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Monsanto's glyphosate manufacturing facility nearly at full capacity following shutdown from Hurricane Katrina
St. Louis, Missouri
September 7, 2005

Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON) said today that the company's Luling, Louisiana, glyphosate manufacturing plant is nearly at full production capacity following a shutdown that began August 27 as Hurricane Katrina approached the Louisiana Gulf Coast. Glyphosate is the active ingredient in the Roundup family of herbicides.

"The Luling plant is back up and running just nine days after Katrina arrived," said Mark Leidy, Monsanto's executive vice president of manufacturing. "We owe this rapid restart to our suppliers and community leaders, and especially to the resiliency of the people at our Luling facility who worked tirelessly before and after Katrina hit. Such incredible teamwork and cooperation during an emotional time is crucial to our ability to continue supplying product to our customers, as well as beginning to restore the economic viability to the area."

The Luling plant is expected to be at full operational capacity by Thursday morning. Leidy said that Monsanto currently has sufficient finished goods inventory to stem the gap in production resulting from Hurricane Katrina, as inventory is maintained for unplanned outages to temporarily bridge such production gaps.

In addition, Monsanto expects that its ability to provide high-quality cotton seed to customers for the coming season will not be significantly affected by the aftermath of Katrina. "Our breeding and production locations experienced minimal damage from the storm, and this is not expected to significantly affect our overall cotton seed availability for the 2006 season," Leidy said.

Monsanto Company is a leading global provider of technology-based solutions and agricultural products that improve farm productivity and food quality.

NOTE TO EDITORS: Roundup is a registered trademarks of Monsanto Technology LLC.

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