West Bend, Wisconsin
April 9, 2003

Dairyland Seed recently announced that Thomas Paulsen has joined Dairyland as its Vice President of Finance. In this position he directs the Accounting Department and is responsible for internal and external financial reporting and management of all treasury functions. He is a permanent member of the Executive Committee, interacting with corporate management, corporate financial institutions,
independent audit firms and the Board of Directors.

Tom has 16 years of accounting experience beginning in public accounting with Ernst & Whinney and most recently serving with Kelley Company, Inc. in Milwaukee. He is a graduate of the Marquette University with a MBA and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with a BBA in Accounting. He is married with three children and resides in Merton, WI..

Dairyland Seed, headquartered in West Bend, Wis., is the industry’s only family-held seed company with plant breeding programs in soybeans, hybrid corn and hybrid alfalfa. Dairyland has plant breeding facilities in Clinton, WI; Otterbein, IN; Gibson City, IL; Gilbert, IA; and Sloughhouse, CA. Dairyland also has production facilities in West Bend, WI; Mt. Hope, WI; and Homedale, ID.