ST. LOUIS, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Monsanto Company's (NYSE: MON) Pierre Courduroux, senior vice president and chief financial officer, will address investors at next week's Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2011 Industrials Conference.

Courduroux will speak at 10:45 a.m. central time on Wednesday, Dec. 7. He will discuss the company's business performance and operational path, financial targets and other matters related to the business.

Slides and a simultaneous audio webcast will be available for the presentation by visiting the investor section of Monsanto's web site at www.monsanto.com/investors. Following the live broadcast, a replay of the webcast will be available on the Monsanto web site for three weeks.

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