Agracetus

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The Agracetus Campus of

employees worldwide, and an annual revenue of US$11.365 billion reported for 2008.[1]

The first successful

Washington, DC
.

Every Roundup Ready soybean in the world has a relative which was genetically transformed at Agracetus. 80% of the world's soybeans are Roundup Ready.

Agracetus was founded in 1981 as Cetus Corporation. Acquired by Monsanto in 1996, the research and development facility is located 8 miles (13 km) west of Madison in the city of Middleton, Wisconsin, on 4.5 acres (18,000 m2). The site has 100,000 square feet (9,300 m2) of research space, 35,000 square feet (3,300 m2) of greenhouse space, about 75 employees, and ten laboratories. Output of genetically modified soy plants is many thousands of transformation events per year.

Genetically modified cotton and genetically modified rice is also an important effort at Agracetus.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Google Finance: Monsanto Company. Retrieved on March 16, 2009.
  2. ^ "Monsanto ~ Who We Are ~ United States ~ Wisconsin". Archived from the original on 2008-04-20. Retrieved 2008-04-20.