Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON)

mookimd (70.75) Submitted: 5/27/2010 10:41:09 AM : Start Price: $45.92 MON Score: +83.71

-Strong global demand for agricultural commodities -South American division seeing especially high growth-MON like a technology stock driven by global growth and demographics-Rising food and protein consumption in the developing world create demand for higher yield-World's first and only drought-tolerant biotech corn; more drought-tolerant products on the way-Large investments in R&D have resulted in increase annual profits-Strong pipeline of innovative products-Higher yields and lower costs for farmers-Size on its side- world’s largest seed company-Diversified between herbicides (low-tech) and seeds/plant genomics (high-tech)