Monsanto Co

The Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) is a U.S.-based multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation. It is the world's leading producer of the herbicide glyphosate, marketed as "Roundup". Monsanto is also the leading producer of genetically engineered (GE) seed; it provides the technology in 90% of the world's genetically engineered seeds. It is headquartered in Creve Coeur, Missouri.

Source: Wikipedia

Campaign Finance

$14,066,560 Given
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Figures are based on itemized contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Please note that:

  • contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
  • only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
  • contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
  • corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
  • organization totals include known subsidiaries of the organization.

For more information, please see our campaign finance methodology page. Lobbyist bundling data is described on our lobbyist bundling methodology page.

covers through Q3 2012

  • Top Recipients

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    in dollars. "Other" includes 3rd parties and organizations without official party affiliation.

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View all campaign finance data for Monsanto Co Sources: OpenSecrets.org FollowTheMoney.org

Lobbying

$70,356,730 Spent
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Figures are based on lobbying activity reported to the Senate Office of Public Records. Reported dollar amounts are required to be accurate only to the nearest $20,000. For organizations whose primary business is lobbying, we display total income and top clients. For organizations that are not primarily lobbying firms, we display total amount spent on lobbying and top lobbying firms hired.

For more information, please see our lobbying methodology page.

covers roughly through Q3, 2012

Lobbying on Behalf of Monsanto Co

View all lobbying data for Monsanto Co Sources: Lobbyist Registration Tracker OpenSecrets.org

Regulations

Mentioned in 1936 dockets; Submitted to 108 dockets
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All data is based on documents downloaded from Regulations.gov. The first table shows mentions: all documents that include the name of the company anywhere in the document or document metadata. The second table shows submissions: all documents where the submitter metadata included the company name. Each table shows the top 10 dockets, ranked by number of occurrences.

Matches are based on a search for the company name. Variations in the company name, such as acronyms, nicknames or alternate names may cause documents to be missed. The mention of a company name in a document may be incidental and does not necessarily indicate that the company has any relevance to the document. Company names that are common English words may erroneously match with text that is not referring to the company.

Not all agencies submit public comments to Regulations.gov. For a list of participating and non-participating agencies see here. Agencies that do submit to Regulations.gov have varying levels of accuracy and completeness.

Regulations and public comments can be downloaded in bulk here.

updated daily from Regulations.gov by way of Docket Wrench

The tables show occurrences of "Monsanto Co" in public comments on proposed federal regulations.

Federal Spending

23 contracts
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Federal grants, contracts and loans are reported by federal agencies using the FPDS and FAADS systems. The data is made available to the public at USASpending.gov. Please note that the completeness and quality of the data varies greatly by agency.

Only grants, contracts and loans with amounts over $1 million are shown.

Because company names are not reported in a standardized manner, we cannot reliably determine the company receiving the contract or award. The results shown here are based on a search for the company name. Individual records may be missed or erroneously included because of name variations. For more information, please see our federal spending methodology page.

covers through USASpending.gov's Sept. 15, 2012 release for contracts and Oct. 19, 2012 for grants.

Note: Company names in federal spending data are not standardized. The table below is included only as a sample of what is available in the data and has not been reviewed for accuracy or completeness. To investigate the data further, use the links at the bottom of the table.

Type Recipient Name Year Agency Description Amount
contract
 Monsanto Company 2007 State, Department Of CHEMICAL PRODUCT GLY 41 $10,170,000
contract
 Monsanto Company 2006 State, Department Of CHEMICAL PRODUCT GLY 41 $8,121,762
contract
 Monsanto Company 2006 State, Department Of 2700 DRUMS PF GLY-41 USED FOR ERATICATION OF DRUGS. POPAYAN VILLAVICENCIO $5,491,800
contract
 Monsanto Company 2008 State, Department Of HERBICIDE $4,678,200
contract
 Monsanto Company 2006 State, Department Of GLYPHOSATE $3,051,000
contract
 Monsanto Company 2008 State, Department Of CNP ERAD CHEMICAL PRODUCT ALL BASES $3,051,000
contract
 Monsanto Company 2007 State, Department Of CNP ERAD CHEMICAL PRODUCT $2,989,980
contract
 Monsanto Company 2005 State, Department Of GLYPHOSATE FOR ERADICATION OPERATIONS $2,542,500
contract
 Monsanto Company 2006 State, Department Of GLYPHOSATE $2,237,400
contract
 Monsanto Company 2005 State, Department Of GLYPHOSATE FOR ERADICATION OPERATIONS $2,052,320
View all grant & loan data for Monsanto Co View all contract data for Monsanto Co Sources: USASpending.gov

EPA Violations

5 Enforcement Actions
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Figures are based on data from the Environmental Protection Agency’s ECHO website. The ECHO database contains federal and state environmental enforcement actions. Data displayed here includes only those actions that began after 2000 and resulted in fines of over $1 million.

Actions where the company was the sole defendant are listed first. Actions where the company is one of multiple defendants are listed subsequently.

For more information see our EPA methodology page.

covers through EPA's October 19, 2011 release
Case Name Defendant Date Locations Amount
Sauget Area 2 Unilateral Admin Order (Cercla) Monsanto Chemical Co (+76 others) 2002 Sauget, Il $26,500,000
Anniston Pcb Site Monsanto Company (+2 others) 2003 Anniston, Al $11,218,346
Anniston Pcb Site (Aoc For Cost Recovery) Monsanto Corporation (+2 others) 2002 Anniston, Al $6,053,420
Picillo Farm Superfund Site Monsanto (+4 others) 2003 Coventry, Ri $2,100,000
Kanawha River Monsanto Co (+1 others) 2004 Nitro, Wv $1,500,000
View all EPA violations data for Monsanto Co Sources: EPA ECHO Enforcement Data

Advisory Committees

52 people on 40 committees
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Data is based on disclosures required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). Matches are based on the occurrence of the company name in the committee member affiliation. Variations in company names may cause some matches to be missed.

The table shows only the top 10 agencies. To search and download raw records from the complete dataset see the FACA data section.

covers through 2011

Table shows employees of "Monsanto Co" that sat on federal advisory committees.

  • Agency
  • Representation
  • Toggle Environmental Protection Agency 19 people on 9 committees
  • Toggle National Science Foundation 15 people on 10 committees
  • Toggle Department of Agriculture 6 people on 6 committees
  • Toggle Department of Commerce 4 people on 4 committees
  • Toggle Office of the United States Trade Representative 1 person on 3 committees
  • Toggle Department of Health and Human Services 2 people on 2 committees
  • Toggle Department of State 2 people on 1 committee
  • Toggle Department of the Interior 2 people on 2 committees
  • Toggle Department of Energy 2 people on 2 committees
  • Toggle Office of Science and Technology Policy 1 person on 1 committee
View all advisory committee data for Monsanto Co