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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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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Decatur, Ill., August 28, 2007 - Asgrow® has introduced its 2008 class of 16 new Elites(tm) products, all high-performing soybeans providing growers with excellent yield potential and consistent performance and plant health.

“In addition to great yield potential, Asgrow products are evaluated by our Genetic Purity Specialists,” explains Betsy Hill, U.S. Soybean Technical Manager at Monsanto. “These extra steps, taken by a team of Genetic purification specialists, allow us to provide soybean growers with ‘better beans’ that provide the genetic purity and consistency that deliver higher yield potential at harvest.”

“Asgrow has access to one of the world’s largest, most diverse germplasm pools,” says Tom Schaefer, U.S. Soybean Marketing Manager for Monsanto. “Asgrow genetic purification and breeding refinements are focused on plant health, disease resistance and yield characteristics resulting in more than 20 new products each year.”

This year’s Elites lineup includes six new Vistive(tm) low-linolenic varieties, which offer growers grain premiums where available, as well as the opportunity to meet the growing consumer demand for healthier diets.

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Decatur, Ill., August 28, 2007 - DEKALB® has introduced its 2008 class of 41 new YieldMaker(tm) products, all of which have been developed from a broad, industry-leading germplasm pool and tested under local growing conditions. The 2008 lineup includes products developed for improved weed control and season-long insect protection.

“Our new YieldMaker corn products contain exclusive genetics and a wide range of traits with greater standability, yield potential and drydown capabilities,” says Bob Starke, Ph.D, U.S. Corn Product Manager for Monsanto. “Our 2008 lineup is state of the art, and we have the numbers from extensive research and field trials to back up this claim.”

13,475 DEKALB and third-party in-field comparisons showed that DEKALB YieldMaker corn products outyielded competitive products by an average of 9.2 bushels per acre.2

These same field comparisons also showed that DEKALB YieldMaker corn products were on average 0.5 percent drier at harvest than competitive products. “Together, the yield and drydown advantages of DEKALB corn delivered an average profit advantage of $28.21 per acre compared with competitive products2,” Starke says.

Along with high-performing germplasm, YieldMaker corn products offer growers a wide selection of built-in traits, allowing growers to select the specific trait or trait combinations best suited for their field conditions and management practices. Such traits include Roundup Ready® 2

technology, YieldGard VT(tm), YieldGard® Corn Borer, YieldGard Rootworm and YieldGard Plus, which offers protection against corn rootworms, corn borers and secondary insect pests.

Nationally, five of the new 2008 DEKALB YieldMaker products include DKC50-44, DKC52-59, DKC61-19, DKS61-69 and DKC63-42. Here is a brief description of these products:

DKC50-44 - Excellent emergence, root and stalk strength, as well as drought tolerance and drydown. Offers Monsanto’s YieldGard VT Triple(tm) technology, which combines YieldGard VT second-generation rootworm control and Roundup Ready 2 technology with YieldGard Corn Borer. Maintains yield level across a wide range of growing conditions. Very good ear retention and test weight.

DKC52-59 - Excellent drydown and yield potential for a 102-day Relative Maturity product. Excellent root quality and very good stalks, along with very good drought tolerance. Features Monsanto’s YieldGard VT Triple technology. Very good emergence and seedling growth.

DKC61-19 - A 111-day Relative Maturity product. Offers excellent yield potential for the maturity. Offers a very good overall disease package, including good gray leaf spot tolerance. Very good emergence and seedling growth allow for early planting. Also offers YieldGard VT Triple technology.

DKC61-69 - Another 111-day Relative Maturity product. Offers YieldGard VT Triple technology and outstanding yield performance. Good overall disease package and very good test weight and grain appearance.

DKC63-42 - A 113-day Relative Maturity product. Features excellent emergence and early-season growth that fits early planting and reduced-tillage situations. Very good disease package, including gray leaf spot tolerance. Very good roots and stalks. Features YieldGard VT Triple technology.

DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 7, 2007 - Growers looking for more bushels per acre and more ethanol per bushel can select from 21 new Pioneer® brand High Total Fermentable (HTF) ethanol hybrids for 2008 planting.

