At the time they talked about environmental victory and the incidence the producers have on the corporate policies, but most recent incidents might show that this was only a tactical retreat.

Last Tuesday, Monsanto’s office in Kansas City, US, announced the purchase of 45 million dollars of a company specialized in genetic studies on wheat, called WestBred LLC.

The executives who took part in the conference, said that despite being a small scale corporation, WestBred LLC has made progress in the research of this cereal, which will finally end up being “very profitable” for Monsanto.

Carl Casale, Executive Vice-Chair of Monsanto, explained that the plans will be focused on developing wheat varieties that are more resistant to drought and plagues and that the acquisition will cause a “radical change in the yield” of wheat seeds. The new products will be available to farmers “in the middle of the next decade”, they announced.

While Monsanto moves forward in its dangerous business, the signs of rejection to its policies continue around the world.

A few days ago, the French author of the book “The World According to Monsanto”, Marie-Monique Robin, said in an interview with Mexican newspaper La Jornada, that the US corporation spends fortunes on “systematic missinformation” and that we are currently undergoing a “war of information” against Monsanto.

Meanwhile, in Brazil, the large agrotoxics manufacturers are being exposed for “boycotting” the revisions of the products they manufacture and sell.

Companies like Bayer, Syngenta, Monsanto and Dupont are blocking the work of the judiciary over fears that it might ban the commercialization of some seed varieties, according to a communiqué by the National Union of Research and Agricultural Development Workers (Sinpaf).