2016 PRODUCTGUIDE

WESTERN REGION

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CONTENTSENOGEN CORN

Enogen Corn Enzyme Technology

Ethanol Grain Quality Solution

Ethanol: Good for Agriculture and Good for America

Enogen Value Tracker

Characteristics

Hybrid Descriptions

Agronomy

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STORY

Enogen Corn Enzyme Technology: A Win-Win-Win ScenarioEnogen® corn enzyme technology is an in-seed innovation exclusively from Syngenta and is the industry’s first and only biotech corn designed specifically to enhance ethanol production. Enogen is a win for farmers, a win for ethanol plants and a win for local communities.

Enogen is rapidly gaining popularity because of the value it delivers and the opportunity it provides corn growers like you to be enzyme suppliers for their local ethanol plants. By metering in a small percentage of Enogen corn, ethanol plants have the potential to increase operational efficiency and reduce natural gas, electricity and water use.

What truly sets Enogen corn apart from other technologies designed to enhance ethanol production, though, is that it adds incremental value to local communities that rely on the ethanol industry. With Enogen, ethanol producers can redirect the money they previously used to buy liquid alpha amylase enzyme to local farmers instead, in the form of a 40-cent-per-bushel (on average) premium.

To produce Enogen corn, you can use your existing cultural farming practices (subject to applicable stewardship requirements), including nutrient, insect and disease management programs. More importantly, there is no yield drag shown with Enogen hybrids.

For more information about Enogen corn enzyme technology, visit www.enogen.net.

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The Ethanol Grain Quality Solution: Creating More Value for Corn Growers and the Local Ethanol CommunityCorn feedstock is the single biggest input cost for an ethanol plant, and ethanol yield per bushel is one of the biggest drivers of plant profitability.

To help ethanol plants gain access to high-quality, locally-sourced grain, Syngenta is working with an increasing number of ethanol plants to introduce the Ethanol Grain Quality Solution, an agronomic protocol designed to increase corn yields and grain quality through insect control, early-season weed control (including glyphosate resistant weeds), disease control and Crop Enhancement. Participating growers are rewarded 10 cents per bushel for using the Ethanol Grain Quality Solution to grow their corn.

Participation in the Ethanol Grain Quality Solution is simple. Enrolled growers utilize high-yield agronomic protocols tailored to local conditions and best practices designed to mitigate risk and maximize yield potential. Enrolled Golden Harvest® corn or NK® corn growers are eligible to receive a 10-cent per bushel premium from the ethanol plant for delivery. Enrolled Enogen growers can receive an incremental 10-cent premium (above the 40-cent premium) from the ethanol plant for delivery.

The Ethanol Grain Quality Solution is a convenient and flexible way to market grain and improve return on investment. The Ethanol Grain Quality Solution also contributes to the stability of ethanol plants and local economies by helping plants be more profitable and providing rural economies with a new revenue source through the per bushel premium.

Ask your ethanol plant or Syngenta representative about the Ethanol Grain Quality Solution.

“Participating growers are rewarded 10 cents per bushel for using the Ethanol Grain Quality

Solution to grow their corn.”

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1Fuels America

Ethanol: Good for Agriculture and Good for AmericaEthanol is helping America reduce its dependence on foreign oil, lowering prices at the pump, improving the environment with lower emissions, and growing the economy with jobs that can’t be outsourced.

Syngenta supports and promotes corn ethanol production to ensure a strong U.S. corn market, which is a stimulus for new agriculture technologies. And, for the past three years, Syngenta has donated one dollar for every Enogen acre planted to promote American-grown ethanol.

The ethanol industry is driving billions of dollars of economic activity across America. The result is clear:

• $184.5 billion of economic output

• 852,056 jobs

• $46.2 billion in wages

• $14.5 billion in taxes each year1

This activity creates a ripple effect as supplier firms and employees re-spend throughout the economy.

In addition to creating value for farmers and rural communities, ethanol is helping consumers. A University of Wisconsin/Iowa State University study found that, in 2011, ethanol saved consumers an average of $1.09 per gallon. Ethanol is good for agriculture and good for America.

We believe in ethanol.

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Growers access Enogen corn seed through a technology license with

Syngenta and a production contract with an ethanol plant licensed to use the

technology. Contact your Enogen reseller for more information.

