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The European Union has approved Monsanto?s YieldGard Rootworm Corn for food
ingredients, paving the way for the crop to be used in human foods in
Europe, March 2006.

The approval is expected to open doors into European markets that
previously would not accept YieldGard Rootworm, said Phoong Tang, Monsanto
business manager for biotech grain.

YieldGard Rootworm was approved for feed use last November, he said.

?The EU Commission also granted import, feed and processing approval of
YieldGard Plus, a hybrid stock of YieldGard Rootworm with YieldGard Corn
Borer. YieldGard Plus is currently under review for use in food and food
ingredients,? Tang said.

Monsanto is currently awaiting decisions on separate approvals for its corn
trait technologies combined with the YieldGard Rootworm trait. Until these
separate submissions within the EU regulatory processes are complete,
growers who plan to plant combined trait versions of the hybrids will need
to market the grain under the Market Choices certification mark, he said.

Current buying policy information is available on the Internet, at
www.866sellcorn.com, Tang said.

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