Biotech Updates

Roundup RReady2yield Soybean Completes Regulatory Process in North America

August 3, 2007

Monsanto recently announced that its next-generation soybean technology, Roundup RReady2Yield™ soybeans, has completed the regulatory process in both the United States and Canada. This would make RReady2Yield™ soybeans the first new soybean technology developed in more than a decade.

The Roundup RReady2Yield soybean technology represents a next-generation upgrade of the company's popular Roundup Ready soybean technology. Three years of field comparisons have demonstrated that the technology can deliver a yield advantage of 7 to 11 percent over its first-generation Roundup Ready counterpart.

"We believe this next-generation soybean technology represents a new opportunity for us to set the bar higher while continuing to deliver new value to farmers," said Robb Fraley, Monsanto's chief technology officer and executive vice president. Read the press release at http://monsanto.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=512.