“Our focus on innovation creates more opportunities to deliver growth in both the current environment and over the long-term as strong demand-driven fundamentals reinforce agriculture’s multi-year opportunity.” –Monsanto Chairman and CEO Hugh Grant
孟山都公司周三表示，它有望在其最初的 2014 财年指导目标的上限实现目标，并且其以精准农业为重点的气候公司平台的采用情况比预期的要好。
公司确认 2014 年持续每股收益指引为 $5.10 至 $5.20，报告的 EPS 指引为 $5.12 至 $5.22，自由现金为 $700 至 $800 万。
“Drawing on its ability to develop new technology, deliver consistent upgrades and build from a diversified global product portfolio, Monsanto’s management also will highlight its target to at least double full-year ongoing EPS by the end of fiscal year 2019, with projected annual growth over the five-year period beginning with fiscal year 2015,” the company said in a statement.
孟山都强调了三个主要增长平台，预计在未来五年内，每个平台将贡献超过 $10 亿美元的总增量毛利增长：
- “大豆的十年” – 随着通过 Roundup Ready 2 Yield、Intacta RR2 PRO 和 Roundup Ready 2 Xtend Crop System 系统针对超过 1 亿英亩的全球大豆机会进行重大技术升级，大豆平台体现了孟山都的技术创新机会。
- 育种支持的全球玉米升级 – 最大的持续机遇之一是通过年度升级孟山都全球玉米产品组合，提供更新、更高产的产品，为种植者提供新的价值。孟山都继续抓住这一产品组合升级机会，加强其新产品组合，推动其在每个主要玉米种植市场的种子种质供应稳步提升。
- 全球玉米足迹扩张和组合杠杆 孟山都公司还凭借其在全球范围内的优质玉米产品组合为全球增长做好了充分准备，从运营效率的贡献到成为扩大其基础市场产品的同时扩大其在东欧等市场的领先企业的机会。
The company also said that adoption of The Climate Corporation platform has been stronger than originally projected. It reached more than 50 million acres with its Climate Basic service. “The strong farmer response sets the stage for the confidence in the build out of the platform as the Climate Corporation helps create a new unified approach to helping farmers manage information to improve productivity,” the company said.