1. ICABR Conference Kelly Fleming 20 June, 2013
Monsanto is 100% focused on agriculture—just like our farmer customers.
Our corporate mission is to work with farmers to Produce More, Conserve More and Improve Lives.
I am encouraged that we are here today at this conference discussing biologicals.
Biologicals are a natural tool that will help farmers be successful. Monsanto is focused on making this potential a reality.
Kelly Fleming
20 June, 2013

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3. It All Adds up to a Doubling in Global Grain Demand
By 2030…
Global Grain Demand (M MT)
+102%
+40%
+76%
+28%
+125%
30%
MEAT CONSUMPTION
1.4 B PEOPLE
2X Global GDP
Monsanto and our farmer customers share a need to meet the growing demand for food in a sustainable way.
The facts are clear—Global Grain Demand is estimated to double by 2030 and this will have to be produced on essentially the same agricultural footprint.
So the challenge focuses our efforts—increase yield on that footprint.
“Today” is 2010 levels
By 2030, an additional 1.4 B people are expected to join us. That’s like adding another China to the world today. (China’s 2010 population is ~1.33B)
Global GDP is predicted to nearly double between 2010 and 2030, meaning that people have more money to buy goods and improve their diets.
And global meat consumption is expected to increase by 30% between 2010 and 2030
All of these factors put increased pressure on farmers to increase crop production. Global crop demand is projected to roughly double by 2030 from a 2000 base.
TODAY
Source: IHS Global Insights, Agriculture Division

4. Genes, Germplasm, Chemistries
Our R&D Engine is Evolving to Deliver Tomorrow’s Products as Systems Applied On-Farm
Product concepts based on farmers’ needs 1
Integrated it Platform & Enabling Technologies
Biotechnology
Breeding
Agronomic Solutions
Genes, Germplasm, Chemistries
R&D Engine 2 3
Products
Diseases, Pests, and Weeds
Crop Residues
Seed Selection
Plant Population
Nutrients
How can we help meet the need for increased yield?
The answer to that question starts with our farmer customer. And that’s the first place we look. What are they telling us that they need to more successful and meet the need for increased yield?
With that information, we look to our R&D engine to determine the best way to address that need. Our approach has included plant breeding, biotechnology, chemistry and other agronomic solutions.
Finally, we deliver a product. Or more likely a system of products and services that can assist the farmer in achieving the target yield on their land.
This includes products that allow them to manage pests better or improve their opportunity for yield and profitability.
Seed + crop management 4

5. Biologicals Complement our Systems Approach to Increasing Yield Reducing Agricultural Inputs with More Sustainable Solutions 1
Emerging Trends
Green / Sustainable
Healthier Dietary Habits
Regulatory Pressure on Some Chemistry
Breeding
Biotechnology
Biologicals
Chemistry
Agronomics
Monsanto R&D approaches have included:
Plant breeding
Biotechnology
Chemistry
Agronomic solutions and recommendations
Now we’re adding biologicals as a key part of our systems approach to increasing yield. That’s what is new.
Biologicals are complementary to our current R&D efforts.
Highest yielding
genetics for target
environment
Complementary agronomic and yield enhancing traits
Plant Health
Extended Disease Protection
Mid Season Insect control
Bio-Nutrients
Traits & Germplasm provide platform for Ag chemistry Products
Farm management practices and optimizing genetic placement on the farm 5

6. What are Biologicals? Definition Key Segments Driven By
Foliar or seed treatment products which are:
Based on or containing a living organism
May be used to complement or replace Ag chemistry products
May have a shorter, cheaper regulatory cycle than Ag chem products
Key Segments
Foliar or seed treatment products which are:
Microbials
Pesticides
Plant Health/Inoculants
BioDirect™ Technology— RNA
Plant Growth Regulators
Pheromones
Beneficial Insects
Driven By
Sustainable/ Green Trends 1
Healthier Dietary Habits
Biologicals are not a new market area
Biologicals are:
Foliar are seed treatments
Based on or contain a living organism
Complementary or replace existing ag chem products
May have reduced regulatory requirements in some parts of the world, which could result in shorter development timeines
5 main areas: Plant growth regulators, pheromones, beneficial insects, microbials and RNAi—which we call BioDirect technology.
The growing interest in biological solutions is driven by both global macrotrends and by scientific advances. 2
Scientific Advances
Improved Plant Testing 3 6 6

