. >>> and syngenta trades are lower today. the company reported full-year net profit of $1.8 billion. that was ahead of a reuters forecast. it expects another record sales year citing strong commodity prices. so what a disappointment. carolyn roth is in zurich. is this a question of you meeting expectations, or is something else going on with the stock price? >> yeah, certainly a number of factors. first of all, let me point out that this stock has had a really good run in 2012. up 33%. up roughly 8% since the beginning of the year. so maybe there's a little bit of profit-taking. it is very richly valued at this point. trading close to an all-time high. so that's why we're seeing a little pressure on shares this morning. secondly, numbers were okay. sales really just meeting expectations, up by 7% to $14.2 billion. margins maybe were a little bit of -- were a little light. but the question is, is the sweet spot situation for the company going to continue in 2013? is it going to be another record year? this is what the ceo told

conventional seed varieties as i said so farmers are really at the mercy of monsanto dupont and syngenta just a very few companies that have a stranglehold now on our season five horse the patent thieves also you know the farmers have to buy the has the sides. the roundup ready pesticides in order to counter you know have the seed grow to withstand these pesticides so it really is countering it's giving monsanto even more money in the long run so what is he suing for he's suing for the fact that his for this seed. protection is legacy of seeds and he's suing monsanto over that how did it get to the supreme court i mean where we talk about the process and how it got here i mean it's pretty monumental yes yes hughes case in hughes case he bought seeds from soybean elevator and he planted those seeds for a second crop planting and despite the fact that hugh bought the seeds from an elevator. he was sued for patent infringement and monsanto's theory is that whenever one of the seeds is planted even if it's a second generation see that was saved from a harvest right which farmers have done fo