Monsanto has completed a nearly US$200 million expansion of the company's Roundup agricultural herbicide production facility in Luling, Louisiana.

The expansion was announced and started in April 2008 to increase production of Roundup brand agricultural herbicide.

This is an investment that will help ensure farmers continue to have access to the products, and will allow Monsanto to boost Roundup production capacity by 20% and minimise environmental impact by reducing carbon footprint and scaling back energy use, said CEO and Chairman Hugh Grant.

The improvements at the facility include:

• Major infrastructure reliability projects such as a new air compressor, new rail lines, a new river dock, increased container and tank storage capacity and road improvements. 
   
• Energy and emission reduction projects such as hydrogen recovery and replacing two older boilers with one larger one.

The entire Roundup product sold in the US is manufactured domestically at Monsanto's Luling and Muscatine, Iowa, locations.

Monsanto Company is a leading global provider of technology-based solutions and agricultural products.