Schmeiser, a farmer, never purchased or obtained licence to plant Roundup resistant canola.

In Monsanto Canada Inc. v. Schmeiser, Monsanto patented a glyphosate resistant gene and cell, creating canola plants that were resistant to the herbicide Roundup.

He found that he had some Roundup resistant canola on his land, saved seed from the crop and planted it in all of his canola fields the following year.

PRINCETON The Initiative on Global Markets, based at the University of Chicago, periodically surveys a group of leading academic economists, of varying political persuasions, on the issues of the day. Its latest roundup asked whether President Barack Obama s stimulus plan helped to reduce unemployment in the United States.

When will these vital, eclectic, and prosperous (or potentially prosperous) countries stop their ravenous infighting and start nurturing, protecting, and sustaining their people? While there have been many prescriptions, I will provide my own 2012 Middle East roundup, with a look toward what must happen in 2013 if we want it to bring fewer losses.