Monsanto

• Agracetus (1995)

• Calgene (1996)

• Ecogen (13%)

• Millenium Pharmaceutical (joint venture for crop genes)

• DeKalb (1996)

• Asgrow (1997) (corn and soybeans)

• Holden's Foundation Seeds (1997)

• Delta and Pineland (terminated)

• Cargill International Seeds, Plant Breeding International (1998)

• Cargill (1998) (joint venture, feed and food.

• Nutrasweet Brand

AgrEvo (Aventis)

• Hoechst & Schering (1994)

• Hoechst and Rhone-Poulenc (1999) merge to create Aventis

• Plant Genetic Systems (1997)

• Plant Tec

• Nunhems, Vanderhave, Plant Genetic Systems, Pioneer Vegetable Genetics, Sunseeds (1997)

• Cargill US Seeds (1998)

Rhone-Poulenc (Aventis)

• Hoechst and Rhone-Poulenc (1999) merger to create Aventis

• Alliance with Limagrain, which owns Nickersons, Vilmorin, Ferry Morse, and others

Novartis

• Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz merger (1996)

• Buys Merck pesticide business (1997)

• Merger brings together Northrup-King, S&G Seeds, Hilleshog, Ciba Seeds

• Rogers Seed Co.

• Gerber Foods

Dow Chemicals

• Dow purchases Eli Lilly's 40% share of DowElanco (1997)

• Mycogen (1996)

• Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

• Mycogen buys Agrigenetics (1992)

• United Agriseeds becomes