Monsanto Co. said Thursday it will largely drop its bid to grow some of its genetically modified crops in Europe.
The world’s largest seed-maker has nine pending applications with the European Commission, the executive body for the European Union. A spokesman said the company plans to withdraw eight of those applications.
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