There is also hope that Monsanto's new SmartStax technology could help encourage the EPA to reduce its refuge acreage requirements (founded on the same principle that guided a similar change in cotton guidelines). This would allow farmers to plant more bug resistant seeds on more acres, which, for areas with heavy bug pressure, will result in substantial increases to their crop yields-and encourage them to buy more of Monsanto's products to do so. The SmartStax technology won't be available until 2010, but you can clearly see that Monsanto has enough tricks up its sleeve to keep its competitive advantage in the long run.

Above and beyond its seed technology, however, Monsanto is also dedicated, through its Agricultural Productivity division, to helping farmers get more out of the land they have while using fewer resources to do so on a wider scale. Through green pesticides, products to increase livestock yield and various solutions to invasive weed control, the company continues to seek new solutions to the problems of a world that will need to feed increasing amount of people from a limited amount of arable land.

So while there are those consumers who don't like genetically modified foods, there is clearly both an environmental and financial demand for Monsanto's products -- demand that should continue to grow for some time.

Type of Stock: Monsanto Company is the world's largest producer of seeds, including high-value-added, genetically enhanced seeds for soybeans, cotton, corn and other crops. Monsanto also produces a variety of agricultural productivity products.

Price Target: I believe that this one could easily hit $110 -- or higher by the end of 2008.

Hilary Kramer, author of the newly released Ahead of the Curve, is a financial editor and money coach for AOL and an authority on investing.