ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 19, 2007 - Monsanto will deploy two first-of-their kind Crop Analytics Mobile Labs (CAML’s) this harvest season to measure the linolenic acid content of Vistive˙ soybeans delivered to processing facilities.

Vistive low-linolenic soybeans typically contain up to 3 percent linolenic acid as an oil component, compared with 8 percent for conventional soybeans. This low-linolenic alternative enables food processors to use Vistive oil to reduce the need for hydrogenation, which creates trans fats in processed soybean oil.

Conventional testing of soybean oil composition typically involves the use of a near infrared grain analyzer. Though near infrared analysis is very effective for this purpose, some delivered grain samples require additional confirmation from a primary gold standard method, such as Gas Chromatography (GC). A traditional GC method typically takes two to eight hours to analyze a sample.

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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (September 19, 2007) — Beck’s Hybrids, a leading corn seed company in Indiana, is teaming up with Bayer CropScience to offer growers an opportunity to earn up to $6.25 back per acre when they apply Liberty® herbicide to their Beck’s stand alone LibertyLink™ hybrids and Herculex® hybrids.

The Liberty/LibertyLink system is the only non-selective alternative to the Roundup Ready® system and offers growers similar convenience, ease and cost effectiveness. Liberty herbicide has a unique mode of action, and there is no documented weed resistance worldwide.

The 32 oz/acre rate of Liberty controls up to 120 tough grasses and broadleaf weeds ­— that includes glyphosate-resistant and tolerant weeds and even Roundup Ready volunteers. Liberty is a non-selective herbicide that is effective on tough-to-control weeds such as woolly cupgrass, waterhemp, cocklebur, lambsquarter, foxtail, velvetleaf and many others.

The Liberty Greenback Offer gives growers who use Liberty herbicide on stand alone LibertyLink hybrids and Herculex hybrids from Beck’s, up to $6.25 back per acre.

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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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