1. MANAGING AFLATOXIN IN CORN S COTT A VERHOFF, C HAIRMAN D AVID G IBSON, E XECUTIVE D IRECTOR

2. OUR EXPERIENCES 1998 AS ELEVATOR MANAGER 1998 AS GROWER M EMBER OF S TATE C HEMIST A DVISORY B OARD 2005 E XPERIENCES WITH RMA E XPERIENCES WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES $0.25 PER BUSHEL CORN

3. PRE-HARVEST M ANAGE CROP TO REDUCE STRESS U SE BIO - CONTROLS, AKA ATOXIGENICS –S IGNIFICANTLY REDUCE AFLATOXIN CONTAMINATION BY COMPETITIVE DISPLACEMENT OF AFLATOXIN - PRODUCING STRAINS

4. LABELED PRODUCTS A FLA -G UARD ® A S YNGENTA ® PRODUCT AF 36 – A RIZONA C OTTON R ESEARCH AND P ROTECTION C OUNCIL –N OT LABELED IN O KLAHOMA B OTH PRODUCTS HAVE SHOWN CONSISTENT EFFICACY M UST BE APPLIED AS A PREVENTATIVE

5. POST-HARVEST E RRATIC TEST RESULTS P RIMARY CAUSE MOST LIKELY DUE TO ERRATIC DISTRIBUTION OF AFLATOXIN IN A GIVEN LOT OF CORN S AMPLING –M AINTAIN RATIO OF FINES / WHOLE GRAIN C LEANING EQUIPMENT BETWEEN SAMPLES I S TEST CALIBRATED FOR LEVEL IDENTIFIED ? G RIND WHOLE SAMPLE / MIX THOROUGHLY

6. GROWERS ACTIONS AT HARVEST F IELD TEST C ONTACT YOUR INSURANCE AGENT IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE A PROBLEM Y OUR INSURANCE AGENT HAS TO TURN EVERYTHING OVER TO CLAIMS ADJUSTOR B E CAUTIOUS OF LEAVING FIELD STRIPS B E CAUTIOUS OF RANDOM EAR SAMPLING A GENT IS REMOVED FROM THE SETTLEMENT PROCESS

7. BE AWARE OF… H IGH NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES M OISTURE EVENTS AT HARVEST S AMPLE COLLECTION T YPE OF TEST EQUIPMENT C LEANLINESS OF TEST THROUGHOUT PROCESS H OW SAMPLES ARE STORED AND TRANSPORTED, IF TESTING IS DONE AT ANOTHER LOCATION

8. HARVEST TESTING O FFICE OF THE S TATE C HEMIST (OTSC) O NE T EST S TRATEGY, ACCEPTED BY RMA, REGULATORY AND BUYING ENTITY HTTP :// OTSCWEB. TAMU. EDU / RISK /O NE S AMPLE HTTP :// OTSCWEB. TAMU. EDU / RISK /O NE S AMPLE A DOPTED DUE TO OTSC, TCPB AND T EXAS F ARM B UREAU EFFORTS B ENEFITS GROWERS BY MATCHING REGULATORY SAMPLES WITH BUYER AND CROP INSURANCE B ENEFITS ELEVATORS BY MATCHING THEIR SAMPLES WITH REGULATORY SAMPLES

9. HOW IT WORKS OTSC CERTIFIES WITH BUYING POINT T RAINS WORKERS ON SAMPLING T RAINS WORKERS ON TESTING V ERIFY SCALE V ERIFY TEST USED FOR ACCURACY S ENDS SAMPLES FOR CALIBRATING TEST G ETS TEST FROM FACILITY TO VERIFY TEST

10. TEXAS ANALYSIS

17. FUTURE W E CURRENTLY HAVE SOME O KLAHOMA MEMBERS IN THE C ORN P RODUCERS A SSOCIATION OF T EXAS A VAILABLE, AS NEEDED, TO ASSIST GROWERS B UYERS RMA/C ROP INSURANCE S OURCE OF MATERIALS AND INFORMATION R EGULATIONS /R EGULATORY AGENCY

18. CONTACT INFORMATION S COTT A VERHOFF – SAVERHOFF @ TEXASCORN. ORG SAVERHOFF @ TEXASCORN. ORG D AVID G IBSON – DGIBSON @ TEXASCORN. ORG DGIBSON @ TEXASCORN. ORG WWW.TEXASCORN.ORG 806.763.2676