Monsanto Co. expects farmers to plant more of its genetically modified crops this year than last year, a company official said Tuesday. "I feel confident that in every core crop, a core crop being corn, soybeans and cotton, that we will plant more Monsanto biotech acres than we did in 2000. I believe we will be up in every one of those crops," said Brett Begemann, Monsanto's vice president of US branded products.