2010 Features & Benefits

Roundup Rewards^® is the comprehensive program you can rely on to help protect your trait and herbicide investment. Roundup Rewards offers added protection through reduced risk program elements for your operation so you can farm with confidence when you use Monsanto technologies and agricultural herbicide recommendations. Since 1997, the Roundup Rewards^® program has been providing American farmers with risk sharing benefits and proven solutions. To date, over 300,000 farmers have benefited from the protection Roundup Rewards provides.

Monsanto stands behind your seed trait and herbicide purchases with an unrivaled package of benefits. Your technology investments are supported by:

• Trait Protection

  • Replant and Croploss Refunds

• Yield Protection

  • START CLEAN, STAY CLEAN.™ Assurance Plan

  • Volunteer Roundup Ready Corn 2 Cost Share Allowance

• Crop Protection with Roundup Performance Pact™

  • Tough Conditions

  • Tough Weeds

  • 30-Minute Rainfast Warranty

  • Crop Safety Warranty

  • Made in the USA Warranty

Around 30,000 American farmers each year – for 11 years – have chosen to receive financial support through the Roundup Rewards Program. Support that has helped them through challenges, including catastrophes like floods, drought, tornados and freezing. Roundup Rewards also provides them with proven farming recommendations to maximize yield potential and minimize the potential for weed resistance.

Take advantage of the opportunities and risk-sharing benefits of Roundup Rewards – and farm with confidence. We've got you covered.

2010 Qualifications

Qualifying for the unmatched benefits of Roundup Rewards is easy:

• Use only Roundup^® brand agricultural herbicides* in your glyphosate post-emerge applications to Roundup Ready crops

• Purchase an eligible brand from the list below for burndown applications of glyphosate herbicides (if applicable)

  • Roundup WeatherMAX^®

  • Roundup PowerMAX^®

  • RT 3^®

  • Buccaneer^® Plus

  • Bullzeyetm

  • Cornerstone^® Plus

  • Gly-4^® Plus

  • Honcho^® Plus

  • Mad Dog^®

• Purchases of Roundup brand agricultural herbicides and Monsanto traits must be made from your local Monsanto authorized representative, authorized retailer, or seed dealer.

• Have a valid 2009 Monsanto Technology/Stewardship Agreement

Please refer to the Roundup Rewards Requirements in the Roundup Rewards Requirements Brochure.

2010 Program Elements

Thanks to two program elements in Roundup Rewards, farmers receive added protection and reduced risk for their farming operation:

The Volunteer Roundup Ready^® Corn 2 Cost-Share Allowance

• The Volunteer Roundup Ready^® Corn 2 Cost-Share Allowance allows farmers to receive up to $4.00 per acre when using Roundup WeatherMAX® and up to $3.00 per acre when using Roundup PowerMAX^® toward Select Max® to control Volunteer Roundup Ready Corn 2 in in Genuity™ Roundup Ready 2 Yield^®, Roundup Ready soybeans, Genuity Roundup Ready Flex cotton, Roundup Ready cotton and Genuity™ Roundup Ready Sugarbeets. Just use the proper Roundup Ready RATE™ of Harness^® or Degree^® brand herbicide followed by Roundup WeatherMAX or Roundup PowerMAX in your Roundup Ready Corn 2 to qualify for Roundup Rewards.

The START CLEAN, STAY CLEAN.™ Assurance Plan – For Roundup Ready^® Corn 2 and Roundup Ready Soybeans

• The START CLEAN, STAY CLEAN.™ Assurance Plan allows farmers to receive up to $7.00 per acre of Roundup WeatherMAX or up to $3.50 per acre of Roundup PowerMAX, if they have an unexpected flush of annual weeds that requires a second in-crop treatment of Roundup WeatherMAX^® or Roundup PowerMAX^® herbicide.

In the Roundup Ready Corn 2 System:
Simply follow the recommendation below and if a second in-crop treatment is needed to control a late flush of annual weeds in Roundup Ready Corn 2, apply a Roundup agricultural herbicide (Roundup WeatherMAX herbicide or Roundup PowerMAX herbicide) at a minimum of 22 ounces/acre of before weeds exceed 4 inches in height and you will receive:

• Up to $7.00 /acre of Roundup WeatherMAX at no cost

• Or up to $3.50 /acre of Roundup PowerMAX at no cost

Recommendation:

1. Purchase and plant Roundup Ready Corn 2 alone or combined with other Monsanto corn traits.

2. Follow the START CLEAN, STAY CLEAN.™ recommendation:

   • Start clean with a burndown herbicide or tilliage.

   • Residuals: Apply a Roundup agricultural herbicide² at the Roundup Ready RATE™.

   • In-crop: Apply a Roundup agricultural corn herbicide at a minimum of 22 ounces/acre before weeds exceed 4 inches in height.

3. Report unsatisfactory weed control to your Monsanto Authorized Representative between 14 and 21 days after treatment.

¹ Corn with Roundup Ready 2 technology also qualifies.
² Monsanto residual corn herbicides include Bullet^®, Degree^®, Degree Xtra^®, Harness^®, Harness Xtra^®, Harness Xtra 5.6L, Lariat^® and Micro-Tech^®.

In the Roundup Ready Soybean System:

Simply follow the recommendation below and if a second in-crop treatment is needed to control a late flush of annual weeds in Roundup Ready soybeans, apply a minimum of 22 ounces/acre of Roundup WeatherMAX herbicide or Roundup PowerMAX herbicide before weeds exceed 4 inches in height and you will receive:

• Up to $7.00 /acre of Roundup WeatherMAX at no cost

• Or $3.50 /acre of Roundup PowerMAX at no cost

Recommendation:

1. Purchase and plant Genuity™ Roundup Ready 2 Yield^® Soybeans or Roundup Ready^® soybeans.

2. Follow the START CLEAN, STAY CLEAN.™ recommendation:

   • Start clean with a burndown herbicide or tillage.

   • Residuals: Apply a qualifying soybean residual herbicide³ at the Roundup Ready RATE™.

   • In-crop: Apply a Roundup agricultural herbicide at a minimum of 22 ounces/acre before weeds exceed 8 inches in height.

3. Report unsatisfactory weed control to your Monsanto Authorized Representative between 14 and 21 days after treatment.

³ Monsanto recommended residual soybean herbicides include INTRRO^®, Gangster^®, Valor^® and Valor^® XLT. Valor, Valor XLT and Gangster must be applied between 21 days before planting and up to 3 days after planting to qualify for the START CLEAN, STAY CLEAN.™ Assurance Plan.

Refer to the Roundup agricultural herbicide labels for maximum use rates in Genuity™ Roundup Ready 2 Yield^® Soybeans and Roundup Ready soybeans. Always read and follow label directions.

Related Resources

• Read what growers have to say about Roundup WeatherMAX (.pdf 200K).

• Read what growers have to say about Harness and Degree brands (.pdf 492K).

• Read more about Roundup Ready Corn 2.

See the Roundup Rewards® program brochure and Requirements Brochure for qualifications and benefits in your region. Roundup Rewards applies only to Roundup® branded and other agricultural herbicides specified by Monsanto. Program details referenced in this publication are subject to change and should be verified by checking with your local Monsanto dealer or representative.

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. Roundup^®, Roundup Rewards^® START CLEAN, STAY CLEAN.™ Harness^®, Degree^®, Roundup WeatherMAX^® and Roundup PowerMAX™ are trademarks of Monsanto Technology LLC. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owner. These products may not be registered for sale or use in all states. Check with your local Monsanto dealer or Monsanto representative prior to use concerning state registrations. ©2009 Monsanto Company.