Liberty Link Soybean Stewardship QA Indiana CIA Mtg

Liberty. Link® Soybean Stewardship & QA Indiana CIA Mtg 8/11/17

Agenda/ Content 2017 Liberty. Link Soybean Stewardship and Quality Assurance – Commercial Seed Production Manual – – – Licensed grower Stewardship Quality Assurance Crop Quality Labelling

Stewardship Bayer definition of Stewardship = varietal purity Requirements q CROP ROTATION: PY could not be soybeans q ISOLATION: q Non-Approved or Regulated Events q Seed production: 100 ft OR 15 ft plus flags denoting field edges q Commercial grain: 10 ft q Non-GM Seed or Commercially Approved Traits q Different varieties: 10 ft q Similar variety: 1. 5 ft q Equipment cleanout

Quality Assurance QA = trait purity and adventitious presence q IN CROP q Start clean q Spray Liberty 280 SL Herbicide, q V 2 – V 4 stage q 29 oz/acre (2018 = 32 oz/acre) q In field inspection 5 -10 days later q 1000 plants, 4 quadrants q For MG < 3. 5, field inspection is OPTIONAL q POST HARVEST q Liberty. Link Trait Purity > 98% q Adventitious Presence < 2% (Commercially Approved, Unintended Events) q Adventitious Presence <. 1% (Non-Approved and Regulated Events) Page 4 • Presentation Title • October 2011

Visual Observation Page 5 • Presentation Title • October 2011

Approved Labs – Trait Purity Testing Page 6 • Presentation Title • October 2011

Approved Labs – PCR Testing LL Event in Non-LL Event Seed Lot(s) 7

Labelling Federal Seed Act, Bayer requirements q Movement of seed q Federal Seed Act label requirements q Seed company & Origin q Germ q Variety % q Other % (noxious weeds) q Bayer labelling requirements q Bags, mini bulks, bulk q Current logos and bag tag q IP statements (PVP, patent and germplasm patents) Page 8 • Presentation Title • October 2011

ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS q Soybean Herbicide Injury q Stay vigilant and inspect production fields q Growth and pod development q Document to determine harvest strategy AND/OR testing protocols q Segregate q Bulk seed q Accelerated aging germination test q Counter season grow outs q Repurposed Fields q Exception to relax rotational requirement IF q Same variety and trait Page 9 • Presentation Title • October 2011