Innovation in Agriculture. Dr. Ryan K. Bartlett, Ph.D Compass Minerals Vice President of Innovation and Product Development

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1 Innovation in Agriculture Dr. Ryan K. Bartlett, Ph.D Compass Minerals Vice President of Innovation and Product Development

2 Welcome and Congratulations!!

3 My Experience in Innovation Bachelors Degree in Genetics Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Biophysics Postdoctoral studies at Vanderbilt University Medical Center Joined Monsanto as a Biochemist Lead the Monsanto transgenic herbicide tolerance discovery team Lead Monsanto North America product management for specialty crops Lead the Innovation Platform for Monsanto Global corn strategy Lead the Innovation team for Monsanto Global field testing Joined Compass Minerals to lead Innovation in December of 2016

4 Technology, Innovation and Agriculture

5 The Bartlett Family My Passion for Agriculture Bartlett Farm Est William and Maggie Bartlett

6 1948 in Kansas Myron Bartlett - Cowboy Ruth Bartlett - Realist Kansas is known as the Wheat State

7 Years of Continuous Wheat Production

8 We Knew Their Needed to be a Change How could we improve our practices to ensure profitability and sustainability for future generations? Wyatt Bartlett Oct 2013 We had to start with a more diverse cropping system

9 Technology Provided the Tools We Needed To allow for crop rotation we needed 4 things: Advanced Breeding 1. Better Genetics, Drought Tolerance 2. No-till Planting 3. Better Weed Control Options 4. And

10 And Better Plant Nutrition Options!

11 Our Farm Today 7 Different Crops

12 But What is Next?

13 Biotechnology Even more stacked traits Additional modes of herbicide action Additional modes of insect control New technologies like RNAi Targeted insertion of new genes Gene editing Plant Nutrition Opportunity: Each additional trait adds potential metabolic stress

14 Next Generation Advanced Breeding Breeding will continue to accelerate through use of computer modeling Many breeding programs perform initial crosses in silico, saving time and resources before testing in the field This will allow for faster development of new genetic packages that can withstand difficult environments and diseases Plant Nutrition Opportunity: Top performing genetics require top performing nutrition

15 Soil Health and Biologicals Plant Nutrition Opportunity: The right nutritional products help biologicals perform

16 Sensors and Robots - Data Deepfield - Bosch Robots and Drones carry more sensors for specific applications to help us understand what our crop needs. From these sensors we will have a better understanding of the soil in real time. Plant Nutrition Opportunity: More data allows for more precise nutrition applications

17 Prescription Agriculture Advances will continue to deliver capabilities in multi hybrid/variety planting Many large players are working to improve variable rate Nitrogen application This technology will improve and impact all sectors of ag inputs Plant Nutrition Opportunity: Optimization of Nitrogen makes other nutrients limiting

18 Plant Nutrition is Key to Increased Production Real time crop health diagnosis allows us to prescriptively deliver solutions of minor and micronutrients to proactively support plant nutrition and supplement in real time when crop issues are identified Produquimica and Compass Minerals will continue to develop next generation INNOVATIVE plant nutrition products to match the technology available for application

19 Emerging plant diseases Viral complexes are difficult to control and can be seed borne Bacterial diseases are spreading in some parts of the world Water Availability Water will continue to be a precious resource for agriculture We have to become more efficient Autonomy Removing the human element from agriculture is scary Agriculture requires passion! My Concerns for the Future

20 Future of the Bartlett Family Farm

21 OBRIGADO!