- Monsanto (MON) is a multinational company that provides seeds and agriculture products to farmers worldwide. Its business is divided into two main divisions: seeds and genomics and agricultural productivity. It has a market capitalization of almost $50 billion and net sales of $13.5 billion for fiscal year 2016, a 10% decline from the year before.
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Major competitors for Monsanto Company in the seeds and genomics space include multinational American giant Dow Chemical Company (DOW) Market Cap 77.48B , agricultural genomics firm Evogene Ltd., and seed and chemical supplier Syngenta (SYT) ****Market Cap, 41B***., based in Switzerland.
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Major competitors for Monsanto in the agricultural productivity division include retail fertilizer and agricultural product supplier Agrium (AGU) Market Cap, 12.32B., insecticide and herbicide producer American Vanguard (AVD); fertilizer producer CF Industries Holdings (CF); nitrogen fertilizer producer CVR Partners (UAN), fertilizer and agricultural product producer Chinese Green Agriculture, fertilizer and chemical product producer Israel Chemicals; bio-based pest management product producer Marrone Bio Innovations; phosphate and potash miner The Mosaic Company; potash miner Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan; nitrogen fertilizer producer Rentech Nitrogen Partners; genomic company and herbicide producer Syngenta; nitrogen producer Terra Nitrogen Company; Eastman Chemical; Dow Chemical; FMC Corporation; and Honeywell International.
note: 77.48 Billion is larger than 50 Billion
math is hard.
not only is Monsanto NOT a monopoly it does not even have the major market share...it has a number of very strong competitors..
You're considering other subsidized industries as "competition" which is where I differ.
of course you do.
I'm using the standardized meaning of the word.
you apparently have your very OWN definition..
how cute.