"He's done a good job in a difficult environment, " says Goldman Sachs analyst Robert Koort.

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"We continue to believe that investor anxiety on Monsanto is misplaced as the company is not a cyclical stock but a technology growth machine that should keep rolling in 2009 and beyond, fueled by strong current product demand as well as an unrivaled pipeline, " said Robert Koort, an analyst at Goldman Sachs.

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