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