Monsanto watch: March 2

Environment 1, Monsanto 1: Biowatch, a South African watchdog group, wins access to information about the company's GMO experiments, but is ordered to pay the giant's legal fees as a result. The group calls the ruling "chilling," and fears it may stymie other groups looking at legal action to acquire environmental information.

Seed eater: Monsanto grabs a third seed maker in as many months to expand its growing regional seed business. NC+ Hybrids was sold for $40 million, and controls about 1 percent of the U.S. corn seed market. Monsanto acquired Emergent, a cotton seed maker, in February, and Seminis, a company that owns more than 20 percent of the global seed market, in January.