Monsanto Company (MON) has signed a long-term supply contract with Air Products (APD), the leading global hydrogen provider. According to the contract, Air Products will build a new world-scale hydrogen production plant to be located at Monsanto's Luling, Louisiana, Roundup facility. The new hydrogen plant is scheduled to be on-stream in Jan 2012.  Air Products will build a steam methane reformer (SMR) producing over 100 million standard cubic feet per day (MMSCFD) of hydrogen. The SMR will be connected to Air Products' East Gulf Coast pipeline network, which supplies refineries with hydrogen needed to make cleaner burning transportation fuels, in addition to meeting the hydrogen needs of the local petrochemical industry. In addition, the facility will produce additional hydrogen via a clean-up of a hydrogen-rich off-gas feed coming from Monsanto. Monsanto will use steam from Air Products' SMR process to benefit its Roundup production plant. ...

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We remain buyers of Syngenta AG (SYT) after the companyÂ’s third quarter results. We retain our target price at $65 as re-rating continues. The depth of its product mix, robust business model and highly regarded management team support our positive view on the stock. We believe Syngenta is one of the safest plays on the sector, which should be reflected in higher valuations.

The depth of its product mix makes Syngenta a safe play on the sector. The long-term positives of the companyÂ’s business model are backed by short-term catalysts. We remain confident in the managementÂ’s execution capabilities in cost cutting. Potential for rising pay-outs should not be overlooked by investors.

Syngenta is trading at 21.0x our 2008 EPS estimate. We think the discount to Monsanto Co. (MON) is still unwarranted. We are aware of MonsantoÂ’s efforts and progress in Genetic Modified seeds versus SyngentaÂ’s, which have lagged, but a

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