7. 15% of Biologicals Focused on Row Crops
Global Ag Biologicals Industry Primarily Supports Fruit and Vegetable Crops
15% of Biologicals Focused on Row Crops
Row Crops >
Trees, Vines, Orchard, Fruits
>
Vegetables >
Looking at the history of biologicals in the market, you can see that they have been primarily focused (~85%) on fruits and vegetables.
Row crops have not been a major focus.
Which leads to the question: What has prevented the success of biologicals in row crops so far?
It seems to be the lack of consistency and predictable performance of many of the products that have been introduced.
That creates a big opportunity for growth for anyone investing in biologicals—to create products that fit a large-acre row crop production systems and offer reliable performance. 7

8. Biologicals Research Focus
For Monsanto, Biologicals = BioDirect™ Technology+ Microbials
Biologicals Research Focus + ™
Microbials
TECHNOLOGY
Weed Management
Insect Management
Virus
Control
Bee
Health
Pest Control
Plant Vigor & Yield
Disease Control
Monsanto’s biological focus in on both our BioDirect platform and on microbials. I’ll be describing more about each of them.
Both BioDirect and microbial technology have the potential to create products that are foliar sprays or seed treatments.
And both technologies could offer products that align with Monsanto’s Integrated Farming Systems (IFS) approach. IFS is a services platform being developed that uses data to make precise field by field recommendations for growers to increase yield.
BioDirect technology Research & Development is focused in four areas
Weed management
Insect managment
Virus control
And bee health
Microbials technology R&D is focused on :
Pest control
Plant yield & vigor
Disease control
This is very early days for both technologies. These opportunities are in discovery or pre-discovery phase.
Seed Treatment
Foliar
Applications
IFS
Delivery Methods

9. Evolution: AG Platforms Driving Yield
New BioDirect™ Technology is Next Step in Evolution of Technologies for Solving Farmers’ Challenges
Evolution: AG Platforms Driving Yield
Next Inflection Point
NEXT INFLECTION POINT
AG Biologicals
Monsanto’s leading genomics and agronomics systems capability are key catalysts: data and insight enables multiple, complementary R&D platforms
NEW
NEW
Integrated Farming Systems℠ (IFS)
Genomics
Advanced Breeding
AG Biotechnology
Synthetic Agricultural Chemicals
Our first area of focus within biologicals is BioDirect technology
We focused here first because—like molecular breeding and biotechnology—BioDirect is powered by genomics.
Monsanto has made a significant investment in genomics technology—both sequencing and bioinformatics. These same enabling technologies are key to BioDirect.
Using our understanding of plant and pest genomes, we can use BioDirect to precisely and effectively target specific pests with a biological—a naturally derived solutions. A successful product discovered with BioDirect technology would be:
Targeted & specific
Efficacious
Able to rapidly breakdown in nature after use
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
BioDirectTM Monsanto’s Biological Ag Solutions Technology
Creating potential breakthrough AG biological products with BioDirectTM technology

