Canadian National Millers Association September 14, 2009 Jim Tobin VP, Grain & Crop Industry Affairs Monsanto Company

CONTROL HYBRID (76 BU/AC) WITH GENE (94 BU/AC) SUPERIOR, NE - FIELD TRIALS – Dryland Field Tests of Lead Drought Event Offers Visual Evidence of Increased Yield In Stressed Conditions

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Yield Contests Demonstrate Plant Potential THE CHALLENGE IS MAXIMIZING YIELDS ACROSS ALL FARMS AND ENVIRONMENTS CROPDOUBLED YIELD OFF 2000 BASE RECORD YIELDS IN THE USA CORN 274 bushels per acre Francis Childs of Manchester, Iowa, with a record-breaking yield of 442 bushels per acre SOYBEANS 74 bushels per acre Missouri’s Kip Cullers harvested a world record soybean yield of 154 bushels per acre in 2007 COTTON 1,264 pounds per acre Michael Mullion with Red River Farms in Blythe, California, grew 3,718 pounds per acre of cotton in a 38 acre field.

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