month the agricultural business giant slashed its prior guidance due to a combination of headwinds affecting both its seed and chemical business units.
The company said Wednesday that "extreme currency headwinds" are expected to lower results by 90 cents to $1 per share in fiscal 2016. Monsanto seeds have specially engineered traits such as protection against certain insects. They are more expensive but help farmers increase their crop yield.
The company began the year by announcing it would eliminate another 1,000 employees, increasing its planned layoffs to 3,600 for the next two years.
Monsanto shares rose 29 cents to $86.39 in morning trading Wednesday. The stock has declined 26 percent in the last 12 months.
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