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Buy Monsanto at $115? Only for the bold

For or against them, bioengineered crops are here to stay and are likely to continue to play a pivotal role in economic development in emerging markets. A company destined to remain a force in this space is Monsanto (NYSE: MON).

Monsanto's biotechnology is helping farmers grow more crops, and the bio effort may one day totally displace chemical-product herbicides. In sum, most likely it's bio in, agrochemicals out, long-term.

Analysts like MON's large seed portfolio and superior performance in corn, soybean, cotton and wheat. Food demand in the developing world alone adds value to these operations, but as most realize, selected crops may play a sizable role in energy in the decade ahead, if crude oil remains at near-record levels and other alternatives do not emerge.

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