Officials of the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture have controlled 115 000 hectares of cotton plantations in 6 states and 16 municipalities in Brazil and found illegal GM-seeds in 14% of them, usually Monsanto varieties. A federal order to destroy the illegal GM cotton planting is being fought by Monsanto and its allies. 225 mio US $ are claimed to be at stake. The company had introduced GM soybean end of the 90ies in the same illegal manner. Despite the fact that GM cotton is illegal in Brazil Monsanto even signed an agreement with the cotton producers association on GM cotton royalties.</p><p><a href="http://www.monsantowatch.org/moduleinterface.php?module=News&id=cntnt01&cntnt01action=detail&cntnt01articleid=73&cntnt01returnid=7 ">Monsantowatch: Destruction of the illegal transgenic cotton fields divides the sector</a>