Monsanto Company, together with its subsidiaries, provides agricultural products for farmers worldwide. It operates in two segments, Seeds and Genomics, and Agricultural Productivity. The Seeds and Genomics segment produces row crop seeds, including corn, soybean, cotton, and canola seeds principally under the DEKALB, Channel, Asgrow, and Deltapine brands; and vegetable seeds consisting of tomato, pepper, melon, cucumber, pumpkin, squash, beans, broccoli, onions, and lettuce seeds under the Seminis and De Ruiter brands. This segment also develops biotechnology traits that assist farmers in controlling insects and weeds under the SmartStax, YieldGard, YieldGard VT Triple, VT Triple PRO, and VT Double PRO, as well as Bollgard and Bollgard II, Roundup Ready and Roundup Ready 2, and Genuity brands; and provides genetic material and biotechnology traits to other seed companies. The Agricultural Productivity segment manufactures herbicides for agricultural, industrial, ornamental, turf, and residential lawn and garden applications for weed control, as well as for control of preemergent annual grass and small seeded broadleaf weeds in corn and other crops under the Roundup and Harness brands. The company also licenses a range of germplasm and trait technologies to seed companies. Monsanto Company sells its products in approximately 150 countries through distributors, independent retailers and dealers, agricultural co-operatives, plant raisers, and agents, as well as directly to farmers. It primarily has operations in the United States, Europe, Africa, Brazil, the Asia-Pacific, Argentina, Canada, and Mexico. The company was formerly known as Monsanto Ag Company and changed its name to Monsanto Company in March 2000. Monsanto Company was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

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