ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 12, 2007 - Dry weather and insect pressure can severely stress corn plants, undermining plant health and reducing yield potential. A series of 22 stress mitigation plots being monitored across the Corn Belt this season by Monsanto are illustrating those effects.

At these locations, a 40-by-66-foot tent has been erected over 24 rows of corn to prevent the plants from receiving rain. The tents have a clear vinyl top so the plants can receive sunlight.

The stress-mitigation test plots are being monitored this season at research facilities in Nebraska, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, Colorado, Texas, South Dakota and Ohio.

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Stacked product combines Dow AgroSciences’ and Monsanto’s insect-protection and weed control trait technologies; product set to deliver greater performance, value and options for farmers

INDIANAPOLIS and ST. LOUIS (Sept. 14, 2007) – Monsanto (NYSE: MON) and Dow AgroSciences LLC, a subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), have reached a cross-licensing agreement aimed at launching SmartStax™, the industry’s first-ever eight-gene stacked combination in corn. The agreement is expected to create a new competitive standard for stacked-trait offerings and present an expanded growth opportunity for both companies’ seed brands and traits businesses by the end of the decade.

“By bringing together the two companies that have developed and commercialized the trait technologies widely used in agriculture today, we can provide farmers an ‘all-in-one’ answer to demands for comprehensive yield protection from weed and insect threats,” said Carl Casale, executive vice president of strategy and operations for Monsanto. “Farmers will have more product choices to optimize performance and protection, and that translates into a higher-yielding opportunity and a new growth proposition for their businesses and ours.”

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