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Monsanto Co. (MON)On Nov 27: 79.50  Down 1.37 (1.69%)  
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Monsanto Co.
800 North Lindbergh Boulevard
St Louis, MO 63167
United States - Map
Phone: 314-694-1000
Fax: 314-694-1057
Web Site: http://www.monsanto.com

DETAILS 
Index Membership:S&P 100
S&P 500
S&P 1500 Super Comp
Sector:Basic Materials
Industry:Agricultural Chemicals
Full Time Employees:22,900

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
Monsanto Company, together with its subsidiaries, provides agricultural products for farmers in the United States and internationally. It has two segments, Seeds and Genomics, and Agricultural Productivity. The Seeds and Genomics segment produces corn, soybeans, canola, and cotton seeds, as well as vegetable and fruit seeds, including tomato, pepper, eggplant, melon, cucumber, pumpkin, squash, beans, broccoli, onions, and lettuce. This segment also develops biotechnology traits that assist farmers in controlling insects and weeds, as well as provide genetic material and biotechnology traits to other seed companies. The Agricultural Productivity segment offers glyphosate-based herbicides for agricultural, industrial, ornamental, and turf applications; lawn-and-garden herbicides for residential lawn-and-garden applications; and other herbicides for control of preemergent annual grass and small seeded broadleaf weeds in corn and other crops. The company offers its traits products under Roundup Ready, Bollgard, Bollgard II, YieldGard, YieldGard VT, Roundup Ready 2 Yield, and SmartStax; row crop seeds under DEKALB, Asgrow, Deltapine, and Vistive; vegetable seeds under Seminis and De Ruiter; herbicides under Roundup; and corn and cotton under Harness brand names. It also licenses germplasm and trait technologies to seed companies. The company sells its products through distributors, retailers, dealers, agricultural co-operatives, plant raisers, and agents, as well as directly to farmers. Monsanto Company has a joint venture with Cargill, Inc. to commercialize a proprietary grain processing technology under the name Extrax. It also has a collaboration agreement with BASF in plant biotechnology that focuses on high-yielding crops and crops that are tolerant to adverse conditions. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Monsanto Co.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 6-Nov-09 is better than 72.5% of S&P 500 companies and 96.6% of Materials companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. Hugh Grant , 50
    Chairman, Chief Exec. Officer, Pres and Chairman of Exec. Committee
    $ 4.61M $ 50.67M
    Mr. Carl M. Casale , 48
    Chief Financial Officer and Exec. VP
    $ 1.30M $ 8.50M
    Dr. Robert T. Fraley Ph.D., 56
    Chief Technology Officer and Exec. VP
    $ 1.41M $ 9.04M
    Mr. Brett D. Begemann , 48
    Exec. VP of Seeds & Traits
    $ 1.25M $ 6.54M
    Mr. Terrell K. Crews , 54
    Special Assistant to Chief Exec. Officer
    $ 1.36M $ 9.33M
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-08 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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