The Enogen Value Tracker: Stewardship SimplifiedEnogen growers are required to follow specific, yet simple stewardship guidelines. These guidelines include planting non-Enogen border rows around an Enogen cornfield, cleaning out planters and combines, and dedicating bin space for all Enogen grain.

To simplify grain tracking, Syngenta recently introduced the Enogen Value Tracker, a new tool for Enogen growers. Beginning in 2015, the Enogen Value Tracker—a naturally derived, non-GMO purple tracer trait—was included in select bags of Enogen hybrids. Syngenta intends to include the Enogen Value Tracker in all bags of Enogen seed over time.

In seed bags featuring the Enogen Value Tracker, up to 5% of seeds will contain the purple tracer trait that will be expressed in the corn plant and through random kernels on the purple plant ear. The Enogen Value Tracker will appear as randomly dispersed purple plants across an Enogen field (inside the border rows). The grain produced from these purple plants will be comprised of both yellow and purple kernels to help make for easy visual tracking of Enogen corn from harvest through storage and processing—helping to ensure this high value grain is delivered to its intended destination.

The Enogen Value Tracker is part of an ongoing Syngenta commitment to providing Enogen corn enzyme technology to the market in a manner that offers benefits to growers like you, ethanol plants and biofuels production, while respecting the other uses of the corn crop. The Enogen Value Tracker—a new stewardship tool for Enogen growers.

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PRODUCT MATURITY INFORMATION AGRONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS PLANT CHARACTERISTICS DISEASE TOLERANCE

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E092T4 92 1265 2350 3 3 5 4 3 3 3 2 5 2 2 F 5 3 6 3 4 2E093H9 93 1270 2420 3 3 4 3 2 3 5 2 5 3 4 SF - 2 5 4 3 -E097X4 NEW 97 1270 2400 3 3 4 3 4 2 3 4 3 4 4 SF 3 - 6 4 - 5E101P5 101 1335 2460 2 2 4 2 1 3 2 4 3 2 3 SF 4 4 3 3 3 -E105T1 105 1355 2550 2 2 5 2 2 4 2 3 4 2 3 SF 4 5 3 4 2 3E106K5 106 1385 2530 3 3 3 3 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 F 5 4 3 4 4 4E106N8 NEW 106 1350 2570 3 4 2 3 2 3 5 4 4 6 6 SF 4 4 5 2 - 4E107B3 109 1375 2570 3 2 5 4 1 4 5 4 4 3 4 SF 5 3 4 - 4 -E109R3 109 1395 2570 3 2 5 2 2 4 2 4 2 2 3 SD 3 3 5 6 2 3E111B8 111 1405 2580 4 4 2 3 2 3 5 4 4 6 6 SF 7 3 4 - 4 -E113D3 113 1405 2630 3 3 4 4 2 5 3 3 4 3 3 F 6 3 3 - - -E113L7 113 1435 2620 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 3 SF 5 4 2 - 4 -E113N8 113 1415 2630 3 4 5 4 3 4 5 3 6 4 5 F 6 4 4 6 4 3E113Q6 113 1415 2610 3 3 5 3 2 5 3 3 4 4 4 F 2 3 2 - 5 5E115P0 115 1475 2660 4 3 4 3 2 3 2 2 6 3 3 SF 2 4 2 5 3 -E116K4 116 1465 2690 4 3 5 3 2 3 3 2 4 4 5 F 5 4 3 5 3 6E118H2 118 1495 2690 4 4 4 3 4 5 5 3 3 2 3 SF 6 7 5 - 3 -

Characteristics

Note: Disease & Insect Ratings Ratings are not absolute; environmental conditions and certain cultural practices, such as continuous corn, play a critical role in disease development and insect infestation, which can, in turn, predispose plants to secondary disease such as stalk and ear rots. If conditions are severe, even hybrids rated as resistant can be adversely affected. Growers should balance yield potential, hybrid maturity and cultural practices against the anticipated risk of disease or insect pressure.

Ratings are based on interpretation of statistically analyzed results of studies conducted by Syngenta.

Flex hybrids adjust to growing conditions by changing ear length or kernel depth. Determinate/Fixed hybrids are less able to adjust ear size. Plant Population is considered more important for a determinate-ear hybrid than for a flex-ear hybrid.

Seed products with the LibertyLink® (LL) trait are resistant to the herbicide glufosinate ammonium, an alternative to glyphosate in corn, and combine high-yielding genetics with the powerful, non-selective, postemergent weed control of Liberty® herbicide.

