"Show Me State" winners in the National Corn Growers Association 1998 Corn Yield Contest showed everyone the power of the LibertyLink(R) System by dominating the competition with seven wins.

"This results from the combination of exceptional crop safety with Liberty(R) Herbicide and
placement of the gene resistant to Liberty placed in the hybrid to maximize yield," noted Greg
Young, senior sales representative in the area for AgrEvo. "That's why so many of Missouri’s
NCGA high yielding hybrids turned out to be LibertyLink hybrids.

"With traditional weed control systems, weather conditions at herbicide application cannot be too
hot, too cold, too wet or too dry which could cause crop stress from herbicides. Liberty provides
growers the freedom from crop injury so the hybrid can reach its full yield potential."

The winning Missouri hybrids also are suitable for growers in portions of Kansas, Iowa and
Nebraska, Young noted. AgrEvo makes Liberty Herbicide and licenses LibertyLink and
warranted(1) hybrids. Missouri's NCGA winners and Liberty users:

AA Non-Irrigated Class — 1st Place, April Binder, Table Rock, NE, with Pioneer Brand
LibertyLink 32J49 yielding 241.6354 bu/acre on her Missouri acreage; 2nd Place, Gregory
A. Wade, Stewartsville, MO, Pioneer 33V08, at 228.7698; 3rd Place, Robert B. Quinn,
Chillicothe, MO, with Pioneer Brand LibertyLink 32J49 yielding 224.4642.

AA No-Till Non-Irrigated Class — William Samuel Creed, Fairfax, MO, Pioneer 33A14,
yielding 221.315; John & Sam Boerding, St. Charles, MO, Pioneer 3335, yielding 208.3242;
Jack B. Harriman, Malta Bend, MO, Pioneer 33A14, yielding 200.2103.

No-Till Irrigated Class — Lynn F. Binder, Table Rock, NE, with Pioneer Brand
LibertyLink 32J49 yielding 228.0294 on Missouri acreage; Paul Lanpher, Advance, MO,
Pioneer 31B13, yielding 206.2581; Bob & Hollis Pile Jr., Oregon, MO, Pioneer 33A14, yielding
204.8862.

AA Ridge-Till Non-Irrigated Class — Todd Binder, Table Rock, NE, with Asgrow Brand
LibertyLink RX770 yielding 217.2301 on his Missouri acreage; Johnny Haer, Craig, MO,
Pioneer 33A14, yielding 193.9888; Sheryl Haer, Craig, MO, DEKALB DK626, yielding
187.4908

Ridge-Till Irrigated Class — Tyler Binder, Table Rock, NE, with Asgrow Brand
LibertyLink RX770 yielding 203.182 on his Missouri acreage; M&N Farms, Chaffee, MO,
Pioneer 33G26, yielding 180.6039; Mike Reiminger, Chaffee, MO, Pioneer 3335, yielding
175.8943.

Irrigated Class — Elaine Binder, Table Rock, NE, with Asgrow Brand LibertyLink RX770
yielding 229.7336 on her Missouri acreage; Dan Sutter, Taylor, MO, Pioneer 33A14,
yielding 222.9115; Jason Garst, Rock Port, MO, Pioneer Brand LibertyLink 32J49,
yielding 216.6257.

AgrEvo is a global leader in biotechnology, seeds, crop protection and environmental health. The
company markets globally a wide range of products for enhancing crop production, together with
applications for urban pest control. AgrEvo operates in more than 70 countries with approximately 8,500 employees. For more information, visit the company's website at www.us.agrevo.com.

(1) Warranty is limited to resistant of hybrid to Liberty Herbicide.
Liberty and LibertyLink are registered trademarks of Hoechst, Schering AgrEvo GmbH.

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