FROM CHECKERS TO CHESS Same board, different players

FROM CHECKERS TO CHESS Same board, different players Three years ago, I titled my article in this publication, Jump to the Next Generation. It featured an analogy between the game of CHECKERS, enjoyed years ago by my grandfather and now my two oldest sons, and the next generation of high yielding hybrids, the 22 series. With three years of checkers under their belt, my sons are now learning to play CHESS, a game played on the same board, but with different players and complexities of moves. The seed business and farming have taken a similar course over the past three years. Many of us are playing in the same fields, but the players we use and the complexities of moves we make have changed. There has been a power shift. More power is being delivered through the seed today and that is good news for you, the farmer, and for us, the seed company. While we once delivered yield and agronomic qualities through the seed, we can now solve crop protection problems as well. The use of genetic enhancements along with seed-applied treatments and coatings are our new players. The latest examples are the Gard Rootworm event, Poncho 1250 seedapplied insecticide and the new Gard Plus event with corn borer and rootworm control. All of these products put the power of convenient, effective, time-saving rootworm control into your hands. Our new Sure Gro 130 Profit Pack is another convenient, effective, time-saving player to help solve problems in your soybean fields. More uniform stands, less need for replanting, having the right amount of seed to finish the field, freedom to choose the right variety regardless of seed size, and having the opportunity to reduce seeding rates without fear of poor emergence are all powerful new moves afforded by this new player. As we look to 2004, we thank you for your commitment to the playing field of agriculture. We are committed to providing you the most powerful combination of players, backed by timely service and support to help you win the game of profitability on your farm. Sincerely, Scott Beck Vice President

2003 PRACTICAL FARM RESEARCH PLOTS 300-7 Organic D=Alfalfa C=Beans B=Wheat A=Corn 276 th Street Field K South Field K North 15" Show Plot and Glyphosate Comparison No-Till Stress 300-6 D C B A Beans, Lime Lime II Corn pumpkins H3 300-4 Advanced Beans No-Till Advanced Hybrids Conv. 300 Bu. Twin Rows 3YC H2 Treated vs. Untreated Row width population study on beans 300-3 300 Bu. Ultra High Pop 2YC 300-2 H4 Advanced Hybrids No-Till Advanced Beans Conv. 300 Bu. Normal Pop 2YC 300-1 H1 Agroculture N program Zone-Till (CAC) Twin Row Beans H5 Bt E 5 Corn No-Till E1 E 6 E 7 E2 Soybean Row Width Study Corn Conv. Corn Conv. E 8 Corn No-Till E 9 Beans No-Till PARKING LOT TRUCK STORAGE E3 Corn Treatments E 10 Beans Conv. SHOP FERTILIZER PLANT E 12 Beans Conv. GRAIN CENTER E 13 Beans No-Till GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE Plant D1 FaSTart Corn F1 Cyst Protection RESEARCH DEV. CENTER TOWER D2 Herb. Sens PARKING LOT Office BULK STORAGE COB STORAGE D3 F2 F3 Seed Treatments Traditional, Biological, Inoculants and Insecticide LOADING DOCK WAREHOUSE WAREHOUSE WAREHOUSE WAREHOUSE WAREHOUSE BULK STORAGE Corn Population SEED CORN DRYER Twin Row Pop D4 Beans AER D4E N6 N7 N8 HES QTP Silage A1 N2 Corn WAREHOUSE WAREHOUSE YG Plus D5 N3 15" Row Beans A2 Beans Office Corn Plot BioPlus 682 on 15" beans A3 Twin Rows Alfalfa A7 EPC/D.O.P. Corn A8 Rootworm Control YGRW, SAI, Granular D6 Rootworm Hybrid Comparison N4 D.O.P. A6 Nitrogen Rates and T-22 A5W A4 SG vs. UT Soybeans 15" row No-Till Field C Beans, 68 Varieties A5E Wheat Nitrogen Rate and Double Crop Soybeans 300-5N 7½" Corn Rows 300-5S Rootworm Hybrid Comparison BECK'S HYBRIDS 6767 E. 276th Street Atlanta, IN 46031 1-800-YES-BECK www.beckshybrids.com Grain harvested from products that bear this mark is fully approved for food and feed use in the United States and Japan, but is not approved in the European Union. You must nd a market for this crop that will not ship this grain or its processed products to Europe. Appropriate markets for this grain include: domestic feed use or grain handlers that speci cally agree to accept this grain and handle it appropriately. For more information on your grain market options, go to the American Seed Trade Association s website at www.amseed.org or call your seed supplier. Know Before You Grow SM, an information service provided by National Corn Growers Association at www.ncga.com. Growers should refer to Monsanto s Technology Use Guide for information on crop stewardship regarding the potential movement of pollen to neighboring crops. ALWAYS READ AND FOLLOW LABEL DIRECTIONS. For more information call 1-800-768-6387. Know Before You Grow SM is a service mark of National Corn Growers Association. Gard,Roundup Ready and Roundup Ready WeatherMax are registered trademarks of, and used under license from Monsanto Technology, LLC. STS is a registered trademark of Dupont. CLEARFIELD and Lightning herbicides are trademarks of BASF. LibertyLink is a trademark of Bayer. FaSTart and Sure Gro are trademarks of Beck s Hybrids.

2004 PFR Atlanta Plot Field K NW Corn Seed Trt. 160' 270' 150' 300-7 Organic D=Alfalfa C=Wheat B=Corn A=Beans Planting Speed Field K South NT Beans 300-6 th 440' D C B A Wheat Beans 7½" Corn D.O.P. Beans May 18, 2004 Field K NE Nitrogen Rate Study -4 300 300-3 H2 190' 300' H3 Advanced Corn NT 80' Cont. Corn Starter fert/ Micro Nutri. Study 80' Advanced Beans (conv) 50' 30" Rows 300-2 300-1 H1 15" Row vs. 30" Row Pop Study No-Till 180' H5 H4 Advanced Beans NT 2 Reps 160' 160' 80' 60' Advanced Corn (conv) 15" Rows on HP Soil Conv Till Pop Study 4YC 1YB 1YB 1YC E 5 E1 E2 Twin Row vs. 30" Row 285' Population Study E 6 305' Twin Row vs. 30" Row Hybrid Comparison No-Till Cont. Corn Cont. Corn Conv. E 7 Beans Conv. 270' E 8 Beans No-Till E 9 Truck Shed E3 7½", 15", 30" Beans Corn No-Till 180' E 10 Corn Conv. PARKING LOT 140' FERTILIZER PLANT E 12 Cont. Beans Conv. Shop GRAIN CENTER E 13 Cont. Beans No-Till 80' 80' 80' 80' 80' 80' 80' 80' GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE Plant D1 SG vs. UT No-Till 5 varieties F1 Corn Trt. RESEARCH DEV. CENTER TOWER D2 F2 PARKING LOT Office BULK STORAGE COB STORAGE D3 Glyphosate and Soybean Seed Treatments (Trad., Biolog., Inoc., Insect.,) Herb. Sens. F3 LOADING DOCK WAREHOUSE WAREHOUSE WAREHOUSE BULK STORAGE SEED CORN DRYER Corn Pop. WAREHOUSE WAREHOUSE D4 AER NutriDense N6 N7 N8 15" Drilled Beans Fungicide/Insect. 180' 180' 140' N2 EPC/D.O.P. N3 QTP N4 Silage 120' 210' 175' A1 Beans WAREHOUSE WAREHOUSE A2 A3 Trait Showcase & EPC Corn Alfalfa A7 RW/SAI Granular/UT 4 hybrids Office Corn Plot Wheat D5 90 # N 110 # N 140 # N Headline + 140 # N A8 Longterm RR vs Trad. Systems (Beans '04) D6 140' 240' RW & YG Plus vs ISO line 280' 350' 160' A6 Apr. 13 Apr. 30 May 17 200' A5W A4 Nitrogen Form and Timing Study on RR Corn Sure Gro Profit Pack Challenge 4 Untreated vs 4 Sure Gro at 10% less rate Wheat Corn Beans Field C A5E Herbicide Systems (RR, Bt1, CL) 240' 450' Arcadia Plots 160' 80' 160' Beans 480' 160' 440' 680' 300-5S Pumpkins Additional Plots- Beans Additional Plots- Corn Wheat 480' US 31- NoTill Hoch Pickett- Organic Pickett- Organic Corn 480' 80'

46 GoldRush Alfalfa "Breakthrough Forage Technology" Key Features: A high yielding, persistent variety that carries the StandFast TM Alfalfa Technology traits for faster recovery after harvest and improved standability through the bud stage. Genetic Background: A synthetic variety developed from crossing European germplasm screened for US adaptability onto elite 4.0 fall dormancy plants selected for superior yield, persistence and forage quality. Fall Dormancy Rating Winter Hardiness Rating 4.0 FD 1 FD 2 FD 3 FD 4 FD 5 FD 6 FD 7 FD 8 FD 9 FD 10 2.1 WHI1 WHI2 WHI3 WHI4 WHI5 WHI6 Recovery After Harvest Rating Slow 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Fast 10 7.0 Forage Quality Entry Tons/Acre CP RUP NDFD RFQ Milk/Ton Milk/Acre GoldRush 6.16 20.8 23.3 47.5 191 2981 18325 Wintergold 5.5 23.2 22.7 48.8 230 3200 17590 Magnum V 5.77 22.4 22.4 48.2 202 3049 17580 54V54 5.63 22.2 22.2 47.8 205 3048 17580 403T 5.47 23.2 23.2 48.6 215 3119 17067 WL 325HQ 5.51 23 23 47.9 211 3075 16929 Beck s will continue to offer our top-selling Wintergold alfalfa as well as our Leaf Guard brand (leafhopper tolerant) alfalfa. We also offer a full line of superior forage products including our Ultimate Hay & Pasture Mix, Horse Mix and All Grass Mix in addition to a variety of grass and legume seeds.

6 CORN SUMMARY Multi-Year Comparisons of Various Hybrids (Includes Farmer Plots, BECK'S Research, and University Data) Dollar advantage per acre is calculated using $2.00/bu. pricing and drying costs of $0.02 per point of moisture per bushel. BECK 5166 Comparisons BECK 5366 Comparisons Yrs Plots Brand-Hybrid Bu/A % Moist. $/Acre Adv. Yrs Plots Brand-Hybrid Bu/A % Moist. $/Acre Adv. 3 145 BECK 5166 178.8 19.1 $5.61 5 181 BECK 5366 179.1 20.1 $0.44 BECK 5012 174.8 18.5 BECK 5166 176.1 18.6 4 162 BECK 5166 177.7 17.9 $9.46 5 286 BECK 5366 182.9 19.4 -$3.17 BECK 5266 174.1 18.6 BECK 5422 186.1 20.2 5 223 BECK 5166 178.6 19.0 $3.09 2 79 BECK 5366 170.2 20.3 $4.77 BECK 5283Bt 1 177.0 19.0 BECK 5483Bt 1 168.4 20.7 2 72 BECK 5166 186.1 18.7 $7.46 4 38 BECK 5366 182.0 18.7 $4.89 BECK 5538 185.7 20.5 BECK 5627 182.3 20.2 3 95 BECK 5166 179.9 18.3 $9.10 5 284 BECK 5366 182.3 19.2 $5.38 BECK 5827 178.9 20.3 BECK 5727 181.2 20.1 2 16 BECK 5166 184.5 19.9 $3.35 4 215 BECK 5366 187.4 19.1 $6.85 AgriGold 6395 183.9 20.5 BECK 5827 185.0 19.7 2 10 BECK 5166 188.4 19.4 $10.97 4 105 BECK 5366 178.3 19.6 $8.21 Dekalb C59-08 182.5 19.3 BECK 5959 176.6 21.0 2 8 BECK 5166 185.7 19.6 $14.03 2 107 BECK 5366 175.8 19.8 $13.97 Dekalb C62-15 181.8 21.4 BECK 6197 174.9 23.3 2 11 BECK 5166 182.0 19.6 $23.12 2 9 BECK 5366 178.1 20.8 $6.19 Garst 8484BtIT 176.0 22.9 Dekalb C62-15 175.2 21.0 2 11 BECK 5166 157.4 19.1 $8.76 2 10 BECK 5366 160.8 19.9 $5.77 Pioneer 33D31 159.3 23.0 Pioneer 33D31 163.6 23.3 5 38 BECK 5166 182.4 17.2 $8.65 4 18 BECK 5366 194.4 17.7 $16.38 Pioneer 33G26 180.2 18.4 Pioneer 33G26 186.6 18.0 4 39 BECK 5166 178.8 18.9 $18.79 2 16 BECK 5366 182.7 20.2 $9.39 Pioneer 33J24 173.2 21.2 Pioneer 33J24 178.9 20.8 4 19 BECK 5166 179.1 18.3 $3.92 4 146 BECK 5366 191.9 18.9 $0.00 Pioneer 33P67 183.5 21.7 Pioneer 34B23 191.7 18.8 3 17 BECK 5166 187.6 18.5 $3.16 2 8 BECK 5366 172.5 20.2 $20.72 Pioneer 34B24 188.3 19.7 Pioneer 34B24 161.8 20.3 3 55 BECK 5166 162.3 18.5 -$3.20 2 25 BECK 5366 173.7 19.8 $0.71 Pioneer 34M94 164.8 19.0 Pioneer 34H31 175.9 21.2 2 37 BECK 5166 188.1 19.0 $5.98 2 19 BECK 5366 171.6 20.0 $0.82 Pioneer 35Y55 185.0 19.0 Pioneer 34N16 170.1 19.4

