Oxnard-based Seminis Inc., the world’s largest seller of commercial fruit and vegetable seeds, said Friday that it would be bought out and taken private by units of Mexican agricultural firm Savia and ...

Monsanto paid $1 billion in cash and assumed about $400 million in debt to buy California based Seminis and will make a payment of up to $125 million by the end of fiscal 2007, based on financial ...

Seeds are in; pesticides are out. That’s the mantra at agribusiness giant Monsanto Co., which said Monday that it planned to purchase Oxnard-based seed company Seminis Inc. for $1 billion. Monsanto, ...

Creditors of Seminis Vegetable Seeds Inc., one of Greater Sacramento's biggest biotechnology employers, have extended until May 22 a deadline for the company to present a plan to restructure its debts ...

MONSANTO, the world leader in genetically modified (GM) grains and oilseeds, is buying a second blade for its plough: California-based Seminis, the leader in vegetable seeds. Seminis made a small loss ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Monsanto on Monday moved to capitalise on a growing trend towards healthier diets by buying California-based ...

Agribusiness Monsanto Co. said Monday it will buy vegetable and fruit seed company Seminis Inc. for about $1 billion in cash, looking to capitalize on the trend of healthier diets while further ...

Monsanto Co., looking for places to grow after converting many of America's corn, soybean and cotton farms to biotechnology, agreed to buy Seminis Inc. for $1 billion in order to expand its sights to ...

J&J Family of Farms has introduced its Field-Grown Colored Pepper program. The company has worked closely with Seminis to deliver a unique line of peppers that has thick walls and a long shelf life.

PLANT breeding company Seminis officially opened its $2 million onion breeding facility in Pukekohe, New Zealand, last month.

Goldberg, Ray A., Jonathan West, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and David Benedict Pearcy. "Seminis Inc." Harvard Business School Case 600-030, November 1999.