A comment from the link that seems relevant: > Seed control is another interesting thing about sugarbeet. Monsanto doesn’t own any sugarbeet germplasm, meaning

A comment from the link that seems relevant: > Seed control is another interesting thing about sugarbeet. Monsanto doesn’t own any sugarbeet germplasm, meaning they don’t sell or control sugarbeet seed. They certainly make money from Roundup Ready beet seed, since they’ve licensed the trait to the seed companies. But Monsanto doesn’t have much say in how sugarbeet seed is bred and sold. Also, > Only Monsanto is capable of arguing that the most environmentally friendly option for agriculture is GMO. Science is actually quite capable of arguing a similar point as well: http://www.cell.com/trends/biotechnology/pdf/S0167-7799(12)00203-X.pdf http://www.cell.com/trends/biotechnology/pdf/S0167-7799(12)0... http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871678410005145 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871678410...