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Marmot, S.A.

De Ruiter Seeds
2008 - $863 million Netherlands; vegetable seeds for greenhouses

Monsantos Acquisitions and Collaborations

20072008

2008 Leading provider of corn, sorghum, soy & forage seeds in Central America

Delta and Pine Land

2007 - $1.5 billion Worlds largest cotton seed company

Hubner Seeds Indiana - 2007

Lewis Hybrid Illinois - 2007

ICORN Indiana - 2007

REA Hybrids South Dakota

Moweaqua Seeds - Illinois

Corn Belt Hybrids - Ohio

Jung Seed Genetics Wisconsin - 2007

Agroeste Sementes (Brazil) 2007 - > $110 million

Supplies corn seed products for 10% of Brazils corn acres

2006 2005

Sieben Hybrids
Illinois

Diener Seeds
Indiana

Kruger Seed - Iowa

Trisler Seed Farms - Illinois

Campbell Seed - Indiana

Golden Country Seeds - Minnesota Stone Seeds

Illinois

Heritage Seeds Indiana

Landec Corp.: Fielders

Choice Direct & Heritage Hybrids - Indiana

NC+ Hybrids
Nebraska

Specialty Hybrids
East Corn Belt

Fontanelle Hybrids
Nebraska

Stewart Seeds
Indiana

Trelay Seeds
Wisconsin

Seminis
$1.4 b - Worlds largest fruit and vegetable seed co.

Emergent Genetics
$300 m 12% U.S. cotton seed (Stoneville) + 2 Indian cotton seed cos

Channel Bio Corp (Indiana)

2004
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American Seeds, Inc.

Monsanto subsidiary formed in Nov. 2004 to buy up regional seed firms. $350 million spent 2004-2006. Acquired 14 firms with > 6.5% U.S. corn and > 2.0% U.S. soy seed sales.

Crows Hybrid Corn Co

Asgrow
$240 m 4% U.S. corn seed market; soy

Midwest Seed Genetics

Wilson Seeds

Advanta Seeds Advanta & Interstate canola brands only

Limagrain 2001 Canada - canola Sensako

S. Africa - corn, sunflower

CDM Mandiyu 2001: Monsanto-DPL joint venture w/

Argentine seed firm CIAGRO on GM cotton

Cornworld Breeding Systems 2002:

Philippines Bt corn distribution agreement

1999 1998

Renessen LLC
Corn-soy joint venture w/ Cargill

National Seed Co. of Malawi Corn, sunflower Carnia

S. Africa Corn

DeKalb
$3.7 b 11% of U.S. corn seed market

Forage Genetics
Alfalfa Joint venture

First Line Seeds

Canada Soy

Cargill (intl)
$1.4 b Asia, Africa, Latin. Am. & Europe

Plant Breeding International Cambridge Ltd.

$525 m

Agroseed
Philippines

Mahyco
Indias largest seed co., Mon. acquired 26%; 50:50 joint venture Mahyco-Monsanto Biotech to sell GM cotton

Rallis
India Distribution agreement

E.I.D. Parry
India Joint venture cotton

1997

Asgrow
$240 m 4% U.S. corn seed market; soy

Holdens Foundation Seed

$1.2 b Holdens/Corn States Hybrid license seeds & traits to seed cos reaching 35% of corn seed market

Corn States Hybrid

Custom Farm Seed

Corn

Calgene
$322 m Cotton, canola, tomato

Sementes Agroceres
$150 m - Brazils biggest corn seed supplier, 30% of market

Stine Seed Soja

Cooperation treaty

Legend
Solid line boxes: acquisitions Dashed line boxes: collaborations Yellow: Latin American seed firms Purple: International/Europe Green: Africa; Red: Asia; Blue: U.S.

1996

Agracetus
$150 m - Cotton seed; patents on cotton, rice, soy, etc.

Agripro Seed Wheat Division

Agribiotech
Joint venture RR soy

Hybritech Europe
Wheat

Monsoy
One of Brazils largest soybean suppliers

Terrazawa
Large Brazilian soybean supplier

Monsanto by the Numbers:

Jacob Hartz Seed - 1983 FT Pesquisa e Sementes
1995 - Brazil Soybeans * Largest seed company in the world * $4.96 billion in 2007 seed sales (including Delta & Pine Land) * 22.6% of global proprietary seed market (2007)

Farmcraft
1965

Farmers Hybrid
1974

Os Gold
1983

Hybritech Seed International

1982

Stoneville Pedigreed - 1987 Desert Cotton R & D - 1988

Plant Genetics - 1989 Bioseeds International - 1990

Adapted from Appendix 6 of Freese (2007). Cotton Concentration Report: An Assessment of Monsantos Proposed Acquisition of Delta and Pine Land, International Center for Technology Assessment, Feb. 2007. http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/pubs/CFS-CTA%20MonsantoDPL%20Merger%20Report%20Public%20Release%20-%20Final%20_2_.pdf http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/pubs/CFS-CTA%20Monsanto-DPL%20Merger%20Report%20Public%20Release%20-%20Final%20_2_.pdf. Most sources for this table cited in the report. For De Ruiter Seeds, see: Monsanto to buy seed company, Christopher Leonard, AP, 3/31/08.