Senior executives at the two biggest seed companies in the world, Monsanto and Pioneer Hi-Bred met repeatedly in the mid- to late 1990`s and agreed to charge higher prices for genetically modified seeds, according to the New York Times. The NYT also reports that a federal judge now presiding over a price-fixing case involving the Monsanto Company did not disclose to the parties in the case that in 1997 and 1998 he was listed as a lawyer representing Monsanto in a case that covered some of the same issues.</p><p><a href="http://query.nytimes.com/mem/tnt.html?tntget=2004/01/06/business/06SEED.html&tntemail0">NYT: Questions Seen on Seed Prices Set in the 90`s</a>