Monsantos Argentine unit planned to charge $15 per ton on shipments of Roundup Ready soy from Argentina in countries where its seeds are patented. Argentinian farmers will travel to Europe to prevent the agricultural giant from using European courts to break Argentine laws. They plan to tell the European Patent Office that because Monsanto doesn't have a patent on Roundup Ready soy in Argentina, it should not be able to collect royalties on soy imported into Europe from Argentina.</p><p><a href="http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2005/03/28/daily46.html">St. Louis Business Journal: Argentine farmers head to Europe in Monsanto fight</a>