CORN SUMMARY (continued) 7 BECK 5322 Comparisons BECK 5422 Comparisons Yrs Plots Brand-Hybrid Bu/A % Moist. $/Acre Adv. Yrs Plots Brand-Hybrid Bu/A % Moist. $/Acre Adv. 4 226 BECK 5322 181.7 19.7 $8.46 3 83 BECK 5422 186.7 20.3 $3.34 BECK 5283Bt 1 176.0 19.0 BECK 5125CB 181.7 18.6 4 194 BECK 5322 199.7 18.5 $23.73 5 328 BECK 5422 193.4 18.8 $27.75 BECK 5305 186.7 18.1 BECK 5405 177.4 17.9 5 278 BECK 5322 186.0 19.1 $7.23 2 108 BECK 5422 185.6 20.6 $0.28 BECK 5366 183.2 19.6 BECK 5538 183.9 19.8 1 50 BECK 5322 181.8 18.7 -$4.73 5 644 BECK 5422 188.1 19.4 $8.07 BECK 5399CBRR 185.2 19.2 BECK 5727 183.9 19.4 5 558 BECK 5322 189.8 18.6 $4.37 4 59 BECK 5422 178.4 20.3 $3.24 BECK 5422 189.7 19.7 BECK 5737CL 176.7 20.3 5 520 BECK 5322 189.3 18.6 $14.70 4 249 BECK 5422 192.4 19.8 $11.51 BECK 5727 183.8 19.7 BECK 5827 186.0 19.6 3 11 BECK 5322 162.1 20.4 $2.95 4 10 BECK 5422 180.4 19.4 $22.59 AgriGold 6445 161.4 20.9 AgriGold 6617 171.5 21.0 4 18 BECK 5322 185.9 17.7 $14.78 4 20 BECK 5422 182.0 19.2 $20.86 Asgrow RX708 177.8 17.4 Asgrow RX708 168.2 17.5 3 19 BECK 5322 190.5 19.0 $7.00 3 15 BECK 5422 184.1 19.9 $7.51 Dekalb C60-08 186.1 18.6 Dekalb C60-08 176.3 17.8 2 16 BECK 5322 171.5 19.1 $11.85 2 17 BECK 5422 169.2 20.2 $2.89 Dekalb C60-15 165.7 19.3 Dekalb C60-15 165.6 19.0 2 10 BECK 5322 160.2 18.8 $14.30 2 14 BECK 5422 160.0 19.3 $4.58 Pioneer 33D31 159.4 22.8 Pioneer 33D31 162.0 21.9 4 59 BECK 5322 178.5 18.7 $19.12 5 154 BECK 5422 196.6 18.4 $11.68 Pioneer 33J24 172.0 20.6 Pioneer 33G26 190.0 18.1 1 47 BECK 5322 212.8 17.2 -$4.42 4 86 BECK 5422 179.9 19.8 $8.79 Pioneer 33P66 220.2 19.5 Pioneer 33J24 176.6 20.5 4 221 BECK 5322 195.1 18.4 $9.88 4 225 BECK 5422 191.5 19.5 $3.31 Pioneer 34B23 190.6 18.7 Pioneer 34B23 188.4 18.8 3 27 BECK 5322 190.7 18.9 $2.67 2 19 BECK 5422 175.4 21.2 $0.54 Pioneer 34B24 191.3 19.9 Pioneer 34H31 175.3 21.3 3 82 BECK 5322 168.5 19.0 $3.70 3 32 BECK 5422 173.4 19.8 $0.01 Pioneer 34M94 167.1 19.3 Pioneer 34N16 171.6 18.8 3 88 BECK 5322 179.0 18.9 $6.50 2 19 BECK 5422 159.4 20.3 $3.17 Pioneer 34M95 177.1 19.7 Pioneer 34N43 157.9 20.4

8 CORN SUMMARY (continued) BECK 5012 Comparisons BECK 5229 Comparisons Yrs Plots Brand-Hybrid Bu/A % Moist. $/Acre Adv. Yrs Plots Brand-Hybrid Bu/A % Moist. $/Acre Adv. 3 47 BECK 5012 179.0 18.7 $13.39 1 9 BECK 5229 195.4 20.4 $12.39 BECK 4812 170.5 17.8 BECK 5229RW 191.3 21.6 3 130 BECK 5012 171.7 18.5 $11.45 3 114 BECK 5229 173.1 18.2 $5.37 BECK 5229 167.7 19.6 BECK 5266 171.4 18.8 3 73 BECK 5012 164.2 18.8 $1.04 2 45 BECK 5229 148.0 19.3 -$1.51 BECK 5283Bt 1 165.2 19.7 BECK 5483Bt 1 151.3 20.9 2 51 BECK 5012 153.2 18.2 $12.10 6 223 BECK 5229 173.7 17.6 $4.07 BECK 5339CBCL 151.5 21.1 BECK 5959 175.2 19.6 3 70 BECK 5012 163.3 18.6 $5.81 6 35 BECK 5229 168.7 17.1 $6.51 BECK 5727 165.6 21.7 Pioneer 33G26 168.3 18.8 2 6 BECK 5012 194.7 16.6 $6.43 5 23 BECK 5229 173.5 18.3 $10.83 Pioneer 34B23 194.0 17.9 Pioneer 33J24 172.0 20.6 2 7 BECK 5012 189.5 19.9 $14.70 4 9 BECK 5229 159.3 16.3 -$1.43 Pioneer 34H31 187.5 22.8 Pioneer 33P67 167.8 20.9 2 21 BECK 5012 142.9 18.3 -$0.40 1 23 BECK 5229 193.7 19.0 $23.59 Pioneer 34M94 145.5 19.9 Pioneer 36B08 179.8 18.1 BECK 5538 Comparisons BECK 5959 Comparisons Yrs Plots Brand-Hybrid Bu/A % Moist. $/Acre Adv. Yrs Plots Brand-Hybrid Bu/A % Moist. $/Acre Adv. 2 104 BECK 5538 183.3 20.1 -$2.68 2 65 BECK 5959 169.0 20.8 $7.67 BECK 5322 182.6 19.0 BECK 5339CBCL 163.4 19.9 1 6 BECK 5538 188.0 21.5 $16.84 2 51 BECK 5959 170.9 19.9 $5.70 AgriGold 6445 180.0 22.0 BECK 5483Bt 1 166.7 19.2 1 7 BECK 5538 194.1 20.0 $8.03 3 31 BECK 5959 177.9 21.0 $1.54 Asgrow RX781RRYG 189.3 19.7 BECK 5737CL 175.6 20.2 1 9 BECK 5538 184.3 20.1 $3.55 3 75 BECK 5959 178.8 20.8 $1.64 Dekalb C59-08 181.3 19.5 BECK 5827 177.0 20.3 2 13 BECK 5538 175.0 18.6 $4.27 2 68 BECK 5959 178.4 21.1 $4.74 Pioneer 33P67 178.7 21.8 BECK 6197 179.5 23.0 2 51 BECK 5538 185.0 19.3 $5.62 2 6 BECK 5959 185.3 21.6 -$0.79 Pioneer 34B23 181.7 19.1 Pioneer 33D31 190.8 24.1 1 10 BECK 5538 177.8 18.8 $1.07 3 16 BECK 5959 152.8 20.6 $9.03 Pioneer 34H31 179.1 19.8 Pioneer 34M94 146.5 19.6

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CORN SUMMARY (continued) 9 BECK 5727 Comparisons BECK 5727CB Comparisons Yrs Plots Brand-Hybrid Bu/A % Moist. $/Acre Adv. Yrs Plots Brand-Hybrid Bu/A % Moist. $/Acre Adv. 4 127 BECK 5727 183.0 18.3 $4.34 2 39 BECK 5727CB 165.2 19.9 $8.39 BECK 5627 181.7 18.8 BECK 5422Bt 1 163.2 21.3 2 32 BECK 5727 170.5 18.2 $3.47 2 41 BECK 5727CB 166.6 20.2 $15.19 BECK 5727RW 168.2 17.9 BECK 5483Bt 1 158.3 20.0 3 30 BECK 5727 185.2 18.5 $6.02 3 169 BECK 5727CB 188.8 19.7 $7.49 BECK 5727wx 183.8 19.4 BECK 5727 184.7 19.6 4 277 BECK 5727 185.6 19.7 $1.38 3 151 BECK 5727CB 191.2 19.5 $5.01 BECK 5827 184.3 19.4 BECK 5827 188.2 19.3 4 100 BECK 5727 183.4 18.9 $6.25 2 6 BECK 5727CB 170.8 19.6 $16.12 BECK 6827 183.2 20.5 Pioneer 33D31 168.0 22.8 2 6 BECK 5727 145.1 21.3 $3.43 2 11 BECK 5727CB 166.8 20.6 $13.07 Pioneer 32W86 144.2 21.9 Pioneer 33J24 161.1 21.3 5 77 BECK 5727 180.7 18.8 $11.08 2 6 BECK 5727CB 165.0 19.7 $0.33 Pioneer 33J24 176.8 19.8 Pioneer 34H31 165.0 19.8 2 17 BECK 5727 162.1 19.7 $4.54 2 55 BECK 5727CB 178.7 20.1 $7.07 Pioneer 34N43 159.4 19.5 Pioneer 34M95 173.9 19.5 BECK 5827 Comparisons BECK 6197 Comparisons Yrs Plots Brand-Hybrid Bu/A % Moist. $/Acre Adv. Yrs Plots Brand-Hybrid Bu/A % Moist. $/Acre Adv. 2 35 BECK 5827 169.7 20.3 $14.97 2 23 BECK 6197 155.5 22.1 $18.57 BECK 5339CBCL 161.5 20.1 BECK 6262CB 146.5 22.7 2 44 BECK 5827 171.2 20.7 $6.87 2 24 BECK 6197 148.1 20.9 $20.50 BECK 5483Bt 1 166.7 20.2 BECK 6464CL 137.7 21.2 4 52 BECK 5827 183.0 19.1 -$5.44 2 23 BECK 6197 160.2 21.4 -$3.90 BECK 5627 186.4 19.4 BECK 6827 162.1 21.3 3 73 BECK 5827 185.4 18.8 $9.55 1 6 BECK 6197 157.0 22.4 $5.41 BECK 6827 183.5 20.4 Asgrow RX708 147.9 18.5 2 14 BECK 5827 170.9 19.2 $2.69 2 7 BECK 6197 168.3 23.9 -$2.78 Pioneer 34H31 171.1 20.1 Dekalb C62-15 166.9 22.3 2 50 BECK 5827 179.8 19.9 $2.88 2 7 BECK 6197 184.1 23.7 $6.85 Pioneer 34M95 177.0 19.2 GldHarv H-9247Bt 175.4 21.1 1 9 BECK 5827 162.6 19.7 $1.80 2 22 BECK 6197 162.6 22.0 -$4.03 Pioneer 34N43 162.0 19.9 Pioneer 33G26 160.8 19.7

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10 CORN SUMMARY (continued) BECK 5125CB Comparisons BECK 5283Bt 1 Comparisons Yrs Plots Brand-Hybrid Bu/A % Moist. $/Acre Adv. Yrs Plots Brand-Hybrid Bu/A % Moist. $/Acre Adv. 3 61 BECK 5125CB 194.1 19.9 $6.96 1 8 BECK 5283Bt 1 183.4 16.9 $21.33 BECK 5012 188.1 18.7 BECK 5422CBCL 179.5 20.7 4 115 BECK 5125CB 193.0 19.2 $5.82 2 91 BECK 5283Bt 1 165.9 18.5 $5.50 BECK 5166 188.8 18.6 BECK 5483Bt 1 166.5 20.5 4 45 BECK 5125CB 188.0 19.5 $3.87 1 11 BECK 5283Bt 1 189.4 19.4 $6.26 BECK 5283Bt 1 183.5 18.2 AgriGold 6395 188.3 20.5 2 27 BECK 5125CB 179.2 19.8 $12.86 2 9 BECK 5283Bt 1 188.7 19.1 $27.66 BECK 5339CBCL 174.3 20.8 Garst 8484BtIT 181.9 23.1 2 24 BECK 5125CB 178.9 20.3 $5.67 5 49 BECK 5283Bt 1 179.7 18.7 $14.93 BECK 5483Bt 1 177.6 21.2 Pioneer 33J24 175.8 20.8 2 7 BECK 5125CB 221.8 16.3 $32.92 5 68 BECK 5283Bt 1 184.0 18.3 $11.79 Pioneer 33G26 209.0 18.1 Pioneer 34B23 179.6 19.2 2 9 BECK 5125CB 225.5 16.3 $18.59 3 13 BECK 5283Bt 1 172.6 18.5 -$0.28 Pioneer 34B28 219.9 18.0 Pioneer 34N16 174.0 19.2 2 49 BECK 5125CB 176.6 18.1 $0.03 3 10 BECK 5283Bt 1 190.6 20.5 $10.28 Pioneer 34M95 178.6 19.2 Pioneer 36B08 184.8 20.3 BECK 5322CB Comparisons BECK 5339CBCL Comparisons Yrs Plots Brand-Hybrid Bu/A % Moist. $/Acre Adv. Yrs Plots Brand-Hybrid Bu/A % Moist. $/Acre Adv. 1 18 BECK 5322CB 187.1 18.8 $0.17 2 64 BECK 5339CBCL 153.1 21.0 $1.28 BECK 5125CB 187.4 19.0 BECK 5229 150.2 19.6 1 33 BECK 5322CB 189.0 20.3 $6.78 2 26 BECK 5339CBCL 153.8 19.9 $10.72 BECK 5283Bt 1 182.0 18.5 BECK 5454CL 149.6 20.8 1 18 BECK 5322CB 189.6 21.5 $1.31 2 57 BECK 5339CBCL 155.7 20.6 $1.40 BECK 5322 188.3 21.2 BECK 5483Bt 1 154.8 20.5 1 16 BECK 5322CB 185.9 19.8 $7.16 2 7 BECK 5339CBCL 133.3 21.2 $1.55 BECK 5483Bt 1 183.5 20.5 Pioneer 33J24 132.9 21.5 1 6 BECK 5322CB 190.9 21.6 $21.91 2 12 BECK 5339CBCL 168.7 17.5 -$9.00 AgriGold 6445 180.0 22.0 Pioneer 33P67 178.2 20.2 1 6 BECK 5322CB 188.5 20.4 $24.56 2 22 BECK 5339CBCL 127.9 20.5 -$6.84 Dekalb C62-15 178.4 21.9 Pioneer 34M94 130.4 19.7 1 6 BECK 5322CB 179.9 22.4 $1.33 2 6 BECK 5339CBCL 159.4 17.0 $1.38 Pioneer 33J24 178.8 22.2 Pioneer 34N43 158.7 17.0

