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Results of the Shareholder Resolution Vote
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Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At Monsanto Company’s 2014 Annual Meeting on January 28, 2014, of the 524,909,387 shares outstanding and entitled to vote, 453,690,682 shares were represented, constituting an 86.43% quorum. Each matter was determined by a majority of votes cast.

The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareowners at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

Item No. 1:

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

All of the board’s nominees for director were elected to serve until the Company’s 2015 Annual Meeting or until their respective successors are elected and qualified, by the votes set forth in the table below:

	Votes Cast For		Votes Cast Against
Nominee	Number	% of Votes Cast	Number	% of Votes Cast	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
Gregory H. Boyce	408,216,045	97.88%	8,838,965	2.11%	2,482,408	34,153,264
Laura K. Ipsen	412,473,852	98.89%	4,588,762	1.10%	2,474,804	34,153,264
William U. Parfet	409,746,192	98.24%	7,299,267	1.75%	2,491,959	34,153,264
George H. Poste, Ph.D., D.V.M.	412,324,891	98.86%	4,740,463	1.13%	2,472,064	34,153,264

Item No. 2:

RATIFICATION OF AUDITORS

The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2014 was ratified by the shareowners, by the votes set forth in the table below:

Votes Cast For		Votes Cast Against
Number	% of Votes Cast	Number	% of Votes Cast	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
446,705,816	99.01%	4,455,708	0.98%	2,529,158	0

Item No. 3:

ADVISORY APPROVAL OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The shareowners approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, executive compensation, by the votes set forth in the table below:

Votes Cast For		Votes Cast Against
Number	% of Votes Cast	Number	% of Votes Cast	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
406,416,515	97.74%	9,355,656	2.25%	3,765,247	34,153,264

Item No. 4:

SHAREOWNER PROPOSAL ONE

The shareowners did not approve the shareowner proposal presented at the meeting requesting a report related to labeling of food produced with genetic engineering, as evidenced by the votes set forth in the table below:

Votes Cast For		Votes Cast Against
Number	% of Votes Cast	Number	% of Votes Cast	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
15,387,230	4.16%	353,816,720	95.83%	50,333,468	34,153,264

Item No.5:

SHAREOWNER PROPOSAL TWO

The shareowners did not approve the shareowner proposal presented at the meeting requesting a report on certain matters related to GMO products, as evidenced by the votes set forth in the table below:

Votes Cast For		Votes Cast Against
Number	% of Votes Cast	Number	% of Votes Cast	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
24,112,427	6.51%	346,147,059	93.48%	49,277,932	34,153,264

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

MONSANTO COMPANY

Dated: January 28, 2014

By: /s/Jennifer L. Woods

Name: Jennifer L. Woods

Title: Assistant Secretary

SOURCE: SEC FORM 8-K

Jason Linkins 2008 Election Recap is up on the Huffington Post
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Last Friday I went to the Huffington Post DC office and filmed the above video clips that were published today on the Huffington Post. After we filmed the clips below we went outside and had some fun interviewing people.

This what Jason wrote:

It’s been a year and a half of election coverage. So many sights that we’ll never be able to unsee. So many attack ads that still haunt our dreams. So many memories that need purging. But maybe you’re just joining us today or something, and you have no idea what all the hubbub is about! For those of you who find yourself completely clueless, I’ve endeavored to recap the entire election season for you, in two videos, using notes I scribbled on one hundred index cards, and commentary pulled from my ass on the fly.

In Part One, we move from me not remembering Bill Richardson’s name (in the moment, I swear, I thought his first name was Dennis), to the pundit’s early predictions, to John McCain’s primary victory, to the Math vs. Momentum deadlock that embroiled the Democratic race.

jason linkin’s recap of the election from elizabeth glover on Vimeo.

Continuing:

And, in Part Two, we roll from Obama’s primary victory to forsaken town halls, attack ads, conventions, veeps and debates, culminating in the emergence of the Great Destroyer, the Devourer Of Worlds, Satan’s Mongrel…a man that I like to call Joe The Plumber. NONE SHALL ESCAPE HIS CLUELESS, UNEMPLOYED WRATH OR HIS RECORD DEAL.

As you’ll see, reliving the entire past year gets pretty tiring near the end, but it still feels good to get all of this angst out of my system. I think you’ll enjoy it, too, for that reason!