Exhibit 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That each person whose signature appears below, as a Director or Officer of
Monsanto Company (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation with its general
offices in the County of St. Louis, Missouri, does hereby make, constitute and
appoint R. WILLIAM IDE III, MICHAEL D. BRYAN or SONYA M. DAVIS, or any one of
them acting alone, his or her true and lawful attorneys, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, in his or her name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to execute and sign a registration statement or registration
statements on Form S-8 covering the registration of securities of the Company to
be issued under the Monsanto 2000 Management Incentive Plan, the Monsanto
Company Broad-Based Stock Option Plan, the Monsanto Employee Stock Purchase Plan
or the Monsanto Company Non-Employee Director Equity Incentive Compensation
Plan, in each case as approved by the Board of Directors of the Company; and any
amendments or post-effective amendments to such registration statement or
statements and documents in connection therewith, all to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
giving and granting unto said attorneys full power and authority to do and
perform such actions as fully as they might have done or could do if personally
present and executing any of said documents.
Dated and effective as of the 20th of November, 2000.
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/s/ Hendrik A. Verfaillie /s/ Frank V. AtLee III
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Hendrik A. Verfaillie, President, Chief Executive Frank V. AtLee III, Director
Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Hakan Astrom /s/ Christopher J. Coughlin
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Hakan Astrom, Director Christopher J. Coughlin, Director
/s/ Michael Kantor /c/ C. Steven McMillan
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Michael Kantor, Director C. Steven McMillan, Director
/s/ William U. Parfet /s/ John S. Reed
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William U. Parfet, Director John S. Reed, Director
/s/ Terrell K. Crews /s/ Curt Tomlin
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Terrell K. Crews, Executive Vice President Curt Tomlin, Vice President and
and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Controller (Principal Accounting
Financial Officer) Officer)
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