Argentina Said to Be Planning Ban on Monsanto Soy Crop Royalties
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The Argentine government is stepping into a battle between farmers and Monsanto Co. over royalties the U.S. company wants to collect for genetically modified soybeans.
Argentina, the world’s third-largest soybean producer, plans to bar grain handlers from collecting royalties after the harvest on behalf of seed developers such as Monsanto, according to an agriculture ministry official who asked not to be named because of ministry policy.