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Monsanto Co/New – ‘10-K’ for 8/31/04 – ‘EX-31.2’

On:  Wednesday, 11/3/04, at 4:55pm ET   ·   For:  8/31/04   ·   Private-to-Public:  Document/Exhibit  –  Release Delayed   ·   Accession #:  950137-4-9377   ·   File #:  1-16167

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  As Of                Filer                Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size              Issuer               Agent

11/03/04  Monsanto Co/New                   10-K8/31/04   16:1.8M                                   Bowne Boc/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.58M 
16: COVER     ¶ Comment-Response or Cover Letter to the SEC         HTML      3K 
 2: EX-10.16.2  Form of Terms and Conditions of Option Grant        HTML     20K 
 3: EX-10.16.3  Form of Terms and Conditions of Restricted Stock    HTML     15K 
                          Grant                                                  
 4: EX-10.16.4  Form of Terms and Conditions of Restricted Stock    HTML     25K 
                          Unit Grant                                             
 5: EX-10.16.5  Form of Terms and Conditions of Restricted Stock    HTML     26K 
                          Unit Grant                                             
 6: EX-10.17    Amended and Restated Deferred Payment Plan          HTML     38K 
 7: EX-10.19    Fiscal Year 2005 Annual Incentive Plan Summary      HTML     24K 
 8: EX-10.21    Monsanto Company Executive Health Management        HTML     16K 
                          Program                                                
 9: EX-21       Subsidiaries of the Registrant                      HTML      9K 
10: EX-23.1     Consent of Independent Registered Public Acct.      HTML      9K 
                          Firm                                                   
11: EX-23.2     Consent of Independent Registered Public Acct.      HTML      9K 
                          Firm                                                   
15: EX-99       Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges   HTML     20K 
12: EX-31.1     CEO Certification                                   HTML     13K 
13: EX-31.2     CFO Certification                                   HTML     13K 
14: EX-32       Section 1350 Certifications                         HTML     10K 


‘EX-31.2’   —   CFO Certification


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EXHIBIT 31.2

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Terrell K. Crews, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Monsanto Company, certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Monsanto Company;
 
2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
b)   [Reserved]
 
c)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based upon such evaluation; and
 
d)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: November 3, 2004

               /s/ Terrell K. Crews


Terrell K. Crews
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Monsanto Company


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