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CORN SUMMARY (continued) 11 BECK 5422CBCL Comparisons BECK 5483Bt 1 Comparisons Yrs Plots Brand-Hybrid Bu/A % Moist. $/Acre Adv. Yrs Plots Brand-Hybrid Bu/A % Moist. $/Acre Adv. 1 9 BECK 5422CBCL 189.5 19.6 $17.11 1 8 BECK 5483Bt 1 168.2 18.2 $1.64 BECK 5339CBCL 178.9 18.7 BECK 5422CBCL 169.8 19.6 1 14 BECK 5422CBCL 191.0 20.2 $10.88 2 37 BECK 5483Bt 1 149.7 20.3 $9.36 BECK 5422 185.1 20.1 BECK 5454CL 145.7 20.9 1 7 BECK 5422CBCL 187.6 19.4 $3.36 2 25 BECK 5483Bt 1 156.4 20.2 $11.66 BECK 5422Bt 1 188.4 20.7 BECK 6262CB 154.0 22.5 1 14 BECK 5422CBCL 185.0 19.6 $9.88 1 7 BECK 5483Bt 1 190.9 23.5 $25.33 BECK 5727 176.9 18.0 BECK 6599CBRR 187.1 28.4 1 15 BECK 5422CBCL 190.9 19.5 -$3.00 2 8 BECK 5483Bt 1 162.8 19.8 $10.14 BECK 5727CB 189.5 18.0 BECK 6727 159.5 21.0 1 9 BECK 5422CBCL 191.3 18.7 $2.52 2 7 BECK 5483Bt 1 172.8 20.7 $27.24 BECK 5827 187.1 17.2 Asgrow RX708 155.0 18.6 1 6 BECK 5422CBCL 190.0 19.3 $26.17 2 8 BECK 5483Bt 1 168.6 20.2 $8.03 BECK 6262CB 176.4 19.3 Pioneer 33G26 163.7 19.8 1 7 BECK 5422CBCL 200.8 21.0 $9.37 2 17 BECK 5483Bt 1 165.7 20.6 $10.50 BECK 6599CBRR 199.0 22.5 Pioneer 33J24 161.7 21.5 BECK 7538Bt 1 Comparisons BECK 7997CB Comparisons Yrs Plots Brand-Hybrid Bu/A % Moist. $/Acre Adv. Yrs Plots Brand-Hybrid Bu/A % Moist. $/Acre Adv. 2 42 BECK 7538Bt 1 182.3 22.7 -$8.01 2 38 BECK 7997CB 159.7 24.0 $26.15 BECK 5422 182.1 20.4 BECK 6262CB 142.3 22.0 2 10 BECK 7538Bt 1 186.3 25.6 -$1.09 2 28 BECK 7997CB 174.8 23.3 $26.96 BECK 5538 179.9 22.1 BECK 7997 160.7 23.6 2 36 BECK 7538Bt 1 183.8 22.6 -$0.84 2 16 BECK 7997CB 176.9 25.7 $9.37 BECK 5727 179.8 20.3 BECK 7997CL 171.3 25.5 1 4 BECK 7538Bt 1 206.5 29.8 $15.60 1 6 BECK 7997CB 180.3 25.8 $7.30 BECK 6197 202.6 32.0 Dekalb C64-10 165.7 20.1 1 32 BECK 7538Bt 1 181.0 21.8 $12.61 1 6 BECK 7997CB 141.7 22.3 $16.84 BECK 6827 173.9 21.6 Pioneer 31G98 129.2 19.8 1 6 BECK 7538Bt 1 172.8 22.7 $6.28 2 14 BECK 7997CB 180.2 25.0 $22.14 Pioneer 33J24 166.9 21.3 Pioneer 33J24 161.2 21.2 1 6 BECK 7538Bt 1 172.8 22.7 -$8.86 2 35 BECK 7997CB 171.3 22.5 -$4.16 Pioneer 34M94 171.3 19.3 Pioneer 33P67 170.6 20.9

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12 CORN SUMMARY (continued) BECK 5012RW Comparisons BECK 5166RW Comparisons Yrs Plots Brand-Hybrid Bu/A % Moist. $/Acre Adv. Yrs Plots Brand-Hybrid Bu/A % Moist. $/Acre Adv. 1 8 BECK 5012RW 180.4 21.1 $2.02 2 8 BECK 5166RW 187.6 21.1 $11.83 BECK 5012 179.9 21.4 BECK 5012RW 180.0 20.4 1 7 BECK 5012RW 190.8 19.8 $12.01 2 27 BECK 5166RW 177.4 18.3 $7.15 BECK 5229RW 190.7 22.9 BECK 5166 173.9 18.4 1 5 BECK 5012RW 175.0 20.2 $6.60 1 6 BECK 5166RW 155.9 16.0 $1.62 BECK 5283Bt 1 171.0 19.9 BECK 5166 Cruiser 155.4 16.2 2 7 BECK 5012RW 176.6 21.1 $12.28 1 6 BECK 5166RW 155.9 16.0 $5.66 BECK 5322 171.0 21.6 BECK 5166 Prescribe 152.9 15.9 1 5 BECK 5012RW 195.2 19.3 $25.02 1 11 BECK 5166RW 189.4 18.0 $4.91 BECK 5422RW 190.1 23.3 BECK 5229RW 190.2 19.7 1 2 BECK 5012RW 171.0 20.6 $7.57 1 18 BECK 5166RW 182.0 18.5 $7.12 BECK 5483Bt 1 171.9 23.3 BECK 5283Bt 1 177.6 18.1 1 4 BECK 5012RW 181.0 18.7 $3.64 2 22 BECK 5166RW 177.7 18.7 $5.98 BECK 5538 182.9 20.7 BECK 5322 175.7 19.3 2 6 BECK 5012RW 184.5 18.8 $3.39 1 12 BECK 5166RW 183.8 16.8 $10.32 BECK 5727RW 187.0 21.0 BECK 5483Bt 1 181.7 18.5 BECK 5322RW Comparisons BECK 5422RW Comparisons Yrs Plots Brand-Hybrid Bu/A % Moist. $/Acre Adv. Yrs Plots Brand-Hybrid Bu/A % Moist. $/Acre Adv. 2 23 BECK 5322RW 181.4 18.1 $7.66 1 9 BECK 5422RW 190.4 19.9 -$1.74 BECK 5166 178.2 18.5 BECK 5166RW 187.2 17.8 2 26 BECK 5322RW 182.2 18.1 $2.43 1 9 BECK 5422RW 192.7 20.2 -$5.75 BECK 5166RW 181.7 18.5 BECK 5322 191.3 18.0 1 19 BECK 5322RW 182.7 17.6 $6.49 1 10 BECK 5422RW 195.0 19.2 $4.26 BECK 5283Bt 1 179.2 17.5 BECK 5322RW 188.1 16.8 2 25 BECK 5322RW 179.4 18.2 $2.96 1 8 BECK 5422RW 193.7 17.4 $10.11 BECK 5322 178.8 18.7 BECK 5366 187.4 16.8 1 12 BECK 5322RW 184.1 15.8 $14.17 1 9 BECK 5422RW 193.9 21.5 $18.78 BECK 5483Bt 1 180.8 17.9 BECK 5422 184.5 21.8 1 18 BECK 5322RW 187.5 16.4 $10.74 1 6 BECK 5422RW 195.2 20.5 $5.31 BECK 5538 186.6 18.8 BECK 5422CBCL 192.0 20.3 2 19 BECK 5322RW 180.9 16.2 $17.14 1 12 BECK 5422RW 199.8 19.6 $27.92 BECK 5727RW 174.2 17.3 BECK 5727RW 183.9 18.9

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CORN SUMMARY (continued) 13 BECK 5454CL Comparisons BECK 5737CL Comparisons Yrs Plots Brand-Hybrid Bu/A % Moist. $/Acre Adv. Yrs Plots Brand-Hybrid Bu/A % Moist. $/Acre Adv. 2 13 BECK 5454CL 171.4 21.6 $10.60 3 53 BECK 5737CL 168.6 20.4 $7.37 BECK 5229CL 162.3 19.6 BECK 5454CL 164.9 20.5 2 43 BECK 5454CL 156.9 20.6 $0.06 4 60 BECK 5737CL 176.3 19.9 $0.38 BECK 6197 159.9 22.4 BECK 5727 176.1 19.9 2 20 BECK 5454CL 135.9 21.1 $5.54 4 40 BECK 5737CL 172.1 19.9 $3.29 BECK 6262CB 134.1 21.9 BECK 5827 170.2 19.8 2 48 BECK 5454CL 153.6 20.5 $12.32 2 35 BECK 5737CL 160.8 20.3 $16.30 BECK 6464CL 149.0 21.7 BECK 7997CL 160.5 25.2 3 10 BECK 5454CL 188.0 19.0 $12.42 2 7 BECK 5737CL 167.4 19.5 $19.74 BECK 6727 181.0 18.7 Dekalb C61-24 154.7 18.0 2 25 BECK 5454CL 165.2 20.5 $13.63 3 12 BECK 5737CL 173.7 19.4 $13.74 BECK 7997CL 165.7 24.9 Pioneer 33J24 167.6 20.0 2 9 BECK 5454CL 167.0 19.5 $15.55 3 10 BECK 5737CL 186.3 19.5 $12.70 Pioneer 33J24 159.9 20.1 Pioneer 34B23 178.2 18.7 2 5 BECK 5454CL 146.1 20.0 -$0.71 2 7 BECK 5737CL 160.1 19.9 $5.44 Pioneer 33P71 147.4 20.6 Pioneer 34N43 156.6 19.5 BECK 6599CBRR Comparisons BECK 7997CL Comparisons Yrs Plots Brand-Hybrid Bu/A % Moist. $/Acre Adv. Yrs Plots Brand-Hybrid Bu/A % Moist. $/Acre Adv. 1 4 BECK 6599CBRR 205.2 19.5 $9.27 2 14 BECK 7997CL 160.3 24.8 $2.62 BECK 5322 194.3 16.5 BECK 5827 150.4 19.7 1 5 BECK 6599CBRR 192.9 18.6 $34.74 2 23 BECK 7997CL 166.1 25.5 -$8.40 BECK 5366 170.4 16.0 BECK 6464CL 163.5 21.5 1 3 BECK 6599CBRR 197.2 18.0 $26.23 2 11 BECK 7997CL 155.3 24.6 $0.11 BECK 5422 183.0 17.6 BECK 6827 150.6 21.8 1 3 BECK 6599CBRR 182.8 16.0 $26.11 2 14 BECK 7997CL 157.1 26.2 $11.59 BECK 5727 169.0 15.6 BECK 7997 151.8 26.9 1 2 BECK 6599CBRR 206.0 21.6 -$1.80 1 6 BECK 7997CL 162.9 25.2 $0.65 BECK 5737CL 198.1 17.4 Dekalb C61-24 151.0 18.3 1 3 BECK 6599CBRR 202.2 16.6 $16.01 1 6 BECK 7997CL 162.9 25.2 $1.16 BECK 6464CL 194.3 16.7 Pioneer 33G26 153.1 19.8 1 5 BECK 6599CBRR 196.5 16.7 $36.42 1 6 BECK 7997CL 162.9 25.2 -$8.02 BECK 7997CB 181.0 18.3 Pioneer 34N43 157.9 19.8

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14 ROUNDUP READY SOYBEAN SUMMARY Multi-Year Comparisons of Various Varieties (Includes Farmer Plots, BECK'S Research, and University Data) BECK 323RR Comparisons BECK 336NRR Comparisons Yrs Plots Brand-Variety Bu/A Difference in Yrs Plots Brand-Variety Bu/A Difference in 3 153 BECK 323RR 55.1 +3.4 4 236 BECK 336NRR 55.7 +2.4 BECK 306NRR 51.7 BECK 295NRR 53.3 4 370 BECK 323RR 56.8 +1.4 3 154 BECK 336NRR 54.0 +1.8 BECK 336NRR 55.4 BECK 306NRR 52.2 4 49 BECK 323RR 54.9 +6.4 2 48 BECK 336NRR 49.5 +3.4 Asgrow 2703 48.5 BECK 365CRR 46.1 2 9 BECK 323RR 56.7 +8.0 4 32 BECK 336NRR 54.1 +5.3 Asgrow 2705 48.7 Asgrow 2703 48.8 3 14 BECK 323RR 57.8 +6.5 3 13 BECK 336NRR 52.7 +3.8 Asgrow 2905 51.3 Asgrow 2905 48.9 4 64 BECK 323RR 56.0 +2.7 4 60 BECK 336NRR 53.8 +0.9 Asgrow 3201 53.3 Asgrow 3701 52.9 4 83 BECK 323RR 56.8 +2.8 4 70 BECK 336NRR 55.1 +1.6 Asgrow 3302 54.0 Asgrow 3302 53.5 2 20 BECK 323RR 54.1 +3.4 2 20 BECK 336NRR 50.4 +0.6 Asgrow 3401 50.7 Asgrow 3401 49.8 4 48 BECK 323RR 57.6 +1.0 4 38 BECK 336NRR 56.6 +2.7 Dekalb B31-51 56.6 Asgrow 3701 53.9 2 19 BECK 323RR 54.3 +5.9 1 7 BECK 336NRR 53.2 +5.8 Dekalb B31-52 48.4 Dekalb B27-51 47.4 4 18 BECK 323RR 56.4 +2.9 2 17 BECK 336NRR 52.1 +3.5 Dekalb B36-51 53.5 Dekalb B31-52 48.6 4 65 BECK 323RR 56.3 +3.5 4 16 BECK 336NRR 51.3-0.3 Pioneer 93B01 52.8 Dekalb B36-51 51.6 2 26 BECK 323RR 54.5 +5.1 2 9 BECK 336NRR 52.1 +12.3 Pioneer 93B09 49.4 Pioneer 92B75 40.3 2 27 BECK 323RR 52.0 +0.8 4 50 BECK 336NRR 55.7 +3.0 Pioneer 93B36 51.2 Pioneer 93B01 52.7 2 28 BECK 323RR 53.1 +1.7 2 21 BECK 336NRR 52.7 +2.7 Pioneer 93B47 51.4 Pioneer 93B09 50.0 3 47 BECK 323RR 56.2 +4.4 2 29 BECK 336NRR 51.4 +0.0 Pioneer 93B67 51.8 Pioneer 93B47 51.4 2 22 BECK 323RR 55.0 +1.6 3 43 BECK 336NRR 52.2 +1.1 Pioneer 93B68 53.4 Pioneer 93B67 51.1

