Monsanto Company - MON- Profile

Monsanto Company. The Group's principal activities are to provide agricultural products to farmers. The Group operates in two segments: Seeds and Genomics and Agricultural Productivity. The Seeds and Genomics segment consists of the global seeds and related traits businesses and genetic technology platforms. The Agricultural Productivity segment consists of the crop protection products, animal agriculture and lawn-and-garden herbicide products. The Group also provides lawn-and-garden herbicide products for the residential market and animal agricultural products focused on improving dairy cow productivity and swine genetics.The Group operates in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific and Canada. Seeds and Genomics accounted for 55% of fiscal 2006 revenues and Agricultural Productivity, 45%