"We are putting forward a very, very full price, looking at what Monsanto brings to the table. So that is where we're at," CEO Werner Baumann told analysts in a conference call.

Bayer offered to buy Monsanto for $62 billion(43 billion pounds) in cash, defying criticism from some of its own shareholders in a bid to grab the top spot in a fast-consolidating farm supplies industry.

(Reporting by Ludwig Burger)

Stocks treated in this article : Monsanto Company, Bayer AG