ROUNDUP READY (continued) 15 BECK 367NRR Comparisons BECK 375NRR Comparisons Yrs Plots Brand-Variety Bu/A Difference in Yrs Plots Brand-Variety Bu/A Difference in 3 250 BECK 367NRR 56.8 +0.1 2 110 BECK 375NRR 54.4 +1.7 BECK 323RR 56.7 BECK 323RR 52.7 3 205 BECK 367NRR 56.4 +2.3 2 122 BECK 375NRR 55.5 +1.5 BECK 355RR 54.1 BECK 367NRR 54.0 3 60 BECK 367NRR 57.6 +3.8 2 113 BECK 375NRR 55.6 +0.6 Asgrow 3201 53.8 BECK 417NRR 55.0 3 62 BECK 367NRR 57.2 +4.4 2 17 BECK 375NRR 59.9 +10.0 Asgrow 3302 52.8 Asgrow 3201 49.9 2 19 BECK 367NRR 55.9 +4.5 2 21 BECK 375NRR 59.0 +9.4 Asgrow 3401 51.4 Asgrow 3302 49.6 3 16 BECK 367NRR 61.9 +4.1 1 7 BECK 375NRR 57.9 +9.6 Asgrow 3702 57.8 Asgrow 3401 48.3 1 15 BECK 367NRR 55.6 +4.0 2 19 BECK 375NRR 61.9 +11.4 Asgrow 3703 51.6 Asgrow 3701 50.5 3 40 BECK 367NRR 57.5 +1.3 2 9 BECK 375NRR 61.5 +6.6 Asgrow 3903 56.2 Asgrow 3702 54.9 3 43 BECK 367NRR 56.2 +0.3 1 14 BECK 375NRR 61.2 +10.0 Dekalb B31-51 55.9 Asgrow 3703 51.2 3 24 BECK 367NRR 59.5 +6.3 2 22 BECK 375NRR 59.7 +5.7 Dekalb B36-51 53.2 Asgrow 3903 54.0 3 44 BECK 367NRR 57.4 +5.7 1 10 BECK 375NRR 58.5 +6.0 Pioneer 93B01 51.7 Dekalb B31-51 52.5 2 16 BECK 367NRR 55.7 +6.0 2 18 BECK 375NRR 62.0 +11.9 Pioneer 93B09 49.7 Dekalb B36-51 50.1 2 23 BECK 367NRR 52.5 +0.8 2 19 BECK 375NRR 59.2 +4.4 Pioneer 93B36 51.7 Dekalb B38-52 54.8 3 30 BECK 367NRR 57.0 +4.3 2 19 BECK 375NRR 59.0 +9.3 Pioneer 93B47 52.7 Pioneer 93B67 49.7 3 42 BECK 367NRR 56.2 +3.8 2 17 BECK 375NRR 57.0 +5.5 Pioneer 93B67 52.4 Pioneer 93B68 51.5 2 22 BECK 367NRR 52.7 +1.5 2 27 BECK 375NRR 59.6 +5.9 Pioneer 93B68 51.2 Pioneer 93B72 53.7 2 21 BECK 367NRR 58.9 +1.4 2 19 BECK 375NRR 60.5 +2.7 Pioneer 93B85 57.5 Pioneer 93B85 57.8

16 ROUNDUP READY (continued) BECK 283RR Comparisons BECK 292RR Comparisons Yrs Plots Brand-Variety Bu/A Difference in Yrs Plots Brand-Variety Bu/A Difference in 3 36 BECK 283RR 51.0 +3.5 1 10 BECK 292RR 39.6 +1.4 BECK 222RR 47.5 BECK 245RR 38.2 3 39 BECK 283RR 50.9 +5.6 1 37 BECK 292RR 44.4 +2.0 BECK 245RR 45.3 BECK 264RR 42.4 3 137 BECK 283RR 52.5 +1.8 1 36 BECK 292RR 45.3 +0.7 BECK 264RR 50.7 BECK 266NRR 44.6 1 56 BECK 283RR 45.7 +1.5 1 7 BECK 292RR 48.6-1.3 BECK 292RR 44.2 BECK 299N 49.9 3 190 BECK 283RR 51.5-1.8 1 12 BECK 292RR 45.1 +0.7 BECK 295NRR 53.3 Asgrow 2703 44.4 3 51 BECK 283RR 49.9 +1.1 1 4 BECK 292RR 44.7 +7.5 Asgrow 2703 48.8 Dekalb B26-51 37.2 3 12 BECK 283RR 50.0 +6.3 1 12 BECK 292RR 45.5-0.5 Dekalb B26-51 43.7 Dekalb B31-52 46.0 3 16 BECK 283RR 46.2 +5.5 1 12 BECK 292RR 45.6 +6.3 Pioneer 92B75 40.7 Pioneer 92B75 39.3 BECK 295NRR Comparisons BECK 355RR Comparisons Yrs Plots Brand-Variety Bu/A Difference in Yrs Plots Brand-Variety Bu/A Difference in 3 37 BECK 295NRR 51.9 +4.0 4 229 BECK 355RR 53.6-0.3 Asgrow 2703 47.9 BECK 336NRR 53.9 2 10 BECK 295NRR 51.6 +1.8 3 41 BECK 355RR 51.3 +0.3 Asgrow 2705 49.8 Asgrow 3201 51.0 3 13 BECK 295NRR 50.7 +1.8 4 47 BECK 355RR 53.2 +0.1 Asgrow 2905 48.9 Asgrow 3302 53.1 3 12 BECK 295NRR 49.9 +6.8 2 20 BECK 355RR 50.1 +0.7 Dekalb B26-51 43.1 Asgrow 3401 49.4 2 15 BECK 295NRR 49.8 +1.3 2 14 BECK 355RR 51.8 +2.9 Dekalb B31-52 48.5 Dekalb B31-52 48.9 3 14 BECK 295NRR 47.6 +7.9 3 14 BECK 355RR 51.8 +0.7 Pioneer 92B75 39.7 Dekalb B36-51 51.1 4 45 BECK 295NRR 52.3 +0.6 2 14 BECK 355RR 52.3 +1.9 Pioneer 93B01 51.7 Pioneer 93B09 50.4 2 21 BECK 295NRR 49.8 +1.1 3 33 BECK 355RR 51.6 +1.1 Pioneer 93B09 48.7 Pioneer 93B67 50.5

ROUNDUP READY (continued) 17 BECK 387NRR Comparisons BECK 405NRR Comparisons Yrs Plots Brand-Variety Bu/A Difference in Yrs Plots Brand-Variety Bu/A Difference in 3 104 BECK 387NRR 55.0 +0.1 1 63 BECK 405NRR 54.0-0.4 BECK 323RR 54.9 BECK 375NRR 54.4 1 7 BECK 387NRR 52.4 +4.1 1 61 BECK 405NRR 54.1 +0.1 Asgrow 3401 48.3 BECK 417NRR 54.0 3 32 BECK 387NRR 55.2 +4.0 1 11 BECK 405NRR 56.2 +6.5 Asgrow 3701 51.2 Asgrow 3701 49.7 2 10 BECK 387NRR 56.9 +0.6 1 11 BECK 405NRR 56.2 +4.8 Asgrow 3702 56.3 Asgrow 3703 51.4 1 11 BECK 387NRR 53.4 +2.0 1 13 BECK 405NRR 55.3 +0.9 Asgrow 3703 51.4 Asgrow 3903 54.4 2 19 BECK 387NRR 54.6 +3.9 1 11 BECK 405NRR 56.2 +0.6 Dekalb B36-51 50.7 Dekalb B40-51 55.6 2 16 BECK 387NRR 52.5 +4.6 1 16 BECK 405NRR 55.0 +3.0 Pioneer 93B67 47.9 Pioneer 93B68 52.0 2 19 BECK 387NRR 50.2 +0.5 1 6 BECK 405NRR 58.2 +6.4 Pioneer 93B68 49.7 Pioneer 94B13 51.8 BECK 417NRR Comparisons BECK 437NRR Comparisons Yrs Plots Brand-Variety Bu/A Difference in Yrs Plots Brand-Variety Bu/A Difference in 3 124 BECK 417NRR 55.9 +1.2 3 91 BECK 437NRR 56.5-1.1 BECK 387NRR 54.7 BECK 417NRR 57.6 2 10 BECK 417NRR 58.9 +2.6 3 14 BECK 437NRR 62.1 +3.9 Asgrow 3702 56.3 BECK 419 58.2 1 11 BECK 417NRR 53.5 +2.1 4 31 BECK 437NRR 55.6 +3.4 Asgrow 3703 51.4 BECK 476NRR 52.2 3 36 BECK 417NRR 54.9 +0.3 1 8 BECK 437NRR 56.0 +1.0 Asgrow 3903 54.6 Asgrow 3702 55.0 3 20 BECK 417NRR 55.1 +4.7 3 27 BECK 437NRR 55.0 +0.1 Dekalb B36-51 50.4 Asgrow 3903 54.9 3 19 BECK 417NRR 55.6 +4.0 3 18 BECK 437NRR 55.2 +0.1 Pioneer 93B67 51.6 Asgrow 4403 55.1 2 18 BECK 417NRR 52.7 +1.7 3 13 BECK 437NRR 54.6-0.7 Pioneer 93B68 51.0 Dekalb B40-51 55.3 2 7 BECK 417NRR 56.4 +3.6 1 6 BECK 437NRR 53.9 +2.1 Pioneer 94B13 52.8 Pioneer 94B13 51.8

18 BECK'S Corn Plot - Office - 2003 RAINFALL Location: East of Office Previous Crop: Soybeans April 1.5 in. Planted: April 18, 2003 Tillage: S-tine / Fall Manure Injected May 7.7 in. Harvested: September 26, 2003 Herbicide: PPI: 2.25 qts. Bicep II Magnum June 2.0 in. Rows: Three 30 rows 1 qt. Princep July 10.4 in. Population: 28,791 seeds/a. Insecticide: Aztec August 5.2 in. Soil Type: Brookston Total 26.8 in. Rank Broken Stalks 2003 2 Yr. Average* 02-03 Brand-Hybrid Harvested Population 1 BECK 5399CBRR 31,500 58.0 0.0 20.2 239.3 - - - - 2 BECK 6599CBRR 27,500 55.9 0.0 26.3 233.3 - - - - 3 BECK 5422 30,000 56.7 0.0 23.5 229.1 218.0 4 BECK 5125CB 29,500 57.8 0.0 20.6 229.0 - - - - 5 BECK 5322CB 29,500 57.5 0.0 21.6 228.8 - - - - 6 BECK 5322RW 26,000 58.3 0.0 19.6 226.0 - - - - 7 BECK 7538Bt 1 29,000 56.3 0.0 25.2 222.4 - - - - 8 BECK 5012 33,000 57.8 0.0 20.7 220.0 213.5 9 BECK 5959 28,000 56.5 0.0 24.2 218.6 209.5 10 BECK 5827 29,500 57.1 0.0 22.6 218.3 208.4 11 BECK 6197 29,500 55.5 0.0 25.8 216.2 - - - - 12 BECK 5538 32,000 57.0 1.6 22.9 216.0 - - - - 13 BECK 5483Bt 1 30,500 57.3 0.0 22.1 215.2 201.8 14 BECK 5737CL 29,000 57.1 0.0 22.6 213.2 - - - - 15 BECK 5166RW 27,000 57.1 0.0 22.4 211.2 - - - - 16 BECK 5366 27,500 55.7 0.0 24.3 210.3 214.8 17 BECK 5166wx 29,500 56.9 0.0 23.2 209.5 - - - - 18 BECK 5454CL 28,500 57.0 0.0 23.2 209.1 198.1 19 BECK 7997CB 29,500 54.8 0.0 32.4 206.9 202.9 20 BECK 5339CBCL 33,000 56.9 0.0 23.2 201.2 198.2 21 BECK 5283Bt 1 28,500 58.3 0.0 19.5 195.7 198.0 22 BECK 5229 26,500 57.7 1.9 21.1 181.5 193.4 AVERAGE 29,295 57.0 0.2 23.1 215.9 205.1 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Beck s four day Pre- Harvest Field Show attracted around 7,000 people in 2002 and 2003. In addition to looking at the latest seed products, farmers acquire useful agronomic information on the tours offered by Beck s trained specialists. In 2003, Beck s offered over a dozen different tours, including tours through the harvest operations, seed conditioning tower, office, and the new greenhouse facility.

BECK'S Corn Plot - Atlanta - 2003 RAINFALL Location: SR 19 West of Atlanta Previous Crop: Wheat April 1.5 in. Planted: April 18, 2003 Tillage: S-tine May 7.7 in. Harvested: September 18, 2003 Herbicide: PPI: 2.25 qts. Bicep II Magnum June 2.0 in. Rows: Four 30 rows 1 qt. Princep July 10.4 in. Population: 29,858 seeds/a. Insecticide: Aztec August 5.2 in. Soil Type: Brookston Total 26.8 in. Rank Broken Stalks 2003 19 2 Yr. Average* 02-03 Brand-Hybrid Harvested Population 1 BECK 5322 27,000 57.0 0.0 23.4 206.3 193.1 2 BECK 5322RW 28,500 58.0 1.8 22.7 204.6 - - - - 3 BECK 5422 27,000 55.5 1.9 26.4 203.3 195.2 4 BECK 5322CB 28,000 57.0 0.0 22.8 202.5 - - - - 5 BECK EX 0356 28,000 53.5 0.0 26.5 201.3 - - - - 6 BECK EX 0369 27,000 58.0 1.9 26.1 199.0 - - - - 7 BECK EX 0374 27,000 57.5 3.7 24.5 198.1 - - - - 8 BECK 5229 30,500 57.5 4.9 24.8 197.3 176.9 9 BECK 5538 30,000 59.0 0.0 24.0 194.1 189.8 10 BECK 7538Bt 1 30,000 58.5 1.7 27.3 189.1 - - - - 11 BECK EX 0305 28,000 55.5 5.4 27.7 188.0 - - - - 12 BECK 6197 29,500 57.5 0.0 27.0 186.5 187.4 13 BECK 7997CB 29,500 57.5 0.0 29.1 186.0 187.2 14 BECK 5166 29,000 59.0 3.4 21.9 185.1 181.5 15 BECK EX 0362 28,500 59.5 0.0 23.1 182.3 - - - - 16 BECK 5166RW 30,000 58.5 0.0 20.9 182.0 - - - - 17 BECK 5339CBCL 30,000 58.0 8.3 24.3 181.2 177.4 18 BECK 5366 28,500 56.5 1.8 25.3 178.8 182.1 19 BECK 5283Bt 1 29,000 57.5 0.0 21.1 177.9 179.1 20 BECK 5959 29,000 57.0 1.7 23.7 175.6 177.9 21 BECK 5727CB 27,500 60.0 0.0 24.5 170.3 - - - - 22 BECK 5727 26,500 59.0 1.9 24.8 164.4 175.5 23 BECK EX 0383 28,500 58.5 1.8 23.7 161.5 - - - - 24 BECK EX 0390 28,000 59.5 0.0 23.0 152.4 - - - - AVERAGE 28,521 57.7 1.7 24.5 186.2 183.6 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Insect Resistance Management and Product Stewardship Growers of Gard Corn Borer (Bt 1 and CB) are required to plant a non-bt corn refuge representing at least 20% of their total corn acres within ½ mile of each Bt corn field. The refuge can be treated with a non-bt insecticide if pest pressure exceeds the economic threshold. The refuge can be planted as a border, block, strip, or as a separate field. LibertyLink hybrids are designed for use with Liberty herbicide. Beck s LibertyLink hybrids are cleared for all domestic and foreign use and consumption. Farmers using Liberty herbicide on Bt 1 corn hybrids typically use LibertyLink hybrids in their refuge acres to maintain the same herbicide program throughout the field.

