Pioneer Hi-Bred Our history Today Founded in 1926 First company to develop, produce and market hybrid seed corn Today World leader in seed genetics and technology Sales in 70 countries 8500 employees $3+ billion in sales Corn, soybeans, rice, canola Wheat, sorghum, alfalfa, sunflowers, cotton, juncea Wholly owned subsidiary of DuPont (1999)

Pioneer Hi-Bred came to Canada in 1946 At one time Pioneer genetics had 33% MS Today Pioneer has 18% MS Canola production location Lethbridge (new state-of-the-art canola facility) Research locations Edmonton, Saskatoon, Carman, Chatham, Woodstock, Georgetown, Coteau-du-Lac,

Canola Testing Launch – R5 Year 10 Mandatory Registration – 2 years Year 8 and 9 PAT testing – during Co-op 2 Year – R4 Prelim hybrid yield testing – 3 years Year 7 Year 6 Year 5 Lab/Nursery row inbred development 4 year process

DuPont launched 2 hybrids for testing in 2008 Full scale sales in 2009 D3150 and D3151 DuPont launched 2 hybrids for testing in 2008 Full scale sales in 2009

2009 Yield Data www.expectbigthings.ca Alberta - D3151 vs Dekalb 71-45

2009 Western Canada Summary D3151 delivered higher yields than: DK hybrids 71-45, 72-55, & 72-65 in 79% of the plots (42 comparisons) Nexera 4-101, 4-104, 4-105 & 845 CL in 100% of the plots (4 comparisons) Canterra 1818, 1841, 1852, 1855, 1768 & 1956 in 89% of the plots (35 comparisons) Brett Young hybrids 4414, 4424, 6020 & 6040 in 100% of the plots (14 comparisons)

2009 - AB Yield Summary – D3151 DK 71-45 DK 72-55 DK 72-65 85% 13 Competitive Products D3151 Outperforming # of Comparisons DK 71-45 DK 72-55 DK 72-65 85% 13 CAN 1852 CAN 1855 CAN 1956 100% 3 BY 4414 BY 6020 BY 6040

Field trials Alberta - D3151 vs Dekalb 72-55

Field trials Alberta - D3151 vs Dekalb 72-65 2009 - 23 field trial comparisons, D3151 is winning 87% of the time vs Dekalb. 2008 - 55 comparisons, D3151 is winning 69% of the time vs Dekalb.

PCVT - 3rd party Roundup Ready % of check (45H21 & 5020) D3150 98% D3151 71-45 45H21 5020 102% Range of performance is between 81% - 102% for RR

Pioneer Canola Breeding - Future Looking for genetic solutions to grower concerns Yield improvement - What’s in the pipeline? Improved disease resistance - Sclerotinia and Clubroot resistance Improved weed control options Transgenic Traits - Nitrogen use efficiency, drought tolerance, heat tolerance, frost tolerance

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