St. Louis, Missouri
November 18, 2008
Yield data highlights that
farmers see strong boost from DEKALB and American Seeds Inc.
genetics, receive $25 to $65 in additional value per acre using
DEKALB products
While the U.S. harvest season is tracking
slightly behind the national
historic average, preliminary yield results reveal that corn
seed products offered by Monsanto's DEKALB and American
Seeds Inc. (ASI) brands are delivering opportunities for greater
productivity and profitability to farmers than leading
competitive products.
"A farmer's investment in our business demands that we discover
and deliver higher-yielding products, which create a strong
economic return to their farm and their bottom line," said
Robert T. Fraley, Ph.D., executive vice president and chief
technology officer at Monsanto. "New data collected from the
2008 season underscores that our corn seed brands are doing just
that."
Monsanto recently completed a preliminary review of its yield
trials conducted throughout the Corn Belt. This year's data set,
which is generated by third parties as well as the company,
highlight that:
- Farmers planting DEKALB
corn seed products realize greater profitability,
productivity per acre: Research generated at more than
12,800 head-to-head comparisons validate that farmers who
use DEKALB corn seed and trait products are seeing higher
yields and better harvest moisture. The 2008 data
underscores that farmers who use DEKALB corn seed realized
$25 to $65 in additional value per acre when compared
with the leading national competitive seed offerings.
- DEKALB and ASI corn seed
products deliver more yield to the farm:
- Data collected from
more than 12,800 research comparisons demonstrate that
nationally, the five leading DEKALB corn seed products
outyielded national competitive corn seed products by
9.8 bushels per acre. Monsanto's DEKALB brand also
outyielded Pioneer's competitive corn seed products by
8.8 bushels per acre in data collected from 9,870
head-to-head comparisons throughout the Corn Belt.
- Preliminary data
collected from 418 locations throughout the Corn Belt
demonstrate that the five leading ASI corn seed products
are delivering more than 7 bushels per acre than leading
national competitors. ASI's yield advantage was most
striking in the 110-day and 115-day relative maturity
(RM) zones. The ASI products delivered a yield advantage
of more than 11 bushels per acre in the 110-day RM zone
and 10 bushels per acre in the 115-day RM zone.
Monsanto reports its yield trial
data annually so that farmers benefit from a pre-season guide to
the on-farm value proposition of the company's products.
This approach ensures that all seed products are thoroughly
tested and delivering on their potential prior to a farmer ever
planting a new hybrid in the field.
In conjunction with today's announcement, Monsanto posted a
related presentation to the Investor section of its web site at
http://www.monsanto.com/investors.
Growing yield for a growing world
With growing demand for grain globally, enabling farmers to
increase their productivity on each acre of farmland is
critical. Yield represents not only profitability on farm, but
is also a means to support our world's growing food, feed and
fuel needs.
Earlier this year, Monsanto announced an ambitious three-point
commitment aimed at producing more on each acre of farmland,
conserving more of our natural resources and improving the lives
of the farmers it serves. As part of this effort, the company
announced its intent to double the crop yields of corn, soybeans
and cotton by 2030 compared to a base year of 2000 in countries
where it is able to offer its technology to farmers. The
compilation of data collected from the 2008 season underscores
the yield advantage that Monsanto's products are already
providing to U.S. corn and soybean farmers.
Monsanto's investment in breeding and biotechnology are just two
ways the company is actively working to increase productivity on
each acre of farmland. The St. Louis-based company spends more
than $2.6 million per day to discover and deliver better seed
products to both large-scale and small-holder farmers throughout
the world.
Monsanto Company is a leading global provider of
technology-based solutions and agricultural products that
improve farm productivity and food quality.
Monsanto remains focused on enabling both small-holder and
large- scale farmers to produce more from their land while
conserving more of our world's natural resources such as water
and energy.
DEKALB is a trademark of Monsanto Company and its wholly owned
subsidiaries. Pioneer is a registered trademark of Pioneer
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