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The growth in our global corn seed business serves as the backdrop for the
emergence of our traits business internationally. We saw strong adoption of
our trait technologies in key markets including the United States, Brazil, India,
and even the European Union. Global use of Monsanto traits increased 13
percent to more than 246 million acres in 2007. By 2010, we believe the
penetration of our traits outside the United States could be nearly three times
what it was in 2007.
The growth in our global corn seed business serves as the backdrop for the
emergence of our traits business internationally. We saw strong adoption of
our trait technologies in key markets including the United States, Brazil, India,
and even the European Union. Global use of Monsanto traits increased 13
percent to more than 246 million acres in 2007. By 2010, we believe the
penetration of our traits outside the United States could be nearly three times
what it was in 2007.