canadian national millers association september 14, 2009 jim tobin vp, grain crop industry affairs...

Canadian NationalMillers AssociationSeptember 14, 2009

Jim TobinVP, Grain & Crop Industry Affairs

Monsanto Company

CONTROL HYBRID(76 BU/AC)

WITH GENE(94 BU/AC)

SUPERIOR, NE - FIELD TRIALS – 2007

2007 Dryland Field Tests of Lead Drought Event Offers Visual Evidence of Increased Yield In Stressed Conditions

FARM PROGRESS SHOW -- 2007

Nitrogen Use Efficiency

TransgenicControl

DAYTON, IOWA - 2008

Yield Contests Demonstrate Plant Potential

THE CHALLENGE IS MAXIMIZING YIELDS ACROSS ALL FARMS AND ENVIRONMENTS

CROP DOUBLED 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 bushelsper acre in 2007

COTTON 1,264pounds per

acre

Michael Mullion with Red River Farms in Blythe, California, grew 3,718 pounds per acre of cotton in a 38 acre field.

Trilateral Biotech Agreement

National Association of Wheat GrowersUS Wheat AssociatesNorth American Millers

Grain Growers Of CanadaWestern Canadian Wheat Growers AssociationAlberta Winter Wheat

Grain Council Of Australia Grain Growers AssociationPastoralists and Grazers Association Of Western Australia (Inc.)

Develop better seeds

Conserve resources

Improve farmers’ lives

Produce More, Conserve More