20 BECK'S Corn Plot - Arcadia - 2003 RAINFALL Location: ½ mile West of Arcadia Previous Crop: Wheat April 1.5 in. Planted: April 18, 2003 Tillage: S-tine May 7.7 in. Harvested: September 18, 2003 Herbicide: PPI: 2.25 qts. Bicep II Magnum June 2.0 in. Rows: Four 30 rows 1.0 qt. Princep July 10.4 in. Population: 29,858 seeds/a. Insecticide: Aztec August 5.2 in. Soil Type: Crosby & Miami Total 26.8 in. Rank Broken Stalks 2003 2 Yr. Average* 02-03 Brand-Hybrid Harvested Population 1 BECK 7538Bt 1 28,250 56.8 0.0 30.7 220.2 - - - - 2 BECK EX 0369 29,250 55.0 0.0 27.0 218.8 - - - - 3 BECK 6197 30,250 55.5 0.0 31.8 218.7 207.7 4 BECK 5166 30,000 54.5 0.0 27.7 216.0 193.7 5 BECK 5166RW 31,000 56.5 0.0 27.7 214.7 - - - - 6 BECK 5727CB 31,250 57.8 0.0 26.5 214.5 - - - - 7 BECK 5366 30,250 53.8 0.0 29.2 213.8 201.8 8 BECK 5422 30,500 52.3 0.0 29.3 213.6 209.8 9 BECK 5538 30,250 55.8 0.0 28.8 210.9 201.3 10 BECK EX 0362 30,000 55.5 0.0 28.1 209.9 - - - - 11 BECK 5959 31,500 54.5 0.0 29.3 208.9 185.1 12 BECK 5322 29,750 54.3 0.0 25.7 208.4 208.5 13 BECK EX 0356 32,250 51.0 0.0 29.9 207.7 - - - - 14 BECK 5229 30,500 55.0 0.0 28.6 206.6 175.4 15 BECK 5727 29,750 57.0 0.0 27.3 206.5 193.8 16 BECK 5322CB 30,250 53.5 0.0 25.4 206.1 - - - - 17 BECK 5322RW 30,500 54.3 0.0 25.8 205.7 - - - - 18 BECK EX 0374 30,750 53.5 0.0 26.0 205.1 - - - - 19 BECK 7997CB 29,250 55.3 0.0 33.8 202.4 195.0 20 BECK 5283Bt 1 30,500 55.3 0.0 25.4 200.0 183.4 21 BECK EX 0383 31,250 56.5 0.0 24.8 195.4 - - - - 22 BECK EX 0390 31,750 57.3 0.0 25.1 193.4 - - - - 23 BECK EX 0305 32,000 52.0 0.0 29.4 186.5 - - - - 24 BECK 5339CBCL 32,750 55.0 0.0 29.6 178.8 176.3 AVERAGE 30,573 54.9 0.0 28.0 206.8 194.3 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Beck s Research Team Left to right: Kevin Cavanaugh, Ph.D., Kyle Smith, Roger Levy, Ph.D., Brad Henderson, Beth Anderson, John Hunt, Dave Booher, Ben Orebaugh, Doug Clouser Not pictured: Toby Ripberger

BECK'S Advanced Hybrid Corn Plot in HP and MP Soils- 2003 Location: 300-3,4 N. (HP Soil) Previous Crop: Soybeans RAINFALL H4 (MP Soil) Tillage: HP Soil S-tine April 1.5 in. Planted: April 23, 2003 MP Soil No-Till May 7.7 in. Harvested: September 29, 2003 Herbicide: 2.25 qt. Bicep II Magnum June 2.0 in. Rows: Four 30 rows 1.0 qt. Princep July 10.4 in. Population: 30,000 seeds/a. Insecticide: Aztec August 5.2 in. Total 26.8 in. Purpose: This study shows how our most popular hybrids as well as some leading experimental hybrids perform in HP (Highly Productive) and MP (Medium Productive) soil types. 2003 2003 Average Bu./A. 21 Bu./A. Advantage In HP Soil Brand-Hybrid Soil Type Harvested Population Lodging BECK 5366 HP 30,000 55.8 1.7 27.0 226.6 212.6 +28.0 BECK 5366 MP 24,500 55.4 2.0 29.6 198.6 BECK EX 0369 HP 27,500 56.9 0.0 23.7 209.2 210.1-1.7 BECK EX 0369 MP 27,500 55.8 0.0 27.5 210.9 BECK EX 0368 HP 31,000 56.3 0.0 25.6 213.4 204.9 +17.0 BECK EX 0368 MP 23,000 55.3 3.9 30.4 196.4 BECK EX 0362 HP 29,000 56.9 1.7 23.6 211.0 204.6 +12.8 BECK EX 0362 MP 25,250 55.7 0.0 28.5 198.2 BECK 6197 HP 28,000 54.7 0.0 33.4 212.9 204.0 +17.9 BECK 6197 MP 27,250 54.1 0.0 37.1 195.0 BECK EX 0374 HP 31,000 57.3 0.0 22.4 206.1 203.2 +5.8 BECK EX 0374 MP 28,000 56.6 1.7 24.3 200.3 BECK 5827 HP 32,000 56.9 0.0 23.6 207.6 201.7 +11.8 BECK 5827 MP 24,750 54.7 0.0 33.7 195.8 BECK EX 0322 HP 32,000 55.7 0.0 28.7 209.5 201.4 +16.3 BECK EX 0322 MP 27,250 54.2 0.0 36.2 193.2 BECK EX 0356 HP 33,500 56.3 1.5 25.4 228.2 200.8 +54.9 BECK EX 0356 MP 25,750 54.4 0.0 35.0 173.3 BECK 5538 HP 30,500 56.1 9.8 26.3 205.0 200.1 +9.8 BECK 5538 MP 25,750 55.5 5.1 29.4 195.2 BECK 5959 HP 29,500 56.3 6.8 25.6 207.5 199.0 +17.1 BECK 5959 MP 26,250 54.7 0.0 33.1 190.4 BECK 5166 HP 30,000 56.8 1.7 23.7 212.2 198.3 +27.9 BECK 5166 MP 28,500 57.0 5.2 23.1 184.3 BECK 5322 HP 29,500 57.0 0.0 23.2 201.2 192.5 +17.4 BECK 5322 MP 29,500 56.5 6.3 24.6 183.8 BECK EX 0254 HP 28,000 55.4 3.6 30.0 205.1 189.9 +30.4 BECK EX 0254 MP 31,250 54.3 0.0 35.8 174.7 BECK EX 0365 HP 31,000 55.5 0.0 29.4 185.8 187.8-3.9 BECK EX 0365 MP 28,750 55.0 3.4 32.0 189.7 BECK 5727 HP 30,500 56.9 0.0 23.6 194.7 186.1 +17.2 BECK 5727 MP 26,750 54.6 0.0 33.6 177.5 BECK EX 0373 HP 29,000 56.6 1.7 24.7 198.9 185.3 +27.3 BECK EX 0373 MP 26,750 54.0 0.0 37.2 171.6 BECK 5422 HP 31,500 56.1 1.6 26.2 192.5 184.9 +15.2 BECK 5422 MP 26,500 55.7 0.0 27.5 177.3 HP Soil Average 30,210 56.5 2.7 25.3 202.2 MP Soil Average 27,040 55.2 1.6 30.8 187.3 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. **Note: Some experimentals were omitted due to limited space on this page. Summary: > 14.9 Bu./A. Difference** (includes hybrids not published in this report) In 1999, under extremely dry conditions, the difference between the two soil types was over 63 Bu./A. on average, with every hybrid showing an advantage in the HP soil. In 2000, when rainfall was more prevalent, only 21.4 Bu./A. separated the two soil types, and two experimental hybrids showed advantages in the MP soil. In 2001, we suffered a short dry period during late July early August but had ample rainfall in late August. Consequently, we saw a 35.4 Bu./A. average advantage for all hybrids in the HP soil. This year s abundant rainfall led to the smallest difference between soil types with only 14.9 bushels per acre on average separating the yields in the HP soil from those in the MP soil.

22 BECK'S Early Plant Corn Technology and Planting Date Study - 2003 RAINFALL Location: A7 plot Previous Crop: Corn April 1.5 in. Harvested: September 29, 2003 Tillage: Plow / S-tine May 7.7 in. Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: 2.25 qts. Bicep II Magnum June 2.0 in. Population: 29,000 31,000 seeds/a. Insecticide: Aztec July 10.4 in. August 5.2 in. Note: All hybrids treated with FaSTart in this study Total 26.8 in. Purpose: We know from our Practical Farm Research that earlier planted corn generally has greater yield potential than corn planted late. One trend that we are seeing in agriculture is that the average farm size continues to get larger. As farm size increases, it becomes a challenge to plant all acres in a timely manner. Beck s and Landec Ag are working together to bring Beck s customers the latest in seed coating technology, Intellicoat Early Plant. This polymer technology controls the germination of seed and provides protection from chilling injury in harsh early soil environments to enable early planting even in cold conditions. Intellicoat Early Plant technology enables farmers to take advantage of suitable field working days that occur two to three weeks prior to traditional planting dates. With Early Plant corn technology, farmers are offered the opportunity of planting a portion of their fields early when the potential for high yields is greater. Planting Date Brand-Hybrid Harvested Population Broken Stalks Mar. 27 BECK 5322 Early Plant 29,500 57.3 0.0 22.7 200.6 Mar. 27 BECK 5422 Early Plant 29,750 56.6 0.9 24.7 203.9 Mar. 27 BECK 5727 Early Plant 28,000 56.5 0.0 25.4 188.1 AVERAGE 29,083 56.8 0.3 24.1 197.5 Mar. 27 BECK 5322 32,000 56.9 0.0 23.9 188.8 Mar. 27 BECK 5422 27,000 56.2 3.7 26.2 179.6 Mar. 27 BECK 5727 28,500 55.2 0.0 25.5 175.1 AVERAGE 29,167 56.1 1.2 25.5 181.2 Apr. 4 BECK 5322 Early Plant 28,500 57.4 1.8 22.6 201.8 Apr. 4 BECK 5727 Early Plant 26,000 56.5 0.0 25.6 186.5 AVERAGE 27,250 56.9 0.9 24.1 194.2 Apr. 4 BECK 5322 31,000 57.4 3.2 22.6 211.8 Apr. 4 BECK 5727 29,500 56.8 0.0 24.2 196.3 AVERAGE 30,250 57.1 1.6 23.4 204.1 Apr. 16 BECK 5322 29,500 55.4 5.1 29.6 179.6 Apr. 16 BECK 5727 27,500 54.0 0.0 38.1 169.6 AVERAGE 28,500 54.7 2.6 33.9 174.6 May 6 BECK 5322 27,500 54.2 0.0 37.0 169.6 May 6 BECK 5727 31,500 53.7 0.0 41.7 172.2 AVERAGE 29,500 53.9 0.0 39.4 170.9 May 17 BECK 5322 29,500 53.6 0.0 43.6 137.9 May 17 BECK 5727 31,000 53.6 0.0 44.4 109.0 AVERAGE 30,250 53.6 0.0 44.0 123.4 May 30 BECK 5322 28,500 54.0 3.5 44.5 112.2 May 30 BECK 5727 30,000 53.2 0.0 44.7 148.2 AVERAGE 29,250 53.6 1.8 44.6 130.2 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture.

Summary: BECK'S Early Plant Corn Technology and Planting Date Study - (continued) - 2003 Our long-term average has shown that early April is the highest yielding time to plant corn. s gradually decline after late April. In 2003, the early April planted corn had greater yields than later planting dates. Corn treated with Intellicoat Early Plant technology out performed non-coated corn (planted on the same date) by 16.4 bushels per acre. Corn planted on April 4 th did not show an advantage with Early Plant coating this year, but the early April planting did show an advantage last year. Farmers can realize the greatest advantage for Early Plant technology by comparing Early Plant yields to yields on later planting dates. This is the real time saving exchange that the farmer is making by using Early Plant technology. In our test, the yield advantage was over 67 bushels per acre for using Early Plant technology in late March compared to our mid to late May plantings. Early Plant technology is an additional $35 dollars per unit. If market corn price is $2.25 per bushel then 5-6 bushels of added yield will pay for the technology. The best planting time for the Early Plant corn is 2-3 weeks before the normal planting date for your area. We think late March is the right time to plant in Central Indiana to get the full benefits of this technology. Intellicoat, Early Plant, and Landec are registered trademarks of Landec Corporation. 23 BECK'S FaSTart Seed-Applied Insecticide Study - 2003 RAINFALL Location: D1 plot Previous Crop: Soybeans April 1.5 in. Planted: April 12, 2003 Tillage: S-tine after fall injected May 7.7 in. Harvested: September 18, 2003 hog manure June 2.0 in. Rows: Four 30 rows Herbicide: 2.25 qt/princep July 10.4 in. Replications: Two (averaged) 1 qt w/ 18 gal/ac 28-0-0 August 5.2 in. Population: 31,295 seeds/a. Total 26.8 in. Purpose: In 2001, Beck s introduced the FaSTart seed treatment brand to promote seed and seedling protection from early season insect pests like wireworms, seed corn maggots, and flea beetles up to the one leaf stage. This study compares two hybrids with and without Beck s FaSTart seed applied insecticide. All three products, Gaucho, Cruiser, and Poncho 250 were tested under the FaSTart brand. FaSTart Hybrid Harvested Population Lodging Advantage Bu./A. BECK 5166 31,750 54.5 0.0 21.8 215.5 BECK 5166 w/ FaSTart 31,333 54.8 0.0 21.9 226.6 +11.1 BECK 5727 32,000 57.3 0.0 21.9 216.7 BECK 5727 w/ FaSTart 30,417 57.2 0.0 21.9 218.1 +1.4 +6.3 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Summary: All three products tested under the FaSTart brand provided higher yields compared to seed without FaSTart treatment. On average they yielded 6.3 bushels per acre more than seed without FaSTart. Over 70% (47/65) of the hybrids listed on our Purchase Guide come standard with the additional value of FaSTart seed-applied insecticide as part of the product package.

