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DewDiligence

11/17/15 6:04 PM

#11414 RE: DewDiligence #11409

Factoid from MON Investor Day: China consumes 2/3 of the world’s soybean production.
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DewDiligence

11/18/15 11:13 AM

#11425 RE: DewDiligence #11409

MON has a phase-1 program to kill Varroa mites—the main cause of bee-colony collapse (slides 36-37):

http://www.monsanto.com/investors/Documents/2015/2015-11-17_BIE/RD-Update-Fraley_2015.11.18.pdf
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DewDiligence

11/18/15 11:21 AM

#11426 RE: DewDiligence #11409

MON Investor Day Q&A: How do you convince public that GMOs are safe when 25% of public thinks Moon Landing was faked?
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DewDiligence

11/21/15 6:07 PM

#11467 RE: DewDiligence #11409

(MON/DD)—Crop-export taxes in Argentina likely to end:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-19/monsanto-eyes-opportunity-in-argentina-ahead-of-election-runoff

Monsanto Co. executives said they’re hopeful that Sunday’s presidential election vote in Argentina will lead to an overhaul of agricultural policies that have been blamed for a slump in production and exports from one of the biggest producers of corn and soybeans.

Mauricio Macri, the opposition candidate and the frontrunner in voter surveys, has pledged for months to end export taxes of 23% on corn and 35% on soybeans. His rival in the runoff, Daniel Scioli…said in October he’ll do the same.

Such a change would almost certainly be welcomed by most if not all the farmers who have protested for years over the taxes, hoarding production rather than pay up.

Argentina ranks #3 worldwide in soybean production (behind US and Brazil) and #4 worldwide in corn production. MON derives approximately 6% of its global sales from Argentina.