Ongoing research by market leader helps ensure maximized yield advantages

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, December 20, 2007 – BASF today announced its 2008 application requirements for Headline® fungicide in corn.

As the market leader in corn fungicides, BASF continues to invest time and research into supporting its product portfolio, including Headline. The 2008 requirements build on that deep understanding of corn fungicide application as Headline has more than 5,000 on-farm trials on a quarter of a million acres to its credit. …more

Field Trials in 2006-07 Demonstrate Superb Yield and Root Protection Against Corn Rootworm

INDIANAPOLIS - Dec. 18, 2007 - In just its second year on the market, HERCULEX® XTRA Insect Protection has captured nearly 20 percent of the nation’s corn acres containing a corn rootworm trait, according to independent market research. The acceptance of HERCULEX XTRA by growers is due to its high-yielding genetics and ability to protect roots from corn rootworm damage, says Ben Kaehler, Traits & Germplasm Licensing business leader for Dow AgroSciences. …more

Milwaukee, WI, December 17, 2007: Reveal Foliar, the first foliar product containing LCO Promoter Technology®, has been added to the lineup of crop onputs from EMD Crop BioScience.

Applied post-emergence, Reveal Foliar can offer growers more vigorous growth and healthier, greener crops through enhanced photosynthesis and sugar production. In corn, growers will see increased stalk girth, which decreases the potential for lodging. In soybeans, Reveal Foliar encourages earlier canopy closure, conserving soil moisture and reducing weed pressure. In both crops, growers will see the benefits of advanced ear and pod development. …more

Farmers who harvested Vistive™ low-linolenic soybeans this season reported strong yields comparable to their commodity soybeans. They added that the average premium of 50 cents to 60 cents per bushel provided a healthy bonus to their bottom line. …more

Market leader is the reliable choice to protect seed corn from extreme insect pressure

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (December 4, 2007) — Growers don’t have time to waste when it comes to making decisions that will impact their 2008 corn crops.

That’s where Poncho® 250 and Poncho 1250 seed-applied insecticides come in. As growers make their hybrid selections this fall for next season, many will give consideration to the benefits offered by the leading seed-applied insecticide. …more

ST. LOUIS, MO (December 4, 2007) - Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) today announced that it has joined the Chicago Climate Exchange® (CCX), North America’s only voluntary, legally-binding greenhouse gas emissions reduction, registry and trading program.

As part of its agreement, the company will, by 2010, reduce its own direct carbon emissions from major U.S. operations by 6 percent below its 2000 levels or purchase carbon emission offsets as specified in the CCX contract. …more

New Herbicide Portfolio Delivers Powerful Weed Control in Herbicide-tolerant Corn, Soybeans

INDIANAPOLIS — Nov. 13, 2007 — Dow AgroSciences has introduced a new Technology for Traits™ portfolio of herbicides that provides growers with new weed control tools designed for high performance in herbicide-tolerant corn or soybean production systems.

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Golden Valley, MN, November 7, 2007 - As combines roll across the Corn Belt this fall, it marks the end of another season for corn and soybean farmers. However, fall harvest is just the beginning for the seed companies that support those farmers. …more

INDIANAPOLIS and DES MOINES, Iowa — October 24, 2007 — The European Commission today announced it has granted full food, feed, processing and import approval of grain corn and derived products containing the HERCULEX® RW Rootworm Protection trait, as well as the stack of HERCULEX I Insect Protection and Roundup Ready® Corn 2 (RR2), into the European Union (EU).

These products had previously been deemed safe by the EU’s own independent scientific authority — the European Food Safety Authority — and have been approved in numerous other countries around the world already. This decision means grain with these traits is immediately approved for import as grain and processed products into the 27-nation EU. …more

Pioneer TruChoice® financing to include Touchdown Total® and Touchdown HiTech® herbicides plus Quilt® fungicide

Greensboro, N.C., and Des Moines, IA, October 23, 2007 – Syngenta Crop Protection and Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, today announced an agreement to promote glyphosate-based Touchdown® herbicides, Quilt® fungicide, and Pioneer® brand corn hybrids and soybean varieties for the 2008 growing season. …more