24 BECK'S Corn Rootworm Control Study - 2003 RAINFALL Location: A8 plot Previous Crop: Corn April 1.5 in. Planted: April 15, 2003 Tillage: Plow / S-tine (Twice) May 7.7 in. Harvested: October 1, 2003 Herbicide: 2.25 qts. Bicep II Magnum June 2.0 in. Population: 28,800 seeds/a. Insecticide: Various July 10.4 in. Rows: Four 30 rows August 5.2 in. Total 23.4 in. Purpose: This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of Monsanto rootworm transgenic event (MON 863) along with five insecticide treatments. The insecticide treatments included both seed applied insecticides and granular insecticides. Brand-Hybrid Treatment Harvested Population Broken Stalks BECK 5727 Poncho 1250 30,000 57.7 2.5 22.3 218.7 BECK 5166 Poncho 1250 29,250 57.5 0.0 22.3 217.5 AVERAGE 29,625 57.6 1.3 22.3 218.1 BECK 5727 Cruiser (High Rate) 29,500 57.4 0.0 23.5 204.3 BECK 5166 Cruiser (High Rate) 27,250 57.0 0.9 24.1 211.3 AVERAGE 28,375 57.2 0.5 23.8 207.8 BECK 5727RW Gard Rootworm 26,750 57.2 0.0 23.6 200.5 BECK 5166RW Gard Rootworm 29,500 56.9 2.6 24.0 214.6 AVERAGE 28,125 57.1 1.3 23.8 207.6 BECK 5727 Aztec 29,500 57.0 0.0 24.2 217.0 BECK 5166 Aztec 27,500 56.7 3.7 24.6 215.2 AVERAGE 28,500 56.9 1.9 24.4 216.1 BECK 5727 Force 28,000 56.8 1.9 24.5 212.9 BECK 5166 Force 30,000 55.7 0.9 23.7 205.8 AVERAGE 29,000 56.3 1.4 24.1 209.4 BECK 5727 Lorsban 29,250 56.4 0.0 26.0 201.7 BECK 5166 Lorsban 29,500 55.8 1.7 28.4 210.3 AVERAGE 29,375 56.1 0.9 27.2 206.0 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Summary: In parts of our marketing area corn rootworm pressure is very severe in both corn following corn and first year corn (corn following soybeans). In high pressure areas Beck s Practical Farm Research, along with university research, has shown that the rootworm resistant corn has out performed insecticide treatments. Our research site in Atlanta had very little corn rootworm pressure this year, so the results are not as consistent with those trends. The lowest yield in the study came from Beck s 5727RW, which had 3,000 4,000 lower population. Beck s 5166RW at the normal population performed more consistent like the other treatments tested.

BECK S RW vs. Non-Transgenic Hybrid Study - 2003 RAINFALL Location: D6 & 300-5S plots Previous Crop: Soybeans April 1.5 in. Planted: April 19, 2003 Tillage: S-tine May 7.7 in. Harvested: Sept. 26 & Oct. 1, 2003 June 2.0 in. Rows: Four 30 rows Herbicide: PPI: 2.25 qts. Bicep II Magnum July 10.4 in. Population: 29,858 seeds/a. 1 qt. Princep August 5.2 in. Results show average of both plots Insecticide: Aztec on isoline only Total 26.8 in. Purpose: In these two studies we are comparing Gard Rootworm hybrids to their non-transgenic, isoline counterpart in first year corn, where corn rootworm pressure is expected to be low. Broken Stalks 2003 Harvested Population 1 BECK 5166 29,125 56.7 0.9 24.8 221.6 2 BECK 5322RW 30,250 57.5 1.5 22.3 216.2 +3.1 3 BECK 5322 31,625 56.8 1.8 22.6 213.1 4 BECK 5166RW 29,625 56.7 0.0 24.2 212.4-9.2 5 BECK 5012RW 30,125 57.3 0.0 22.5 211.2 +8.4 6 BECK 5229 27,875 56.8 0.8 24.3 211.2 7 BECK 5422 31,625 56.4 5.2 25.9 210.0 8 BECK 5422RW 31,125 56.2 0.9 24.5 206.7-3.3 9 BECK 5229RW 29,750 56.4 0.0 25.8 204.5-6.7 10 BECK 5012 27,875 57.2 0.0 22.8 202.8 11 BECK 5727 30,000 57.3 0.9 23.5 197.1 12 BECK 5727RW 31,750 57.1 0.9 24.1 182.9-14.2 AVERAGE 30,063 56.9 1.1 23.9 207.5-3.7 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Summary: Adv. for RW In 2003 we had minimal rootworm pressure, mostly due to the water-soaked soils. We saw a difference of 3.7 bushels per acre for the rootworm event while moisture and test weights were nearly identical. While these two plots indicate some variation within a hybrid with and without the rootworm trait in first year corn, the most meaningful results can be found by looking at several test sites in different environments and degrees of pest infestations. The greater the rootworm pressure, the greater value that the trait provides to the farmer. 25 Gard Rootworm (RW) Gard Rootworm hybrids provide season long root protection from corn rootworm larval feeding so no granular insecticides are needed. All YGRW hybrids are treated with FaSTart to control secondary pests like wireworm, early flea beetle, seed corn maggot and white grub. Insect Resistance Management (Rootworm) Growers of Gard Rootworm are required to plant a corn refuge that does not contain Bt technologies that control corn rootworm. The refuge must represent at least 20% of the grower s total corn acres and must be within or adjacent to the Gard Rootworm field. The refuge can be treated with a non-bt soil-applied, seedapplied or foliar-applied insecticide if pest pressure exceeds the economic threshold. If adult corn rootworm beetles are present in the refuge when the refuge is treated, the Gard Rootworm portion must be treated in a similar manner. The refuge can be planted as a block or strips within the Gard Rootworm field or as an adjacent field.

26 BECK S RW and CB vs. Non-Transgenic Hybrid Study - 2003 RAINFALL Location: 4½ mi. W. of Beck s on US 31 Previous Crop: Soybeans April 1.5 in. Planted: April 19, 2003 Tillage: S-tine May 7.7 in. Harvested: September 26, 2003 Herbicide: PPI: 2.25 qts. Bicep II Magnum June 2.0 in. Rows: Four 30 rows 1 qt. Princep July 10.4 in. Population: 31,000 seeds/a. Insecticide: Aztec August 5.2 in. Total 26.8 in. Purpose: In this study we are comparing two transgenic Bt events (rootworm and corn borer) to the non-transgenic hybrid in first year corn, where corn rootworm pressure is expected to be low. Rank Broken Stalks 2003 Adv. for RW Brand-Hybrid Harvested Population 1 BECK 5727CB 33,000 58.4 0.0 19.6 196.3 +7.0 2 BECK 5229RW 29,000 56.6 0.0 24.2 196.1 +3.4 3 BECK 5322CB 31,500 58.3 0.0 19.4 194.8 +4.4 4 BECK 5422CBCL 30,500 56.8 0.0 23.1 193.6 +20.3 5 BECK 5229 31,000 57.3 1.6 21.9 192.7 6 BECK 5322 29,000 58.1 0.0 20.0 190.4 7 BECK 5012RW 31,500 58.7 0.0 18.8 189.7 +5.4 8 BECK 5727 31,500 58.3 3.2 19.9 189.3 9 BECK 5166 28,500 59.1 0.0 17.9 186.7 10 BECK 5012 28,000 58.6 0.0 19.1 184.3 11 BECK 5166RW 30,000 59.1 1.7 17.9 183.7-3.0 12 BECK 5727RW 29,000 57.5 0.0 21.8 182.4-6.9 13 BECK 5322RW 30,000 52.1 0.0 19.2 181.3-9.1 14 BECK 5422 30,000 56.6 1.7 23.6 173.3 15 BECK 5422RW 31,500 55.9 0.0 26.3 166.9-6.4 AVERAGE 30,267 57.4 0.5 20.8 186.8-2.8 +10.6 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Summary: Without insect pressure, we expect no advantage for the transgenic rootworm event, which is what we found. We did, however, see a large advantage of 10.6 bushels per acre for the corn borer trait, which indicates some level of corn borer infestation. When evaluating the value of various traits, the most meaningful results can be found by looking at multiple test sites in different environments and degrees of pest infestations. The greater the pest pressure, the greater value that the traits provide to the farmer. In addition, convenience, safety, and the savings of time also contribute to the value of the trait. Adv. for CB "BECK 5422RW is outstanding. It hit a high of 257 bushels per acre out of four checks. It had 19% moisture, great test weight and was standing well. This is the kind of hybrid that makes you money. It's close to unbelievable. This is the highest yielding corn we've ever raised. The whole 75 acres averaged 222 bushels per acre. I called down to Beck's and ordered an additional 100 bags of 5422RW for next year." Mark & Scott Binegar Montpelier, IN

BECK S Non-Bt Corn vs. Bt Study - 2003 RAINFALL Location: H5 plot Previous Crop: Soybeans April 1.5 in. Planted: April 14, 2003 Tillage: No-Till May 7.7 in. Harvested: September 29, 2003 Herbicide: PPI: 2.25 qts. Bicep II Magnum June 2.0 in. Rows: Four 30 rows 1 qt. Princep July 10.4 in. Population: 28,800 seeds/a. Insecticide: Aztec August 5.2 in. Total 26.8 in. 27 Purpose: In 2003 we evaluated three non-bt hybrids and their Bt conversions, which were each a different Bt event. BECK 5322 compared to BECK 5322CB (Mon 810 event), BECK 5422 compared to BECK 5422Bt 1 (Bt 11 event) and BECK EX 1056 compared to BECK EX 1371 (Herculex 1 event in the same isoline). Broken Stalks Brand-Hybrid Harvested Population BECK 5322 25,750 56.4 0.0 26.3 203.2 BECK 5322CB (Mon 810) 27,250 56.5 0.0 25.2 219.2 +16.0 Advantage for Bt BECK 5422 27,250 53.5 0.0 27.7 197.4 BECK 5422Bt 1 (Bt 11) 27,000 55.7 0.0 28.7 204.4 +7.0 BECK EX 1056 25,250 54.7 0.0 33.1 174.5 BECK EX 1371 (Herculex I) 26,000 54.8 0.0 32.6 172.6-1.9 +7.0 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Summary: Corn Borer Facts: Different Bt Events: Collectively, the Bt hybrids averaged 7.0 Bu./A. more than the non-bt hybrids. Early planted corn is generally at greater risk to ECB feeding than corn planted mid-season. This study proved the value of Bt corn in this situation. European corn borer overwinter in crop and weed residue. The severity of damage along with the population of European corn borer is difficult to predict from year to year because of the environmental factors that effect its survival. We do know that the earliest planted corn along with the latest planted corn is at most risk for damage. First generation European corn borer attacks the stalks while second generation will attack the stalk, ear shank and tassel. Each female European corn borer moth can produce over 400 eggs spread over numerous plants and fields. When we have a severe outbreak (1 in every 5 to 6 years) we will see a wider window where damage occurs. Damage on average is 5% reduction in yield from every European corn borer per plant per acre. Protecting the first 15% of your acres planted and the last 15% of your acres planted with a Bt hybrid will reduce your risk of losses from European corn borer. MON 810 was released in 1996 by Monsanto. MON 810 has resistance to both first and second generation European and Southwestern corn borer with some suppression of corn earworm. Beck s designates this event as (CB). MON 810 is not resistant to Liberty herbicide. Bt 11 was released in 1996 from Syngenta. Bt 11 has resistance to both first and second generation European and Southwestern corn borer with some suppression of corn earworm. Beck s designates this event as (Bt 1). This event is resistant to Liberty herbicide. Herculex I was released in 2001 from Mycogen Seeds (Dow AgroSciences) and Pioneer Hi-Bred International (Dupont). Herculex I provides resistance to both first and second generation European and Southwestern corn borer along with black cutworm and fall armyworm. Beck s is evaluating this event in experimental hybrids. This event is resistant to Liberty herbicide.

28 BECK'S 300 Bu. Attempt 2003 (Compares Normal vs. High Population and 30 vs. Twin Rows) Location: 300-2, 3, 4 S. plots Fertilizer: Fall: 300# 6-15-40 = 18 # actual N Harvested: October 2, 2003 (on Twin Rows) Pre: 18 gal/a. 28-0-0 = 54 # actual N Rows: Four 30" Rows Pop Up: 8 gal/a. 10-34-0 = 9 # actual N Soil Type: Genesee Silt Loam Starter: (7 over 50 gal/a. 28-0-0 =149 # actual N Tillage: Moldboard Plow / S-tine from row) 230 # actual N Previous Crop: Corn Fertilizer: Fall: 300# 6-15-40 = 18 # actual N Insecticide: Aztec (on 30 rows) Pre & Starter: 26 gal/a. 28-0-0 = 77 # actual N Herbicide: Pre: 2.5 qts. Bicep II Magnum 8.5 gal/a. 10-34-0 = 10 # actual N 1 qt. Princep Sidedress: 40 gal/a. 28-0-0 = 119 # actual N Post: 3 oz. Callisto 224 # actual N 0.67 oz. Accent 1 pt. Atrazine Purpose: In our attempt to reach 300 bushels per acre, we have tried several different approaches in the past 23 years. In the early years, we increased our populations and applied extremely high rates of fertilizer as well as some micronutrients. In the middle years, we tried using different tillage methods like v-rip, chisel, and moldboard plow. Since 1991, we've been testing zone-till vs. conventional to study the long-term effects of these methods. Now in 2003, we are testing ultra-high populations and twin rows using conventional-till practices. Our next phase of research will also compare crop rotation patterns where we will look at continuous corn, two year corn/one year bean, and corn after soybean rotations. Brand-Hybrid Harvested Population Broken Stalks Twin Rows @ 39,000 planted April 28, 2003 BECK 5229 40,500 6.2 56.8 24.2 226.8 BECK 5166 35,500 0.0 57.9 21.4 216.4 BECK 5538 38,000 2.6 56.6 25.4 205.9 BECK 5322CB 34,000 5.9 57.9 21.1 202.8 BECK 5283Bt 1 41,500 1.2 58.1 20.7 201.6 BECK 5959 41,000 0.0 55.6 29.2 196.7 BECK 5737CL 40,000 0.0 56.8 24.5 187.9 BECK 5339CBCL 36,500 4.1 56.6 25.4 158.3 AVERAGE 38,375 2.5 57.0 24.0 199.5 30 Rows @ 31,000 planted April 23, 2003 BECK 5538 29,000 1.7 57.4 22.5 214.6 BECK 5366 29,000 0.0 57.3 22.3 214.2 BECK 5322CB 30,500 1.6 57.8 21.1 203.6 BECK 5166 29,500 1.7 58.2 20.3 199.0 BECK 5422 31,000 1.6 57.1 22.8 194.8 BECK 6197 29,500 0.0 55.6 28.6 193.2 BECK 7997CB 29,500 1.7 56.2 26.4 187.7 BECK 5737CL 29,000 0.0 58.1 20.7 186.4 AVERAGE 29,625 1.0 57.2 23.1 199.2 30 Rows @ 39,000 planted April 23, 2003 BECK 6197 34,000 1.5 55.1 31.8 209.7 BECK 5339CBCL 32,500 6.2 56.8 24.7 208.2 BECK 7997CB 39,000 0.0 55.6 29.2 201.6 BECK 5229 30,500 6.6 57.4 22.4 193.0 BECK 5166 34,000 4.4 58.1 20.4 189.5 BECK 5959 31,000 1.6 56.4 25.2 187.1 BECK 5538 34,500 5.8 57.0 23.5 179.9 BECK 5737CL 32,500 4.6 58.0 20.9 174.5 AVERAGE 33,500 3.8 56.8 24.7 192.9 Comparison of three common hybrids tested in all three studies: Beck 5166, 5538, 5737CL Twin Rows @ 39,000 37,800 0.9 57.1 23.7 203.4 30 Rows @ 31,000 29,200 1.1 57.9 21.2 200.0 30 Rows @ 39,000 33,700 4.9 57.7 21.6 181.3 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture.

