YieldGard VT Triple™

YieldGard VT Triple™: the stacked hybrids with enhanced trait performance.

Yield Protection for Full Genetic Potential

Improved Consistency

Better Insect Protection

Better Root Protection

Roundup Ready® 2 Technology System

Broad-Spectrum Weed Control

Proven Crop Safety

• Stalk protection• Root protection• Weed control of the Roundup Ready 2 Technology System

YieldGard VT Triple has all of the most advanced insect and weed-control traits stacked into one seed:

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Advantage 1

Yield Protection for Full Genetic Potential

When it comes to root protection, stalk protection and weed control, nothing stacks up to maximize your corn’s full genetic potential like YieldGard VT Triple: • More available moisture and nutrients • More uptake and translocation of

moisture and nutrients • Less lodging • Less ear drop • Broad-spectrum weed control in the

Roundup Ready 2 Technology System.

YieldGard VT Triple maximizes yield protection to maximize your corn’s genetic potential.

Advantage 2

Improved Consistency

YieldGard VT™ hybrids are created using a process called VecTran technology, which stands for Vector-stack Transformation. By combining two traits using a single DNA-insertion process, it is a better way to produce stacked traits: • More efficient • More consistent • Less time-consuming • Enhanced trait performance

And by improving breeding efficiency processes, elite germplasm with better, higher-yielding traits can be available on your farm operation six to 12 months faster.

VecTran™ technology is a more precise gene-insertion process.

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YieldGard VT Triple protects against: Western Corn Rootworms • Northern Corn Rootworms • Mexican Corn Rootworms • European Corn Borers • Southwestern Corn Borers • Black Cutworms • Sugarcane Borers • Fall Armyworms •

Stalk Borers • Wireworms • White Grubs • Seedcorn Maggots • Early Flea Beetles • Corn Earworms

A huge benefit of YieldGard VT Triple is that it contains a highly active and more consistent promoter of the rootworm gene. The promoter is a biotech switch that turns on the gene to produce the insect-control protein and more effectively distribute it throughout the root system. This improved protein expression gives you: • A more consistent level of insecticidal protein • A better barrier to control corn rootworm larvae

YieldGard VT Triple contains a better promoter.

Advantage 3

Better Insect Protection

YieldGard VT Triple delivers a more consistent level of insecticidal protein.

*Tissue Print Western of YieldGard Rootworm and YieldGard VT Triple specifically marking the rootworm protein with green dye.

First-Generation Rootworm YieldGard VT Triple*

YieldGard VT Triple provides a stronger barrier against rootworm and enables roots to outperform the industry-standard rootworm-protected roots.

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Advantage 4

Better Root Protection

Over 30,000 root digs were conducted comparing YieldGard VT roots against the industry-standard YieldGard products. After all the results were tabulated, YieldGard VT hybrids consistently scored better in root protection than first-generation YieldGard hybrids. YieldGard VT Triple roots reach full root mass, so they go deeper to get even more moisture and nutrients from the subsoil.

Over 30,000 root digs prove better rootworm control vs. industry-standard YieldGard Plus.

Advantage 5

Broad-Spectrum Weed Control

YieldGard VT Triple contains Roundup Ready 2 Technology, so you have all the benefits of the Roundup Ready 2 System at your disposal.

All you need is a Roundup Ready Rate of a residual herbicide for your early-season weed control. That’s enough residual herbicide to widen your post application window without sacrificing efficacy on your toughest early-season weeds. There is no better way to control your weeds … and your costs.

Start Clean, Stay Clean.™

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The Roundup Ready Rate gives you effective early-season weed control in YieldGard VT Triple and helps you reduce the risk of developing weed resistance to glyphosate.

Reduced rates of acetanilides affect the length of control, not the spectrum of control.

Get peace of mind and 5.6 bu./A more.

The Roundup Ready 2 Technology System delivers proven crop safety – and peace of mind. In six years of field trials, lowering your risk of crop injury delivers up to 5.6 bushels an acre more than conventional corn herbicide programs. The Roundup Ready program, using the same products for all programs, outyielded other programs in 71 percent of trials.

Because Roundup Ready 2 Technology was specifically designed for Roundup agricultural herbicides, you can get the following advantages compared with other non-glyphosate postemergence herbicide programs using the same hybrid: • Superior crop safety • Less potential yield loss from crop injury • Up to 5.6 bushels per acre more yield potential • Up to $18/A† more profit potential • Better yield in 71 percent of trials

Advantage 6

Proven Crop Safety

Head-to-head comparisons with the same Roundup Ready hybrids.† Source: 433 field-trial comparisons, same Roundup Ready product. University, grower on-farm and Monsanto trials, 2001-2006. Herbicide costs, seed costs and corn price are based on in-season estimated 2007 prices. Price may vary in your area.

