ST. LOUIS, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Monsanto Company today announced it will issue the company’s financial results for its fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2006 on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2006, prior to market open.
Monsanto will hold a conference call at 8 a.m. central time (9 a.m. eastern time) in conjunction with the announcement of its results. The call will focus on the company’s results in the fourth-quarter and fiscal-year 2006, as well as future expectations. The call may also include a discussion of Monsanto’s strategic initiatives, product performance and other matters related to the company’s business.
Presentation slides and a simultaneous audio webcast of the conference call may be accessed by visiting the company’s web site at http://www.monsanto.com and clicking on “Investor Information.” Visitors may need to download Windows Media Player(TM) prior to listening to the webcast. Following the live broadcast, a replay of the webcast will be available on the Monsanto web site for three weeks.
As part of the company’s fourth-quarter and fiscal-year announcement, Monsanto announced that it will also be publishing its year-end report on the company’s biotech trait acreage for fiscal year 2006. The company released a preliminary report on worldwide acres planted to its trait technologies as part of its third-quarter earnings announcement in June. A copy of the preliminary report is available on Monsanto’s web site at: http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto/layout/investor/company/crop.asp .
Monsanto Company is a leading global provider of technology-based solutions and agricultural products that improve farm productivity and food quality. For more information on Monsanto, see: http://www.monsanto.com .
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