10. BioDirect ™ is Based on New Applications of RNAi Technology
DNA
Gene
RNA
Protein Produced
“Transfers information from gene to construct a protein”
When cells make RNAi it specifically targets an RNA
RNA broken up
Protein
Protein not produced X
“Trigger”
RNAi is A Natural Mechanism to Control the Expression of a Gene
BioDirect is based on a natural process called RNAi
Many of you have heard of RNAi, so I apologize for reviewing it again
But for those of you hearing it for the first time, I want to offer a very simple explanation.
DNA is the genetic code of all living things
DNA code for RNA
RNA are instructions for a organism’s cells—telling it what to do. For example, perhaps telling it to make a specific protein.
Those instructions can be interrupted—and that’s the process of RNAi.
In the case of BioDirect, it would be interrupted by using a biological that contains an RNA trigger—meaning a very small sequence of RNA that matches up very specifically with the set of instructions the RNA is giving to the cells
So if the organism is a pest, and if the RNA sequence is coding for production of a protein vital for that pest’s survival, a biological using RNAi could disrupt that protein production and kill the pest.
BioDirect is not GMO. It could be foliar or seed treatment.

11. Early Testing Indicates BioDirect™ Technology Has Potential To Be Step Change In Weed Control
BioDirectTM Technology Glyphosate-Resistant Weed Control Targets Resistant Weeds
Glyphosate-Resistant (GR) Palmer Pigweed Control Field Trials
Tunica, Mississippi – 2012
Glyphosate-Resistant Waterhemp
Lab Trials – 2012
GR Palmer pigweed sprayed with glyphosate alone
I mentioned 4 focus areas for BioDirect. I’d like to tell you a little bit about each one and show you some preliminary results where we have them.
The first area is weed control. This is one of the platforms we’re working on, and our work validates that we can use biologicals with existing herbicides to create new value by controlling weeds better.
One of the ways we can do that is to target the “resistance mechanisms” in resistant weeds to overcome them and enable herbicides to regain their commercial efficacy.
The example shown here how this has worked with 2 glyphosate resistant weeds. On the left,you see a field example with glyphosate-resistant palmer pigweed. In the very left-most photo, a field with the weed is sprayed with glyphosate—these are very resistant weeds and very little control is achieved. The photo just to the right of that has been sprayed with a combination or glyphosate and a biological produced via BioDirect technology that allow glyphosate to overcome the resistance mechanism in the plant.
In the 2 photos on the right, you see a similar example with another weed—glyphosate resistant waterhemp. This is a greenhouse experiment that shows a similar effect.
Although I’m showing photos involving experiments with glyphosate resistant weeds, we’ve repeated this work to show the same effect in number of different herbicide classes, including ALS, HPPD and PPO chemistries.
GR Palmer pigweed sprayed with BioDirect™ Technology + glyphosate
Untreated Check
Glyphosate Only
Glyphosate + BioDirectTM Technology
Non-transgenic weed control topical technology designed to complement glyphosate chemistry to target glyphosate-resistant weeds and provide broader spectrum of control
Complementary to Monsanto’s other weed control platforms

12. Initial Testing Indicates BioDirect™ Technology Could Provide Significant New Source of Protection Against Insect Pests
BioDirectTM Insect Control Technology
Colorado Potato Beetle Lab Trials*
Monsanto Research – 2012
Mexican Bean Beetle Lab Trials*
Lab Trials – 2012
Untreated plants
A similar results can be achieved for control of insects
Here I’m showing 2 examples of a biological produced using BioDirect technology that acts as an insecticide—this is not in combination with current chemical insecticides
On the left is an example with a coleopteran pest called Colorado potato beetle. You can see the untreated plants in the far left photo—or what’s left of them. They’ve been completely defoliated by the pest. Just to the right of that are plants where a biological has been applied and good control is achieved.
The example on the right is similar, though not as dramatic, and uses Mexican bean beetle.
Both of these are greenhouse experiments.
Plants protected with BioDirect™ Technology
Untreated plants
Plants protected with BioDirect™ Technology
Non-transgenic insect control topical technology designed as a new source to control insects for potential opportunity across a spectrum of crops
Leverages Monsanto’s core capability in genomics, using genome sequences to identify more precise, effective tools for pest control
* Photo of plants depict plants grown and treated in lab environment

