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Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON) significantly increased its spending on federal lobbying in the third quarter of 2013 as it sought to increase its influence on a variety of policy issues, including the so-called Monsanto Protection Act. The agricultural giant best known for producing genetically modified, or GMO, seeds spent more than $2.4 million on lobbying in the third quarter of 2013, up more than $1 million from the $1.4 million it spent in the second quarter, according to U.S. Senate lobbying records.