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Corn BasicsCorn Basics

Corn is a cross-pollinated crop– Tassel is the male part

– Ear is the female part

The corn planted by farmers is a hybrid– Made up by ‘crossing’ two unique inbreds

– The development of new inbreds takes 6-7 breeding cycles

Traditionally, the entire process of creating new inbreds has taken up to 7 years

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Hybrid Testing Hybrid Testing -- CornCorn

Each year, 15−25 new-based genetics will make the grade for small-scale commercial testingThese new products are "base genetics" and do not include specific trait versions

Number

Tested Stages Year

Tens of Thousands Screening 1

Thousands Advanced Testing 2

Hundreds Mini-FACT* Plots 3

100 FACT Testing (full-size Strips) 4

15 Small-Scale Commercial Use

(for selected growers) 5

15 Large Scale Product Availability

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*Field Analysis Comparison Trials

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Corn Germplasm PerformanceCorn Germplasm Performance

150

160

170

180

190

200

210

95 100 105 110 115

Monsanto Competitors

Relative Maturity (Days)

Corn Yield (Bushels/Acre)

MON 2005 Yield vs. Competitors

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YieldMakerYieldMaker™™ Advanced Genetics ® ®Advanced Genetics from DEKALBfrom DEKALB® and Asgrowand Asgrow®

YieldMaker™ Corn Products for 2007

• High-yielding corn built on outstanding genetics that benefit your bottom line

• 30 new single and stacked trait DEKALB® and Asgrow®corn products

YieldMaker AdvantageIn 25,375 comparisons with leading competitive products, YieldMakercorn products:

– yielded 9.3 bushels more per acre

– were 0.5 points drier at harvest

– offered $21.42 more per acre

Corn at $1.90/bu and moisture discount of $.04/point/bu to 15% moisture.

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