American Cyanamid Company, a subsidiary of American Home Products Corporation, and Monsanto Company announced today a multi-year supply agreement that will allow Cyanamid to purchase glyphosate herbicide from Monsanto for use in Cyanamid premixes in the United States.

The licensing agreement also allows for certain Cyanamid-branded glyphosate products to be sold for use over the top of Roundup Ready soybeans, beginning with the 2000 season. Once registered, these Cyanamid brands will be included in Monsanto's technology use guide.
Monsanto's Roundup and Roundup Ultra herbicides, which include the active ingredient glyphosate, and Cyanamid's glyphosate pre-mix brand(s) will compete with each other in the agricultural marketplace.

American Cyanamid Company is a leading global developer and marketer of crop protection
products for agricultural, specialty and consumer markets. Cyanamid produces and markets
herbicides, insecticides and fungicides in the major agricultural regions of the world. It is a
subsidiary of American Home Products Corporation, which is one of the world's largest research-based pharmaceutical and health care product companies. AHP is a leader in the
discovery, development, manufacturing and marketing of prescription drugs and over-the-counter
medications. It is also a global leader in vaccines, biotechnology, agricultural products, and animal health care.

As a life science company, Monsanto is committed to finding solutions to the growing global needs for food and health by sharing common forms of science and technology among agriculture, nutrition and health. The company's 30,600 employee's worldwide make and market high-value agricultural products, pharmaceuticals and food ingredients.

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