Pulling Up Roots, Seed Corn Co. to Leave Kauai
Lost in the shuffle of agricultural giant Monsanto’s announcement last week that it is was the impact on a small seed corn operation on the smallest and quietest of the main Hawaiian Islands.
Pacific Business News — piggybacking on a piece from its sister publication in St. Louis, where 150 of those job losses are to occur — reported Wednesday that a Monsanto spokesman said the company will “exit” the Hanapepe, Kauai location, putting four .
Monsanto employs approximately 850 people total on Oahu, Maui and Molokai, according to PBN, a small fraction of more than 20,000 worldwide.
