Monsanto to sales and distribution facilities in 51 countries. In 2005, it finalized the purchase of Seminis Inc, a leading global vegetable and fruit seed company, for $1.4 billion. This made it the world's largest conventional seed company. In 1999 Monsanto sold off NutraSweet Co. In December of the same year, Monsanto agreed to merge with Pharmacia & Upjohn, in a deal valuing the transaction at $27 billion. The agricultural division became a wholly owned subsidiary of the "new" Pharmacia; Monsanto's medical research division, which included products such as Celebrex. In 2000: Pharmacia spun off its agro-biotech subsidiary into a new
G.D.R. Monsanto Division in 2008. The club was relegated back to the Third Division for the 2010–11 season, where it won the Series D league, and will compete in the Second Division again in 2011–12. Each season, the team competes in the Portuguese Cup. G.D.R. Monsanto play their home matches in Campo do Pião, Monsanto. The stadium's capacity is 1000. "As of 20 June 2011." G.D.R. Monsanto G.D.R. Monsanto is a Portuguese football club based in the village of Monsanto in the municipality of Idanha-a-Nova in east Portugal. They currently play in one of eight regional leagues in the Portuguese Third Division