from digital journal: Monsanto is under the gun on a number of different issues, and the company has no magic elixir or engineered fix to halt the corporation’s plummet from its recent position as Forbe’s Company of the Year. Major cracks have formed in the Monsanto facade this past year. Dropping fortunes appear to be the result of a combination of factors, including ‘super weeds,’ the high cost of Monsanto seeds and inputs and competition on the herbicide front from China. Could Monsanto could be in a dive so precipitous it won’t be able to recover?