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Understanding Our Business
We Are an Agriculture Company
Monsanto is the world’s leading agriculture company focused on seeds and traits. We focus on the farm. We discover and deliver innovative products that support the farmers who feed, fuel and clothe our growing world. Farmers around the world use our products to address the challenges they face on the farm and to reduce agriculture’s impact on our environment. To support our farmer customers, we deliver our innovative products through two distinct business segments: Seeds and Genomics, and Agricultural Productivity. These segments serve as the foundation for our leading brands of seeds and traits, as well as our widely used agricultural herbicide products.
Seeds and Genomics
Our Seeds and Genomics segment consists of our seeds and traits business. We sell seed products through our leading brands like DEKALB, Asgrow, Deltapine and Seminis. We also sell trait technologies for weed control and insect protection. Our business broadly licenses our seed and trait technologies so farmers have access to our products in the brands they prefer.
Agricultural Productivity
Our Agricultural Productivity segment consists primarily of crop protection products, residential lawn-and-garden herbicide products, and our dairy business. Roundup agricultural herbicides are the flagship of Monsanto’s agricultural chemicals business, and Posilac is a proven tool for increasing dairy cow milk production and profitability. These products complement our seed business and play a vital role in improving productivity for farmers.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LEADERSHIP
Biotechnology Traits — Monsanto was one of the first companies to commercialize biotechnology traits in the mid-1990s.
Since then, Monsanto has continued its first-mover advantage. We were the first company to launch stacked traits and second-generation traits.
Breeding Better Seed — Monsanto combines its global library of seed germplasm with advanced breeding technology to develop and deliver higher-yielding seeds to farmers.
STRATEGIC PERFORMANCE
Channels to Market — Monsanto offers three commercial channels to market – national seed brands, regional seed brands, and a broad licensing business.
Commercial Complements — Roundup, the world’s best-selling herbicide brand, uniquely complements our seeds and traits platform.
Financial Performance — Our high-margin technology business generates sustainable free cash flow.
