Monsanto Sees Record Sales in Fiscal Year 2007; Seeds and Traits Business Contributes to Strong Fourth Quarter and Year-E...( ST. LOUIS Oct. 10 /- ...)

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

Fourth Fourth Fiscal Fiscal

($ in millions) Quarter Quarter Year Year

2007 2006 2007 2006

Net Sales by Segment

Corn seed and traits $364 $212 $2,807 $1,793

Soybean seed and traits 33 27 901 960

Cotton seed and traits 58 52 319 376

Vegetable and fruit seed 168 155 612 569

All other crops seeds and traits 119 85 325 280

TOTAL Seeds and Genomics $742 $531 $4,964 $3,978

Roundup and other glyphosate-based

herbicides $632 $632 $2,568 $2,262

All other agricultural productivity

products 199 227 1,031 1,054

TOTAL Agricultural Productivity $831 $859 $3,599 $3,316

TOTAL Net Sales $1,573 $1,390 $8,563 $7,294

Gross Profit $653 $480 $4,286 $3,519

Operating Expenses $1,008 $662 $2,868 $2,348

Interest Expense - Net $10 $16 $17 $79

Other Expense (Income) - Net $33 $(2) $65 $43

Net (Loss) Income $(210) $(144) $993 $689

Diluted (Loss) Earnings per Share

(See note 1.) $(0.39) $(0.27) $1.79 $1.25

Items Affecting Comparability - EPS

Impact

Loss (Income) on Discontinued

Operations $(0.13) $0.01 $(0.13)

Delta and Pine Land In-Process R&D

Expense $0.34 $0.34

Tax Charge on Repat
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