Welcome to a WestBred® Brand WebinarJanuary 9, 2014

NEW TEAM MEMBERS2014

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Brad MillerJOB TITLE: Wheat Testing Agronomist, Bismarck

SHORT BIO: “Working the majority of my career in agricultural research mostly at the North Dakota State University Carrington ResearchCenter or with Dakota Growers Pasta Company, I am very excited for the opportunity with Monsanto to get back

doing what I love to do.”

Sid PerryJOB TITLE: Hard Red Winter Wheat Breeder

SHORT BIO: Raised on a cotton farm in TX.  BS and MS in Agronomy Texas Tech University, PhD plant breeding Colorado State University.  Twenty years with Cargill working with hybrid wheat and specialty end use

wheat.  Ten years with WestBred/Monsanto.  30+ variety releases for the southern and central plains in my career.

Mark NewellJOB TITLE : Hard Red Spring Wheat Breeder

SHORT BIO: Mark Newell was born and raised in Littleton, Colorado. He received his BS in forestry and MS in plant breeding both from Colorado State University.  After his MS he went onto Iowa State University and received his PhD in plant breeding with a

minor in statistics. Since receiving his PhD in December 2011 he has been assistant professor at The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation where his primary focus has been on breeding wheat and rye for the Southern Great Plains.

Steve SebestaJOB TITLE: WestBred brand Regional Commercial Manager, Northern

SHORT BIO: “Thirty years of professional seed industry experience in private and public sectors. Most of my career was with Cargill Hybrid Seeds as a plant breeder and research station manager in the hybrid wheat and sunflower research programs. Most recently, I spent the last ten years with the North Dakota State Seed Department serving as Deputy Commissioner, responsible for Seed Certification, Diagnostic Lab, Seed Quality Lab and Regulatory Programs.”

Variety SummaryPresented by:

Ryan Holt Montana Regional Commercial Manager January 9, 2014

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WB-MAYVILLE

Hard Red Spring Wheat

✓ Excellent Yield Potential

✓ Outstanding Straw Strength

✓ Excellent Protein Potential

✓ Broad Adaptation

WB-MAYVILLE offers excellent yield potential, extendingadaptability further west into the Northern region. With a better disease package than SAMSON, this variety thrives in high moisture conditions, and combines standability with excellent protein potential.

Plant Height:

Short

Maturity:

Medium-Early

Standability:

Excellent

Test Weight:

Excellent

Protein Content:

Excellent

Milling/Baking Quality: Good

Characteristics:

2013 Monsanto Wheat Breeding Research Data. Individual results may vary and performance may vary from location

and from year to year. The result may not be an indicator of results you may obtain as local growing, soil and weather conditions may vary.

Growers should evaluate data from multiple locations and years whenever possible.

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Pest and/or Disease Profile

9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Foliar Disease

Fusarium Head Blight (Scab)

Leaf Rust

Stem Rust

Yellow (Stripe) Rust

Rating Scale: Excellent (1-2) Very Good (3-4) Good (5-6) Fair (7-8) Poor (9)

2013 Monsanto Wheat Breeding Research Data. Individual results may vary and performance may vary from location and from year to year. The result

may not be an indicator of results you may obtain as local growing, soil and weather conditions may vary. Growers should evaluate data from multiple

locations and years whenever possible.

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LARGE PLOT DATA&

SIDE BY SIDE IN THE FIELD COMPARISON

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Product Development - 2012 Large Strip Trial Plots

Fisher, MN

BOLD FONT – Denotes WestBred brand variety

ISR = Increased Seeding Rate

Source: 2012 Product Development Plots

Plot Biography

Tillage – Full

Soil PH – 8.2

Previous Crop –

Sugarbeets

Planting Date – April

25th

Planting Depth – 1 ½ in.

Drill – Double

Disc

Normal Planting Rate

• 1.5 M plant population /Ac.

ISR Planting Rate

• 1.8 M plant population /Ac.

Harvest Date – July 31st

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2013 Field Comparison in Eldred, MN

WB-MAYVILLE vs NORDEN

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Field Biography

Previous Crop – Soybean

Total Nitrogen – 180 actual total

units available

Planting Date – Same day for

both varieties

Seed Treatment – Raxil MD Extra,

Imadicloprid and

Stamina

Planting Rate for Both Varieties

• 1.5 M plant population /Ac.

Fungicide Application – Tilt at herbicide app. +

Caramba at heading app.

Pre-Harvest Herbicide – Roundup

95 bu/ac 83 bu/ac

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VARIETAL DEVELOPMENT&

TRADITIONAL SMALL PLOT DATA

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2013 Hard Red Spring Wheat - Yield By Location (bu./ac.)

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Head to Head (Plant Height & Protein)

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Performance Graph (Protein & Plant Height)

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Stability Graph (Yield)

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Stability Graph (Protein)

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FALLER

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FALLER

Strength

Genetic Appeal

Performance

WB-MAYVILLE provides excellent standability in high production, high moisture environments.

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WB-MAYVILLE offers excellent protein content potential to maximize profitability when selling the crop at grain markets.

WB-MAYVILLE allows for acreage that allows to push the limits on production practices to achieve increased bottom-line profit potential.

Q & A

Ryan Holt speaking at the Unity Seed Field Day (Casselton, ND) on the attributes and benefits of WB-MAYVILLE.

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Steve SebestaNorthern Regional Commercial Manager

(701) 730-3455