PROTECT FARMERS’ CHOICE TO PLANT BIOTECH CROPS …

… AND HELP BRING BACK ROUNDUP READY ALFALFA

USDA’s public comment period is now open and we need your support.

You can submit a letter to USDA today to help bring back Roundup Ready alfalfa.

Please click here for information on how to create a letter of support and submit it to the USDA.

Or, if you want to go directly to the USDA comment site and submit your letter of support immediately, please click here.

As a member of the American farming community, it is very important that you share your support for Roundup Ready alfalfa with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Now is our chance to share our positive experiences with this beneficial technology during the USDA public comment period. The comment period is open for a limited time only, and we recommend that you submit your comment before the end of January 2010 to be sure it is received in time to be counted.

WHY YOUR SUPPORT IS NEEDED

As you may know, in 2007 a federal district court issued a ruling that halted planting of Roundup Ready alfalfa until the USDA completes an environmental impact statement (EIS). The draft EIS has now been published for public comment, and recommends that Roundup Ready alfalfa be deregulated again and available for farmers to choose to plant. Monsanto and Forage Genetics International are asking that you voice your support for Roundup Ready alfalfa directly, in writing, with the USDA during the public comment period. Again, it is important that the USDA receives letters of support from farmers and other members of the U.S. agricultural industry — some of whom may have first-hand experience with the benefits of biotech crops like Roundup Ready alfalfa.

Help us work to get this beneficial technology deregulated and protect U.S. farmers’ right to choose to plant Roundup Ready alfalfa.

Roundup Ready Alfalfa is currently not for sale or distribution. The movement and use of Roundup Ready Alfalfa forage is subject to a USDA Administrative Order available at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/brs/pdf/RRA_A8_final.pdf.

Monsanto Company is a member of BIO’s Excellence through Stewardship (ETS) Initiative. This product has been commercialized in compliance with the ETS and Monsanto Product Launch Stewardship policies, after meeting applicable regulatory requirements in key export markets with functioning regulatory systems. Any crop or material produced from this product can only be exported to, or used, processed or sold in countries where all necessary regulatory approvals have been granted. It is a violation of national and international law to move material containing biotech traits across boundaries into nations where import is not permitted. Monsanto encourages growers to talk to their grain handler to confirm their buying position for this product.

ALWAYS READ AND FOLLOW PESTICIDE LABEL DIRECTIONS.

Roundup Ready crops contain genes that confer tolerance to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup agricultural herbicides. Roundup agricultural herbicides will kill crops that are not tolerant to glyphosate.  Roundup and Roundup Ready are registered trademarks of Monsanto Technology LLC.2008 Monsanto Company.

Roundup and Roundup Ready are registered trademarks of Monsanto Technology LLC. Excellence Through Stewardship is a registered trademark of Biotechnology Industry Organization.