Drought: Agrisure Artesian water optimized hybrid

Notes

KeyRating Scale 1 = Best 9 = Worst - = Not available

Plant Height 1 = Tall 9 = Short

Ear Height 1 = High 9 = Low

Test Weight 1 = High 9 = Low

Disease Tolerance 1 = High 9 = Low - = Not Available

Ear Flex F = Flex SF = Semi-Flex SD = Semi- Determinate D = Determinate

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RM: 101: Specific relative maturity for this hybrid series.

E101P5 Hybrid Series: All hybrids within this series were developed from the same base genetics.

Description Key

A “E” indicates Enogen

B Relative maturity number

C Randomly designated letter and number(s)

D Separates the genetic and trait portions

E Trait designator aligned with Agrisure® traits

Enogen hybrids are available in a variety of Agrisure trait stacks. Contact your local Enogen reseller for more information on what’s available in your geography.

Enogen Nomenclature

EA B C D E

101 P5 - 3011A

Note: The Agrisure 3000GT trait stack with Artesian is labeled as Agrisure Artesian 3011A.

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“It’s exciting to work with ethanol plants and to actually grow a product that they want. It’s not just growing corn anymore, it’s growing Enogen corn that these ethanol plants are going to want and need, and it makes you feel like you’re doing something important for them.”

—Mike Missman Grower // Woden, Iowa

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AGRONOMIC MANAGEMENT AND PLACEMENT TRAITS END USE TRAITS

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E092T4 92 t H H l l 5 4 l l l H l H l l t

E093H9 93 t l H H l 4 3 H H l l H l l l l

E097X4 NEW 97 t l H H l 4 3 l t t H l l - - -

E101P5 101 t l H H - 4 2 H H l H H l H l 6

E105T1 105 6 t H H l 5 2 l H l H H H H t t

E106K5 106 l l H l l 3 3 l H l t H t H 6 H

E106N8 NEW 106 l l H H l 2 3 l l t H l t - - -

E107B3 109 t H H l - 5 4 t H t l H t t t H

E109R3 109 6 l H H l 5 2 l H t H H H H t t

E111B8 111 t H H l t 2 3 l H t H H t t l H

E113D3 113 t l H l t 4 4 H H l H H t l 6 6

E113L7 113 l H H l t 3 4 l t l H l t t l l

E113N8 113 6 H H l l 5 4 l l l H l t 6 l t

E113Q6 113 t H H l t 5 3 H H H H H t t t l

E115P0 115 t H H l t 4 3 l H H H H l 6 H 6

E116K4 116 6 H H l t 5 3 l H 6 H H t l t l

E118H2 118 6 H H l l 4 3 t l l H l t H l t

1 = Best 9 = Worst- = Not available

Score Interpretation

H Best Choice

l Good Choice

t Average to Slightly Below Average

6 Not Recommended

Agronomy ratings are based on statistically analyzed results of studies conducted by Syngenta. Agronomy ratings are relative based on other hybrids within the same maturity group.

Agronomic ManagementAgronomy Chart Key

General Interpretation of Hybrid Response to Management/Placement Situations and End Use Traits

Seeding Rate: The optimum seeding rate varies by farm yield potential, with more productive farms responding to higher seeding rates. Syngenta indicates the seeding rate producing the greatest economic return changes with yield environment (assuming $5.00/bu commodity price) is:

YIELD ENVIRONMENT (BU/A) SEEDING RATE

<125 21,000

125–150 28,500

150–175 32,000

175–200 34,000

200+ 35,700

The optimum seeding rate column indicates performance at these seeding rates, and the 15% above and below optimum columns indicate how well the hybrid responds to planting rates with heavier or lighter seeding rates.

Continuous Corn Agronomic Characteristics: Favorable ratings in this column indicate hybrids containing multiple agronomic phenotypic traits deemed important for fields where corn is being cultivated for consecutive years. Ratings are weighted based on the following individual hybrid characteristics: yield, emergence strength, early vigor, root and stalk strength, staygreen and foliar disease tolerance.

Adaptation to Soil Types/Yield Environments: Ratings and soil type classifications are based on interpretation of studies conducted by Syngenta.

High pH Performance: Ratings represent an assessment of stand establishment, chlorosis severity and yield performance.

Notes

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