Hybrids from Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, with above-average ethanol yield potential are designated as HTF ethanol hybrids. These hybrids deliver higher levels of fermentable starch, resulting in higher ethanol output. Currently, Pioneer has more than 180 HTF-designated hybrids available across a wide range of maturities.

“Research shows there can be up to 7 percent variation in ethanol yield potential among different hybrids,” says Russ Sanders, Pioneer end-use marketing director. “Pioneer research has shown that the HTF trait is a more accurate indicator of dry-grind ethanol production than total starch or extractable starch.”

The HTF designation is assigned to elite Pioneer hybrids based on data from more than 21,600 Pioneer plot samples over the past five years. More than 30 locations and 165 hybrids were sampled.

In addition, many Pioneer HTF ethanol hybrids contain the Herculex® I or Herculex XTRA insect protection traits which reduce insect damage to grain and prevent molds and mycotoxins. This helps maximize grain yields and ensures a more consistent supply of high-quality grain.

Dry-grind ethanol production

The Pioneer HTF hybrid screening program has shown that some hybrids are clearly superior in the amount of ethanol produced per bushel of grain. Pioneer is leading the industry in developing analytical tools for determining ethanol yield of grain, identifying hybrids with the highest ethanol potential and developing new hybrids with desirable grain traits for dry-grind ethanol production.

In the dry-grind ethanol industry, the cost of corn makes up more than 60 percent of the total production cost. It is essential, therefore, to get the most for every dollar spent purchasing corn.

“As the dry-grind industry grows, Pioneer will continue to provide growers and processors with the hybrids and information needed to maximize ethanol yields,” says Sanders.

For more information about Pioneer HTF hybrids suitable for your area, contact your local Pioneer sales representative.

Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, is the world’s leading source of customized solutions for farmers, livestock producers and grain and oilseed processors. With headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa, Pioneer provides access to advanced plant genetics in nearly 70 countries. DuPont is a science-based products and services company. Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere. Operating in more than 70 countries, DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets including agriculture and food; building and construction; communications; and transportation.

St. Louis, Mo., (July 25, 2007) – A new resource for farmers, farm dealers and consultants that provides detailed agronomic information related to corn and soybean production is now available free of charge via a series of publications and a special Web site offered by DEKALB® corn and Asgrow® soybeans.

Titled Growing Knowledge®, the resource offers written timely, technical information that farmers can use to help improve management systems, crop yield and profitability. Three different publications, a Growing Knowledge Newsletter, Agronomic ALERTS and Agronomic SPOTLIGHTS, present localized and regionalized information in varying degrees of urgency. All three publications can be accessed at www.monsantoperformance.com by selecting the page for your home area.

Published monthly, the Growing Knowledge newsletter addresses agronomic issues across a variety of cropping systems, with primary focus on corn and soybeans. The Growing Knowledge Agronomic SPOTLIGHT publications are used to convey important information between newsletter issues. The Growing Knowledge ALERTS are used to rapidly convey critical status information to farmers in any given target region.

“For example, an area hit by a hailstorm can expect a Growing Knowledge ALERT within a very short period of time to address the problem and provide tools to manage the problem,” says Tony White, Ph.D., Agronomic Information Manager for Monsanto Company. “Other ALERTS might address topics such as purple corn, environmental factors that must be managed or information on insect migrations and infestations.”

According to White, these Growing Knowledge resources are currently available to farmers in 10 Corn Belt states and the eastern half of Canada. The states include Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and the Texas Panhandle. For Asgrow and DEKALB customers in Quebec, all agronomic information is available in French. There are plans under way to expand the Growing Knowledge portfolio to 23 Corn Belt states and all of Canada in late 2007 with introduction of the concept into the southern and western states during 2008.

Anyone in these geographies interested in receiving the Growing Knowledge portfolio of publications can subscribe by going to any regional page on www.monsantoperformance.com and clicking the “Subscribe” button on the right of the page.

White also emphasizes that the Growing Knowledge resource consists of nuts-and-bolts agronomic information only and is free of any advertising, marketing or promotional information. Subscriber information will not be sold or used for purposes other than Growing Knowledge-related agronomic information, he says.