Summary: BECK'S 300 Bu. Attempt (continued) 2003 This year we fell surprisingly short of our 300 bushel per acre goal, considering the high corn yields in our area in general. Excessive moisture in this low-lying field reduced the amount of available nitrogen, thereby putting a cap on the plants ability to produce higher yields. Beck 5229 in twin rows at 39,000 population was our plot winner overall at 226.8 bushels per acre. It is unusual for a determinate ear hybrid to win a high yield test, but because 5229 is an early user of nitrogen and likes high populations, it took advantage of the additional spacing provided in the twin rows and out-yielded the second place hybrid by over 10 bushels per acre. Even though we planted the twin rows five days later than the 30 rows, they produced the most yield overall, and as expected, had slightly higher moisture due to the later planting date. They handled the stress of 39,000 population much better than the 30 rows, both in yield and resistance to stalk and root lodging. However, the 30 rows at 31,000 population provided nearly equal yield and standability to the twin rows. While we don t consider this test as a direct comparison between twin rows and 30 rows, due to the planting date difference, the agronomic characteristics we saw relating to stalk and root lodging and overall performance would likely be repeated if this test was done again and all plots planted on the same date. 29 Special thanks to Great Plains Manufacturing Co. for providing the twin row planter to use in our tests. The twin rows can be easily harvested with a 30 row combine head. BECK'S 300 Bu. Historical Data High Fertility Zone-Till vs. Conventional-Till 1991-2001 Summary: In eleven years of testing, the zone-till areas have out yielded the conventional areas only three times. In our other zone-till vs. conventional test on less productive soil, the zone-till yields have averaged 7.5 bu./a. more than the conventional areas for the past seven years. We believe the long-term research findings are showing us that zone-till yields will exceed conventional yields over time in light and medium productivity soils, but that conventional methods may have the long-term advantage on the very dark, highly productive soils, like this Genesee silt loam soil. 300 200 Zone-Till 100 Conv. 0 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 AVG Zone-Till 197.9 241.2 236.9 252.3 172.7 199.8 196.4 207.3 188.4 215.4 245.5 214.0 Conv. 199.3 243.2 227.3 259.1 182.5 184.4 204.6 213.7 212.9 218.0 238.6 216.7 Conv. Advantage +1.4 +2.0-9.6 +6.8 +9.8-15.4 +8.2 +6.4 +24.5 +2.6-6.9 +2.7

30 BECK'S 7.5 Row Study on Corn - 2003 RAINFALL Location: 300-5 N. plot Previous Crop: Soybeans April 1.5 in. Planted: April 19, 2003 Tillage: V-Rip / DMI S-tine May 7.7 in. Harvested: September 26, 2003 Herbicide: 2.5 qts. Bicep II Magnum June 2.0 in. Population: 80,000 seeds/a. 1.0 qt. Princep July 10.4 in. Soil Type: Genesee Silt Loam Insecticide: Aztec August 5.2 in. Total 23.4 in. Purpose: A study to determine how effectively Beck 5288RR would yield when drilled in 7.5 inch rows at this high population. We were also determining how 7.5 rows could be harvested with our 30 row combine head. Brand-Hybrid Harvested Population BECK 5288RR 75,000 56.7 21.6 251.3 Summary: The corn stayed erect, put on small ears, and could be harvested very well with our 30 four-row plot combine with minimal grain loss. To our amazement the yield was the highest of any of our corn research projects this year. We are not ready to recommend this practice yet, but plan further research in 2004. *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. BECK'S No-Till Stress Soil Study - 2003 RAINFALL Location: Field K South Previous Crop: Soybeans April 1.5 in. Planted: May 14, 2003 Tillage: Zone-Till May 7.7 in. Harvested: October 24, 2003 Herbicide: 22 oz. Roundup WeatherMax June 2.0 in. Rows: Four 30 rows 16 oz. 2,4-D July 10.4 in. Population: 30,136 seeds/a. 2.25 qts. Bicep II Magnum August 5.2 in. Replications: Two (averaged) Insecticide: Aztec Total 26.8 in. Purpose: Most research plots are planted in the best soil types. This No-Till study compares hybrids planted in a medium-to-light soil type that is more variable so we can evaluate hybrid performance in less than ideal growing conditions. 2003 Harvested Population Lodging 1 BECK 5959 27,000 53.3 1.9 24.0 194.6 2 BECK 5339CBCL 28,500 55.8 1.8 21.5 189.9 3 BECK 5827 27,000 57.3 1.9 21.6 189.6 4 BECK 7538Bt 1 27,500 57.0 3.6 22.2 188.1 5 BECK 5538 29,500 56.3 1.7 20.5 186.9 6 BECK 5366 28,000 54.5 0.0 20.3 185.0 7 BECK 5727 27,500 56.8 1.8 20.9 184.0 8 BECK 6197 24,500 53.0 0.0 24.4 183.3 9 BECK 5166 27,500 55.3 1.8 18.7 182.1 10 BECK 5229 28,000 55.5 3.6 20.0 180.0 11 BECK 5322 27,000 55.3 1.9 19.8 178.4 12 BECK 7997 23,500 53.5 2.1 27.1 176.7 13 BECK 5422 26,500 54.0 1.9 22.0 173.9 AVERAGE 27,077 55.2 1.8 21.7 184.0 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Summary: Abundant rainfall allows medium-to-light soils with moderate slope to produce yields comparable with highly productive soils. This year s No-Till Stress Soil study averaged 184.0 bushels per acre and was not really stressed, due to the high amount of rainfall during the growing season.

31 BECK'S Zone-Till vs. Conv.-Till Long Range Corn Study - 2003 Location: E5 E8 plots Herbicide: Conv.: Pre: 2.25 qts. Bicep II Magnum Planted: April 15, 2003 1 qt. Princep Harvested: October 3, 2003 Zone-Till: Pre: 2.25 qts. Bicep II Magnum Rows: Four 30" rows 1 qt. Princep Replications: Two (averaged) 22 oz. Roundup WeatherMax Soil Type: Crosby / Brookston / Miami Insecticide: Aztec Population: 28,800 seeds/a. Tillage: Zone-Till = 7" wide with 3 coulters Previous Crop: Soybeans Conv.-Till = V-Rip & S-Tine Purpose: To establish a long-range study to compare Zone-Till with Conventional-Till. In this study, we are looking at how eight different corn hybrids respond in yield, moisture, emergence, test weight, stalk quality, and disease resistance. We are also looking at how both types of practices affect soil tilth, water movement, and earthworm populations. Except for zone tilling the 7" strip where the corn is planted and injecting the 28% nitrogen 6" deep between the rows, we have not tilled the zone-till area the past 13 years. Rank Brand-Hybrid Harvested Population Broken Stalks 2003 ZONE-TILL STUDY 1 BECK EX 1339 29,438 57.0 1.8 23.0 202.9 2 BECK 5422CBCL 30,500 55.9 2.4 26.3 200.8 3 BECK 5229CL 29,250 57.0 0.9 23.7 197.3 4 BECK 6464CL 29,438 55.8 0.0 27.5 196.6 5 BECK 5339CBCL 30,125 56.4 0.0 25.5 196.5 6 BECK 7997CL 28,563 54.8 0.9 33.2 192.3 7 BECK 5454CL 30,188 55.8 0.0 26.5 185.8 8 BECK 5737CL 27,875 57.4 0.0 22.7 184.8 AVERAGE 29,422 56.3 0.8 26.1 194.6 Advantage Conv.-Till CONVENTIONAL STUDY 1 BECK EX 1339 31,250 57.9 0.8 21.3 210.7 +7.8 2 BECK 5229CL 29,563 57.3 0.0 22.9 205.7 +8.4 3 BECK 5422CBCL 31,125 56.1 0.0 26.4 199.7-1.1 4 BECK 5339CBCL 30,438 57.0 0.0 24.0 198.0 +1.5 5 BECK 6464CL 30,000 56.4 0.0 25.2 197.3 +0.7 6 BECK 5737CL 29,313 58.0 2.5 21.1 192.3 +7.5 7 BECK 7997CL 28,250 55.2 0.9 31.3 190.4-1.9 8 BECK 5454CL 31,688 55.9 0.0 26.2 181.9-3.9 AVERAGE 30,203 56.7 0.5 24.8 197.0 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Summary: The graph shows how yields improved in zone-till areas after the third year, and consistently out-yielded conventionally tilled areas thereafter, except for the past two years. We believe soil type greatly affects the degree to which hybrids respond to zone-till practices. Increased earthworm and microorganism populations have helped improve the tilth of this medium productivity soil type. The dry weather during parts of the season, especially in August for the period 1995-2001, may also be contributing to higher yields in zone-till areas, due to their greater moisture holding capacity. Since 1995, yields in zone-till have averaged 4.9 bushels per acre more than yields in conventional. 250 200 150 100 50 0 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Zone-Till 89.8 218.4 183.6 222.2 113.0 178.2 168.0 196.2 159.2 207.4 212.7 166.0 194.6 Conv. 93.5 227.7 192.8 222.1 106.2 171.2 161.0 182.9 149.1 203.3 208.7 171.5 197.0 Zone-Till Adv. Zone-Till vs. Conv.-Till Study All Hybrids (1991-2003) -3.7-9.3-9.2 +0.1 +6.8 +7.0 +7.0 +13.3 +10.1 +4.1 +4.0-5.5-2.4 Z C

32 Location: Planted: Harvested: Rows: Replications: BECK'S Corn Population Study - 2003 D3 plot April 28, 2003 October 6, 2003 Two 30" rows Three (averaged) Soil Type: Previous Crop: Tillage: Herbicide: Insecticide: Brookston Soybeans V-Rip / S-tine PPI: 2.25 qts. Bicep II Magnum 1 qt. Princep Aztec April May June July August Total RAINFALL 1.5 in. 7.7 in. 2.0 in. 10.4 in. 5.2 in. 26.8 in. Purpose: One key management decision to maximize return per acre is choosing the correct population for each hybrid for a given soil type. This is the eighth year of an ongoing study to learn the specific population at which our current hybrids optimize their yield. The final stand populations range from 18,000 to 39,000 plants per acre in increments of 3,000 plants per acre. The graphs on this and the following page demonstrate the optimum population for each hybrid. Keep in mind that one year data may not produce a smooth curve. The graphs below show multiple year data on three hybrids with different ear types. The graph on lodging displays the lodging of all hybrids across years. The graph in the lower right compares variable to even spacing at the same final population rate. Bu/A 220 200 180 160 140 % Ldg 20 15 10 5 0 Summary: 2000-2003 Data Determinate Flex-Length Medium-Flex 5229 5322 5727 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 Population (x1000) Lodging 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 Population (x1000) Bu/A 220 200 180 160 140 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 Population (x1000) Bu/A 200 190 180 Spacing Study - 7 Yr. Avg. The top three graphs above represent different hybrid types for ear flex. Beck 5229 is a determinateeared hybrid and the yield continues to increase with increased populations. Beck 5322 is a flexeared hybrid that reaches a peak for yield and decreases with too much population. The third hybrid, Beck 5727, has an intermediate flexing potential and doesn't significantly decrease yield until the highest populations. The variable spacing study (bar graph above) continues to show significant differences. Having uniform spacing offers an excellent return per acre. By looking at the data on this and the opposite page you can decide the optimum population range for each hybrid. Keep in mind that this test was conducted on medium-high productivity soils and the populations listed were final populations. In general, you should slightly reduce populations in soils with less productivity. Also as a general rule, lodging increases as population increases as is shown by the line graph above. 193.8 Bu/A 220 200 180 160 140 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 Population (x1000) 197.8 25700 Variable Spacing 25700 Even Spacing

33 BECK'S Corn Population Study - 2003 Results 240 220 200 180 160 140 Bu/A 5125CB 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 Population (x1000) 240 220 200 180 160 140 Bu/A 5538 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 Population (x1000) Bu/A 6197 240 220 200 180 160 140 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 Population (x1000) Bu/A 7538Bt 1 260 240 220 200 180 160 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 Population (x1000) BECK'S Corn Population Study - Multiple Year Results 5166 (4 Yr.) Bu/A 220 200 180 160 140 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 Population (x1000) Bu/A 220 200 180 160 140 5283Bt 1 (5 Yr.) 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 Population (x1000) Bu/A 220 200 180 160 140 5366 (2 Yr.) 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 Population (x1000) Bu/A 220 200 180 160 140 5339CBCL (2 Yr.) 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 Population (x1000) Bu/A 5959 (5 Yr.) 220 200 180 160 140 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 Population (x1000) Bu/A 7997CB (3 Yr.) 240 220 200 180 160 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 Population (x1000)