13. Initial Testing Indicates BioDirect™ Technology Could Reduce The Symptoms Of Viruses
BioDirectTM Virus Control Technology
Virus Control in Pepper Lab Trials*
Monsanto Research – 2012
Virus Control in Tomato Lab Trials*
Lab Trials – 2012
Untreated plants
Plants protected with BioDirect™ Technology
Untreated plants
Plants protected with BioDirect™ Technology
Our 3rd area of focus is virus control
This is a very exciting area as farmers often don’t have any tools or options that offers efficacious control of viruses.
And we can’t even be sure of the total damage being done by viruses and the yield losses that could be mitigated—it could be quite impressive.
I’m showing 2 examples of virus control in this slide. On the left are photos of pepper plants. The far left photo is the untreated control and the photo just to the right of that shows pepper plants that have been treated with a biological produced with BioDirect technology. The plant height and health difference is quite noticeable.
The 2 photos on the right are a similar set up, this time with tomato plants and again, we’re seeing an impressive effect in these greenhouse experiments.
Non-transgenic virus control topical technology designed as a new tool to potentially reduce the impacts of viruses
Leverages Monsanto’s core capability in genomics, using genome sequences to identify more precise, effective tools for virus control
* Photo of plants depict plants grown and treated in lab environment

14. Bee Health Focus Varroa Genomics, Viral Sequencing
BioDirect Technology
Proof of Concept
Field Testing Analytics
Varroa Delivery Methods
Establish complete and annotated genomics database of phoretic and brood mites
Viral sequencing used to select targets
Substantial and reproducible Varroa gene silencing by feeding
Analytical methods Virus and Varroa field data assessment developed, field trial completed
Delivery to Varroa by feeding bees shown
Formulations and application methods are being developed
Field study with Dr. Jamie Ellis (UF) initiated
Our 4th area of focus is Bee Health.
As part of our commitment to sustainable agriculture, Monsanto acquired an Israeli company, Beeologics, in 2010.
Beeologics already had an active research program in bee health using RNAi technology.
Our current R&D work is pursuing:
Sequencing of the genome of key bee pests—the varroa mite and several important virused
Demonstrating the successful use of BioDirect technology on these key bee pests
Improving analytical methods so that we can better measure the impact of any new discoveries
Finding ways to adequately deliver a biological to these key pests

15. BioDirect™ Technology
Monsanto is investing in a new R&D platform called Agricultural Biologicals.
BioDirect ™ is the first AG biological technology we have in discovery.
BioDirect™ technology uses molecules found in nature and are selected to be effective and specific for their intended target.
BioDirect™ technology is expected to further support farmer and consumer demand for sustainable agricultural practices.
So in summary on BioDirect technology—these are very early days and we’re just beginning to explore the technology.
We’re excited because we believe this technology will expand farmer choices.
We’re just beginning to explore this technology, but believe potential pest control products (weed, insect, and virus) will expand farmers’ choices.

16. Microbials Offer Additional Biological Solutions for Agriculture
Microbial Products Are Emerging in Row Crops
New Technologies Are Enabling Discoveries to Expand Agricultural Impact of Microbial Biologicals
Genomic analysis of microbe-plant communities
Enhanced screening and analytics to discover high performance microbial agents
High-resolution Field Testing
Monsanto recently added a research focus—Microbials
Microbials are naturally occurring microorganisms—many come from soil
They can 1. Protect plants and 2. Stimulate growth
Potential R&D work could include:
Genomic analysis of microbe-plant communities
Enhanced screening & analytics to find high performance microbials
High-resolution field testing
Monsanto acquired a California-based company called Agradis this year as a step in building out our discovery capabilities in this area.
Status: Building increased microbial field testing capacity for potential in-licensing opportunities and internal discovery research via Agradis acquisition

17. Thank you Biologicals ---What is all the fuss about?
I think it is about an opportunity to provide a new tool to growers in the quest to help them meet global food demand and do it sustainably.
It’s EARLY
It’s EXCITING
It’s ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE
Thank you.