LibertyLink® Soybean Stewardship & QA Indiana CIA Mtg 8/11/17

Licensed grower Stewardship Quality Assurance Crop Quality Labelling 2017 LibertyLink 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 CROP ROTATION: PY could not be soybeans ISOLATION: Non-Approved or Regulated Events Seed production: 100 ft OR 15 ft plus flags denoting field edges Commercial grain: 10 ft Non-GM Seed or Commercially Approved Traits Different varieties: 10 ft Similar variety: 1.5 ft Equipment cleanout

Quality Assurance QA = trait purity and adventitious presence IN CROP Start clean Spray Liberty 280SL Herbicide, V2 – V4 stage 29 oz/acre (2018 = 32 oz/acre) In field inspection 5-10 days later 1000 plants, 4 quadrants For MG < 3.5, field inspection is OPTIONAL POST HARVEST LibertyLink Trait Purity > 98% Adventitious Presence < 2% (Commercially Approved, Unintended Events) Adventitious Presence < .1% (Non-Approved and Regulated Events)

Visual Observation

Approved Labs – Trait Purity Testing

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

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

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