Monsanto has generally deployed its phalanx of lobbyists on three fronts: shaping regulations that apply to its genetically modified crops; prying open European and other foreign markets for genetically modified foods; and winning legislative battles to tailor the federal agriculture budget critical to its business.</p><p><a href="http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/nation/story/11DD9EA02CA2A2258625707900045E3F?OpenDocument&highlight=2%2C%22monsanto%22">Saint Louis Post:Monsanto lobbies to keep the status quo for gene-altered crops</a>