Exhibit 99.2

Monsanto Company
800 North Lindbergh Blvd
St. Louis, Missouri 63167
Second-Quarter and First-Half 2004
Supplemental Data
Unaudited
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| | Second | | Second | | | | | | Six | | Six | | |
Net sales by geography* | | Quarter | | Quarter | | % | | Months | | Months | | % |
($ in millions)
| | 2004
| | 2003
| | Change
| | 2004
| | 2003
| | Change
|
North America | | $ | 927 | | | $ | 840 | | | | 10 | % | | $ | 1,477 | | | $ | 1,322 | | | | 12 | % |
Latin America | | $ | 223 | | | $ | 190 | | | | 17 | % | | $ | 547 | | | $ | 400 | | | | 37 | % |
Europe-Africa | | $ | 234 | | | $ | 188 | | | | 24 | % | | $ | 329 | | | $ | 296 | | | | 11 | % |
Asia-Pacific | | $ | 108 | | | $ | 75 | | | | 44 | % | | $ | 167 | | | $ | 121 | | | | 38 | % |
TOTAL COMPANY | | $ | 1,492 | | | $ | 1,293 | | | | 15 | % | | $ | 2,520 | | | $ | 2,139 | | | | 18 | % |
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| | As of | | As of | | |
Net trade receivables by geography* | | Feb. 29, | | Feb. 28, | | Higher/ |
($ in millions)
| | 2004
| | 2003
| | (lower)
|
United States | | $ | 968 | | | $ | 1,056 | | | $ | (88 | ) |
Argentina | | $ | 259 | | | $ | 300 | | | $ | (41 | ) |
Brazil | | $ | 331 | | | $ | 219 | | | $ | 112 | |
All other countries | | $ | 502 | | | $ | 434 | | | $ | 68 | |
TOTAL COMPANY | | $ | 2,060 | | | $ | 2,009 | | | $ | 51 | |
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| | Second | | Second | | | | | | | | | | Six | | Six | | |
Gross profit | | Quarter | | Quarter | | % | | Months | | Months | | % |
($ in millions)
| | 2004
| | 2003
| | Change
| | 2004
| | 2003
| | Change
|
Corn seed and traits | | $ | 292 | | | $ | 185 | | | | 58 | % | | | | | | $ | 412 | | | $ | 302 | | | | 36 | % |
Soybean seed and traits | | $ | 224 | | | $ | 176 | | | | 27 | % | | | | | | $ | 323 | | | $ | 271 | | | | 19 | % |
All other crops seeds and traits | | $ | 23 | | | $ | 31 | | | | (26 | )% | | | | | | $ | 39 | | | $ | 34 | | | | 15 | % |
Roundup and other glyphosate-based herbicides | | $ | 98 | | | $ | 134 | | | | (27 | )% | | | | | | $ | 254 | | | $ | 192 | | | | 32 | % |
All other agricultural productivity products | | $ | 111 | | | $ | 113 | | | | (2 | )% | | | | | | $ | 188 | | | $ | 190 | | | | (1 | )% |
TOTAL COMPANY | | $ | 748 | | | $ | 639 | | | | 17 | % | | | | | | $ | 1,216 | | | $ | 989 | | | | 23 | % |
* Attributed to relevant Monsanto legal entities. For example, a sale from the United States to a customer in Latin America is reported as a U.S. export sale.