0001110783-15-000176.txt : 20150924 0001110783-15-000176.hdr.sgml : 20150924 20150924161820 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001110783-15-000176 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150922 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150924 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150924 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MONSANTO CO /NEW/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001110783 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: AGRICULTURE CHEMICALS [2870] IRS NUMBER: 431878297 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 800 N LINDBERGH BLVD CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63167 BUSINESS PHONE: 3146941000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 800 NORTH LINDBERGH BLVD CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63167 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Verduin Patricia CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001290501 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-16167 FILM NUMBER: 151123263 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE CONAGRA DRIVE CITY: OMAHA STATE: NE ZIP: 68102 3 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0206 3 2015-09-22 0 0001110783 MONSANTO CO /NEW/ MON 0001290501 Verduin Patricia MONSANTO COMPANY 800 NORTH LINDBERGH BLVD. ST. LOUIS MO 63167 1 0 0 0 No securities are beneficially owned. 0 D Jennifer L. Woods, Attorney-in-Fact 2015-09-24 EX-24 2 verduinpoa.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY

POWER OF ATTORNEY



Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints

each of David F. Snively, Nancy E. Hamilton, Christopher A. Martin,

Sonya M. Davis, Jennifer L. Woods and Michelle Bushore, signing singly, the undersigned's true

and lawful attorney-in-fact to:



 (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's

capacity as an officer and/or director of Monsanto Company (the "Company"),

Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act

of 1934 and the rules thereunder;



 (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned

which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4

or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange

Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and



 (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the

foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,

in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being

understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the

undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall

contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



 The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and

authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,

necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers

herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or

could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,

hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such

attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be

done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein

granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in

serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,

nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply

with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



 This Power of Attorney (i) shall remain in full force and effect until the

undersigned is no longer required to file Form 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the

undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,

unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the

foregoing attorney-in-fact; and (ii) revokes any earlier dated Powers of

attorney executed by the undersigned with respect to the subject matter hereof.



 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney

to be executed as of this 17th day of September 2015.







      /s/ Patricia Verduin

                                      Patricia Verduin