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Monsanto entering sweet corn market

August 15, 2011 By LA Times

August 10, 2011 – Monsanto Co. is expanding its reach into the grocery store’s produce aisle.

The company said it plans to launch this fall a genetically modified sweet corn seed for farmers to grow. The corn, once ripe, would be harvested and then be carried in grocery stores in the U.S. and Canada.