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Jim Borel's Growth Strategy in Agriculture

Jim Borel is the Executive Vice President of Agriculture & Nutrition at Monsanto. The division aims to grow the world's food supply through innovative products and services. In 2009, it generated $8.3 billion in sales across seeds, crop protection products, and food ingredients. Key growth opportunities include new seeds, crop protection products, and nutrition products. The division plans to increase sales and profit margins through 2015.

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Jim Borel's Growth Strategy in Agriculture

Jim Borel is the Executive Vice President of Agriculture & Nutrition at Monsanto. The division aims to grow the world's food supply through innovative products and services. In 2009, it generated $8.3 billion in sales across seeds, crop protection products, and food ingredients. Key growth opportunities include new seeds, crop protection products, and nutrition products. The division plans to increase sales and profit margins through 2015.

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Jim Borel

Agriculture & Nutrition Executive Vice President


Agriculture & Nutrition Mission

To grow aggressively through


innovative products and services
that help the world increase the
quantity,
tit quality,
lit safety
f t andd
sustainability of our food supply

2
Agriculture & Nutrition
Business Overview

2009 Product Sales* of $8


$8.3B
3B

F d IIngredients
Food di 115%
%

Crop Protection
C P t ti
Products 29%

Seed 56%

3 * Segment sales include transfers.


Agriculture & Nutrition
Key Messages

Innovation driven by megatrends


Seed – Stream of innovation increasing and protecting yields globally
Crop Protection – novel pipeline delivering quality, availability, safety and sustainability
Nutrition & Health - new products addressing need for health and wellness

Resourced to grow
Biotechnology and breeding expansion
Right
g Product Right
g Acre capabilities
p and gglobal infrastructure
Pipeline commercializations

Margin expansion
Mix enrichment in Crop Protection and Nutrition & Health
Disciplined productivity in low margin products
Innovating end-to-end capabilities to further distance ourselves from competitors
P d ti productivity
Production d ti it

4
Agriculture & Nutrition
Key Growth Opportunities Sales and Margin Outlook
North America corn seed
North America soybean seed and other crops $13.3-14.6
International seed
Crop protection products pipeline
Food & nutrition products $9 0
$9.0
$8.0 $
$8.3

PTOI Margin Expansion $6.8

Margin target 19-21%


19 21% 19-21%
Gross margin expansion 14% 15% 15%
13%
G&A leverage
Continued Investments:
Selling expense constant % of sales
Increase rate of R&D investment 2007 2008 2009 2010E 2015E

2015 margins 19-21%; sales growth 8-10% CAGR (2010-2015E)


* Segment sales include transfers.
5 * * Excludes significant items. Refer to company website for detailed reconciliations of non-GAAP measures.
Agriculture & Nutrition
2010 Delivered Growth. 2011 Plan for Growth.

Sales Growth 2011 Sales Drivers


Seed Crop Protection Nutrition & Health
NA seedd volume
l & price
i gains
i
$B
10
International seed volume & price gains
9
8
Crop Protection new product gains
7
6
Nutrition & Health specialty volume gains
5
4 Volatility in commodities and visibility to
3 southern hemisphere summer acreage

2 Crop Protection 2010 portfolio change


1
0 Eastern
E t European
E seedd market
k t lag
l
in reaction to global markets
2007 2008 2009 2010E
6
Agriculture & Nutrition
Key Growth Opportunities Sales and Margin Outlook
North America corn seed
North America soybean seed and other crops $13.3-14.6
International seed
Crop protection products pipeline
Food & nutrition products $9 0
$9.0
$8.0 $
$8.3

PTOI Margin Expansion $6.8

Margin target 19-21%


19 21% 19-21%
Gross margin expansion 14% 15% 15%
13%
G&A leverage
Continued Investments:
Selling expense constant % of sales
Increase rate of R&D investment 2007 2008 2009 2010E 2015E

2015 margins 19-21%; sales growth 8-10% CAGR (2010-2015E)


* Segment sales include transfers.
28 * * Excludes significant items. Refer to company website for detailed reconciliations of non-GAAP measures.
Agriculture & Nutrition
Key Growth Opportunities Sales and Margin Outlook
North America corn seed
North America soybean seed and other crops $13.3-14.6
International seed
Crop protection products pipeline
Food & nutrition products $9 0
$9.0
$8.0 $
$8.3

PTOI Margin Expansion $6.8

Margin target 19-21%


19 21% 19-21%
Gross margin expansion 14% 15% 15%
13%
G&A leverage
Continued Investments:
Selling expense constant % of sales
Increase rate of R&D investment 2007 2008 2009 2010E 2015E

2015 margins 19-21%; sales growth 8-10% CAGR (2010-2015E)


* Segment sales include transfers.
28 * * Excludes significant items. Refer to company website for detailed reconciliations of non-GAAP measures.

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