SUGAR LAND, TX--(Marketwired - Jan 8, 2015) - Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Agricultural technology and product leader Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON) (St. Louis, Missouri) reported overall declines in sales and profits for the first quarter of the company's 2015 fiscal year, following globally weak results for planted corn -- particularly in South American markets, where the company has been expanding -- and a shift to third- and fourth-quarter business strengths. Industrial Info is tracking more than $284 million in projects involving Monsanto.

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