Agriculture & Livestock

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The Motley Fool January 25, 2005 Brian Gorman	Monsanto Picks Seminis Monsanto's latest acquisition provides a sensible avenue for growth. Investors apparently are less than thrilled about the deal, because they sent the stock down almost 7% in trading.
Science News January 15, 2005 Christen Brownlee	The Beef about UTIs E. coli from beef cattle or other livestock may be causing drug-resistant urinary tract infections in women.
The Motley Fool January 10, 2005 W.D. Crotty	Pilgrim's Pride Feeds on Firm Prices The poultry producer raises earnings guidance, boosting the stock.
The Motley Fool January 7, 2005 Rich Smith	Monsanto Dodges a Bullet The SEC and DOJ notch victories. Monsanto's punishment for fraud in Indonesia will be a relatively mild $1.5 million in total fines and a commitment to stay out of trouble over the next three years of probation.
The Motley Fool December 28, 2004 Dave Marino-Nachison	Cal-Maine's Pot Cools The egg producer was perfectly positioned for the low-carb craze, but that's over now. While shares are falling now, in the long term Cal-Maine will be financially and competitively stronger than it was a few years ago.
Inc. January 2005 Nicole Gull	Entrepreneur of the Year: The Ceja Family In 1967, Pablo and Juanita Ceja left their small village in Michoacan, Mexico, for a new life in the United States. Today, these former migrant workers own their own vineyard, producing 6,000 cases of wine a year.
The Motley Fool December 15, 2004 Rich Smith	Plum Creek Timber Grows The tree farmer's land purchase gives investors something to watch.
The Motley Fool December 15, 2004 Rich Smith	Vitamin D Is for Deficit With a subsidy nearing expiration, dairy farmers may be culling their herds. That'll come as small consolation to the shareholders of the dairy companies, of course, unless they can find a way to pass their higher costs on to consumers
Science News December 11, 2004 Janet Raloff	Shark Finning Faces Broader Sanctions The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)--an intergovernmental fishery organization that concerns itself with large fish in the open seas--unanimously agreed to ban shark finning in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
The Motley Fool November 18, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Is Mad Cow Disease Back? Beef export markets will likely remain closed due to another possible case of mad cow disease, putting pressure on Tyson Foods and other beef-sensitive stocks.
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