Regardless of the season, Roundup Ready 2 Technology outyielded conventional herbicide programs.

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IMPORTANT: The following information is current as of April 2007: YieldGard Plus, YieldGard Rootworm with Roundup Ready Corn 2 and YieldGard Corn Borer with Roundup Ready Corn 2 are grandfathered for import and use in processed feed in the European Union (EU). YieldGard Plus with Roundup Ready Corn 2, YieldGard VT Rootworm/RR2 and YieldGard VT Triple are neither approved nor grandfathered, and there is zero tolerance for these traits in processed feed imported in the EU. Growers of all products bearing the Market Choices mark must talk to their grain handler to confirm the handler’s buying position for grain from these products. It is a violation of national and international law to move material containing biotech traits across boundaries into nations where import is not permitted.

Always read and follow pesticide label directions. Roundup Ready® crops contain genes that confer tolerance to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup® agricultural herbicides. Roundup® agricultural herbicides will kill crops that are not glyphosate tolerant. Harness, Degree, Harness Xtra, Harness Xtra 5.6L, Degree Xtra, Micro-Tech, Lariat and Bullet are restricted-use pesticides and are not registered in all states. The distribution, sale or use of an unregistered pesticide is a violation of federal and/or state law and is strictly prohibited. Check with your local Monsanto dealer or Monsanto representative for the product registration status in your state. YieldGard Plus and YieldGard VT Triple Corn can be offered for sale in the states in which it is registered. Check with your Monsanto representative for state-specific status. YieldGard®, YieldGard VT™ and Design, YieldGard VT Triple™ and Design, YieldGard Plus Design, YieldGard Rootworm Design, VecTran™, Roundup®, Roundup Ready®, Bullet®, Degree®, Degree Xtra®, Harness®, Lariat®, MicroTech™, Roundup Ready RATE™, START CLEAN, STAY CLEAN™ and Respect the RefugeSM are trademarks and service marks of Monsanto Technology LLC. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. [29488-3 lb 4/07] ©2007 Monsanto Company. LIT# 3J-8A-07-2187

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Grain harvested from products that bear this mark is fully approved for food and feed use in the United States and Japan, but is not approved in the European Union. You must find a market for this crop that will not ship this grain or its processed products to Europe. Appropriate markets for this grain include: domestic feed use or grain handlers that specifically agree to accept this grain and handle

it appropriately. For more information on your grain market options, go to the American Seed Trade Association’s website at www.amseed.org or call your seed supplier.

MARKET CHOICES is a registered certification mark used under license from ASTA.

Know Before You GrowSM, an information service provided by National Corn Growers Association at www.ncga.com.

Growers should refer to Monsanto’s Technology Use Guide for information on crop stewardship regarding the potential movement of pollen to neighboring crops. ALWAYS READ AND FOLLOW PESTICIDE LABEL DIRECTIONS. For more information call 1-866-SELLCORN. Know Before You GrowSM is a service mark of National Corn Growers Association.

University Scientists Encourage Good StewardshipYieldGard Technologies are planted on more than 20 million acres, making it the number one choice for rootworm control. The following university entomologist encourage that growers follow all Insect Resistance Management requirements:

Dr. Bob Wright, Extension Entomologist, University of NebraskaDr. Marlin Rice, Extension Entomologist, Iowa State UniversityDr. Ken Ostlie, Extension Entomologist, University of MinnesotaDr. Christian Krupke, Extension Entomologist, Purdue University

For more information, please consult the YieldGard Insect Resistance Management Guide, call 1-800-768-6387 or visit www.monsanto.com.

Roundup Ready Corn 2 Technology is projected to be planted on more than 50 million acres this season.* The following university weed specialists recommend that growers follow good stewardship practices to effectively manage this technology:

Dr. James Martin, Agronomist, University of KentuckyDr. Mike Owen, Extension Weed Specialist, Iowa State UniversityDr. Robert Wilson, Extension Weed Specialist, University of NebraskaDr. Bryan Young, Weed Specialist, Southern Illinois UniversityDr. Bill Johnson, Extension Weed Specialist, Purdue UniversityDr. Jeffery Gunsolus, Agronomist, University of Minnesota

For more information on weed management, call 1-800-ROUNDUP or log on to www.weedresistancemanagement.com for tips from weed scientists across the Corn Belt.

*Projected 2007 data

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