32 AINFALL 1.5 in. 7.7 in. 2.0 in. 10.4 in. t 5.2 in. 26.8 in. or each ulation at 39,000 ge produce types. ght ex 33 36 39 1000) pacing minateexhybrid, he ant ange and the soils shown

34 BECK'S Twin Row vs. 30 Row Corn Population Study - 2003 Location: D2 & D3 plot Previous Crop: Soybeans RAINFALL Planted: 30 Rows: April 24, 2003 Tillage: V-Rip / S-tine April 1.5 in. Twin Rows: April 28, 2003 Herbicide: PPI: 2.25 qts. Bicep II Magnum May 7.7 in. Harvested: October 6, 2003 1 qt. Princep June 2.0 in. Rows: Two 30 rows Post: 3 oz. Callisto July 10.4 in. Two Twin rows 0.67 oz. Accent August 5.2 in. Population: Various 1 pt. Aatrex Total 26.8 in. Soil Type: Brookston Insecticide: Aztec Purpose: Twin row planting is not a new idea, but has been recently revived by Great Plains Manufacturing who now offers twin row planters in the market place. The purpose of this study is to compare 30 rows to twin rows at different populations. We planted 30 rows at eight populations ranging from 18,000 to 39,000, and we planted twin rows at eight populations ranging from 24,000 to 45,000. The twin row planting occurred four days after the 30 rows, so any interpretation of the results needs to take this difference into account. Bu./A. BECK 5166 Bu./A. BECK 5538 220 220 180 180 140 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 42 45 140 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 42 45 Pop. (x1000) Pop. (x1000) 30" Row Twin Row 30" Row Twin Row Bu./A. BECK 5322 Bu./A. BECK 5959 220 220 180 180 140 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 42 45 140 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 42 45 Pop. (x1000) Pop. (x1000) 30" Row Twin Row 30" Row Twin Row Bu./A. BECK 5229 Bu./A. BECK 5727 220 220 180 180 140 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 42 45 140 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 42 45 Pop. (x1000) Pop. (x1000) 30" Row Twin Row 30" Row Twin Row

Analysis by Population Population Row Spacing % Root Lodging % Stalk Lodging % Bu./A. 30 Row Advantage 24,000 30 57.9 0.5 1.7 20.6 217.4 +21.5 Twin 57.4 0.4 4.3 22.1 195.9 27,000 30 57.8 0.0 2.7 20.7 214.0 +4.9 Twin 57.2 0.2 2.8 22.6 209.1 30,000 30 57.4 0.0 1.1 21.7 215.9 +3.4 Twin 57.5 0.0 4.5 21.8 212.4 33,000 30 57.5 0.1 2.0 21.6 225.7 +31.3 Twin 57.2 0.6 5.3 22.6 194.4 36,000 30 57.6 0.8 2.2 21.1 208.1-8.4 Twin 57.1 0.2 5.2 22.9 216.5 39,000 30 57.8 0.0 0.9 20.8 215.4 +13.6 Twin 56.9 0.1 3.3 23.4 201.8 OVERALL 30 57.7 0.2 1.8 21.1 216.1 +11.1 AVERAGE Twin 57.2 0.3 4.2 22.6 205.0 35 Population Summary: The overall advantage for 30 rows showed 11.1 bushels more yield and 1.5% drier, 0.5 lb. higher test weight, and 2.4% less stalk lodging. The 30 rows provided slightly more consistent yield across all populations, and produced maximum yields at 33,000 population. The twin rows produced their maximum yield at 36,000 population. We anticipated the twin rows would allow for higher yields at the 42,000 or 45,000 populations, since spacing between plants would be increased even though populations are high. This was not the case, however, and the 42,000 and 45,000 populations produced the lowest yields. While yield and moisture differences may be somewhat attributed to the four day later planting date, the common difference that occurred at every population was a larger percent of stalk lodging in the twin rows. We would have expected the opposite to occur since plants are less crowded in twin rows. While this one study shows an overall disadvantage for twin rows, the twin rows did produce the highest yields in our 300 bushel attempt also published in this book. Hybrid Summary: On average, all hybrids showed a yield advantage in the 30 rows except for BECK 5538, which showed a 2.5 bushel per acre advantage in the twin rows as well as a lower percentage of stalk lodging compared to the other hybrids. The extremely upright leaves of BECK 5538 is one agronomic characteristic that may allow it to thrive in the type of plant spacing that twin rows provided. It performed relatively well in the twin rows in our 300 bushel attempt.

36 BECK'S Nitrogen Rate / Population Study - 2003 RAINFALL Location: Hoch South plot Previous Crop: Soybeans April 1.5 in. Planted: May 22, 2003 Tillage: V-Rip / S-Tine May 7.7 in. Harvested: October 24, 2003 Herbicide: PPI: 2.1 qts. Bicep II Magnum June 2.0 in. Rows: Four 30 rows 1 qt. Princep July 10.4 in. Population: Various Insecticide: Aztec August 5.2 in. Total 26.8 in. Purpose: In this study we are looking at the interaction of nitrogen rate and population on the yield and other agronomic characteristics of twelve hybrids. We planted all hybrids at 26,700, 29,000 and 32,500 seeds per acre, and applied three rates of nitrogen on each population. Overall Averages (6 Reps)** Broken Stalks Bu./A. + or Plot Average Brand-Hybrid Harvested Population Bu./A.* 100# N 140# N 180# N BECK 5012 29,667 55.6 2.1 19.9 178.4-6.7 +1.1 +5.7 BECK 5422 30,222 52.7 6.9 22.2 175.2-8.2 +0.9 +7.3 BECK 5229 29,667 54.9 4.5 21.2 174.6-6.3 +0.4 +5.8 BECK 7997CL 28,722 52.8 2.6 25.2 174.4-13.7 +3.0 +10.8 BECK 5737CL 27,333 56.6 11.8 20.0 174.2-10.1-0.2 +10.4 BECK 5166 29,333 55.3 7.2 18.4 172.3-6.2 +0.5 +5.8 BECK 5322 28,889 54.3 11.5 20.4 169.6-3.8-2.0 +5.7 BECK 5959 28,611 54.2 14.1 22.9 169.5-10.1 +1.5 +8.7 BECK 5283Bt 1 29,778 54.9 6.3 19.9 168.0-5.5-0.2 +5.7 BECK 6197 28,889 52.6 3.2 23.6 168.0-11.3-0.3 +11.6 BECK 5538 28,833 56.8 13.8 20.0 167.7-7.4 +1.2 +6.1 BECK 5366 28,833 54.4 7.2 19.6 167.4-4.4-0.5 +4.7 AVERAGE 29,065 54.6 7.6 21.1 173.9 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. **Averages of all three nitrogen rates and populations. Summary Results for each Population and Nitrogen Rate Nitrogen Rate 32,500 29,000 26,700 Average Bushels per Acre 180# N 182.6 177.3 177.0 179.0 Bu/A 140# N 172.1 171.3 172.8 172.1 100# N 163.9 164.3 163.2 163.8 Average 172.8 171.0 171.0 180# N 19.6 21.5 21.1 20.7% 140# N 21.3 21.4 21.3 21.3 100# N 21.8 21.1 20.9 21.1 Average 20.9 21.3 21.1 180# N 55.7 54.8 54.3 54.9 lbs/bu 140# N 55.0 54.5 54.1 54.5 100# N 54.7 54.2 54.2 54.4 Average 55.1 54.5 54.2 Stalk Lodging 180# N 14.1 7.4 5.9 9.1% 140# N 8.1 6.2 4.0 6.1 100# N 9.1 7.3 6.3 9.6 Average 10.4 7.0 5.4 Summary: The overall average indicates that population seemed to have very little effect on yield; the lower and middle populations produced the same yield (171.0) and the high population yielded only 1.8 bushels per acre more. The high population and high nitrogen rate combination did, however, show a significant advantage; it produced the highest yield (182.6) and test weight (55.7), the lowest moisture (19.6), but the highest percentage of broken stalks (14.1), which we would expect. The overall difference between the 100# N rate and the 180# N rate was 15.2 bushels per acre, which is consistent with our three year average in other studies. Response of hybrid genetics to various nitrogen rates was very little, except that the fuller season hybrids were hurt more by the low rate of N and helped more by the high rate of N in relation to early and mid-season maturities.

BECK S Nitrogen Rate / T-22 Study - 2003 RAINFALL Location: A6 & A5 W. plot Previous Crop: Wheat/Soybeans April 1.5 in. Planted: May 21, 2003 Tillage: Zone-Till in Wheat May 7.7 in. Harvested: October 27, 2003 Herbicide: 22 oz. Roundup WeatherMax June 2.0 in. Rows: Two 30 rows 16 oz. 2,4-D July 10.4 in. Population: 31,295 seeds/a. 2.25 qts. Bicep II Magnum August 5.2 in. Insecticide: Aztec Total 26.8 in. 37 Purpose: Nitrogen rate recommendations have been debated and researched for several years. Recent price increases in nitrogen fertilizers have caused many farmers to consider reducing nitrogen rates. This study compares 100#, 140# and 180# of total nitrogen applied. T-22 is a seed applied EPA registered biofungicide from BioWorks, Inc. that may allow farmers to reduce their nitrogen rates by 20-30%. Recent research by Cornell University indicates that T-22 colonizes on the roots and thereby increases root development and nitrogen and nutrient uptake and utilization. T-22, trichoderma harzianum, seems to protect corn from root diseases and therefore helps plants withstand stresses caused by drought or excess moisture. Research has also suggested that T-22 may be more beneficial to some hybrid families than others. Broken Stalks Bu./A. + or - for T-22 Harvested Population 1 BECK 5166 29,583 58.1 0.6 19.9 195.8 +7.8 2 BECK 5012 31,833 56.7 0.3 23.0 195.3-7.2 3 BECK 5454CL 30,917 56.6 1.1 24.8 192.9 +3.4 4 BECK 5959 29,333 56.3 2.8 25.8 191.8-12.8 5 BECK 5422 31,667 56.9 2.1 23.9 191.7-6.2 6 BECK 5229 29,917 56.4 2.4 24.1 187.8-3.0 7 BECK 5538 30,250 57.2 2.8 21.6 184.3-5.2 8 BECK 5627 29,167 56.4 3.1 25.5 183.6 +1.4 9 BECK 6197 28,583 55.6 1.4 27.9 181.2 +8.7 10 BECK 5366 30,083 57.6 1.4 21.7 180.4 +11.1 11 BECK 5322 30,083 57.4 0.6 22.0 180.0-0.5 12 BECK 5727 30,583 57.2 5.0 23.2 178.9 +4.9 13 BECK 5283Bt 1 30,333 58.3 0.3 20.4 174.8-0.2 14 BECK 7997CB 28,803 55.6 0.0 29.2 171.6-3.1 AVERAGE 30,030 56.9 1.7 23.8 185.0-0.1 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. 100# N 140# N 180# N Average T-22 181.8 183.9 189.2 185.0 No T-22 180.1 185.6 189.5 185.1 Overall Average 181.0 184.7 189.4 Three Year Average 172.8 179.4 189.1 Summary: In 2003 only 9.4 bushels per acre separated the average yields of the 180# N rate and the 100# N rate. Our three year average shows nearly twice that difference (16.3 Bu./A.), between these two rates. We planted this study on a medium-to-light sloping soil type, so the excessive rains did not create the denitrification losses seen in lower lying fields. Lack of drought and heat stress also allowed the hybrids with the lower N rate to perform better. While T-22 did show a slight yield advantage with the 100# N rate, lack of stress may have reduced its benefits. Overall, the T-22 showed similar results to where no T-22 was used. Differences relating to T-22 s interaction with hybrid families showed some similarity with previous research results, but was not consistent.

38 BECK'S Herbicide Sensitivity Study - 2003 RAINFALL Location: D2 Plot Previous Crop: Soybeans April 1.5 in. Planted: April 23, 2003 Tillage: V-Rip / S-tine May 7.7 in. Harvested: October 6, 2003 Insecticide: Aztec June 2.0 in. Rows: Two 30 Rows Herbicide: 2.25 qts. Bicep II Magnum July 10.4 in. Population: 31,000 seeds/a. 1 qt. w/18 gal/ac August 5.2 in. 28-0-0 Lumax & Balance Pro Total 26.8 in. Purpose: Numerous factors can affect crop injury from chemicals including soil type, weather conditions before, during and even after application, planting depth, and proper furrow closure to name a few. This study was designed to evaluate the sensitivity of six postapplied herbicides and three pre-emergence herbicides. To simulate a spray overlap a 2X labeled rate was applied. When evaluating the results, the lower the percentage, the greater the sensitivity. (Example: BECK 5012 was more sensitive to Balance Pro than BECK 5229.) Herbicide 5012 5229 5339CBCL 5959 5166 5366 5125CB 5283Bt 1 Control 103 109 106 108 108 109 109 104 Callisto 106 105 102 100 108 102 100 100 Accent 99 100 105 105 110 103 106 98 Basis Gold 106 103 105 97 98 101 101 106 Steadfast 104 84 99 95 96 75 97 99 Option 100 91 95 100 86 97 94 100 Distinct 98 104 97 98 98 105 95 100 Balance Pro 86 98 88 85 93 93 92 86 Lumax 99 105 113 102 102 107 104 95 Herbicide 5538 5322 5422 5727 6197 7997CB 7538Bt 1 Avg.* Control 104 104 102 102 103 104 107 105 Callisto 104 100 106 103 100 105 98 103 Accent 103 106 105 106 102 95 102 103 Basis Gold 103 102 105 100 100 105 95 101 Steadfast 96 96 103 95 101 100 96 95 Option 93 89 97 92 98 105 97 95 Distinct 93 100 97 101 96 96 102 98 Balance Pro 82 80 95 98 93 88 100 90 Lumax 100 93 100 105 106 102 103 102 *This column is an average of all hybrids per treatment. Summary: The 2003 growing season had record rain events, both early and mid season. The herbicide that resulted in the most injury across treatments and hybrids was Balance Pro. The wet spring could have contributed to the level of injury. No post-applied products had averages below 95%, but Steadfast did result in a higher level of injury on BECK 5229 and BECK 5366. Darrel Daniels, Sales Agronomist, CCA, is a recent addition to Beck s Agronomy Team. As a former employee of a major chemical company, he brings us a wealth of knowledge and experience. Darrel s contributions to Beck s PFR program include speaking at our Field Show and contributing to the writings in this publication.

BECK'S Fertilizer Comparison and Roundup Ready Corn Comparison 2003 (Compares AGROCULTURE N program to Beck s regular program) (Compares Roundup Ready Corn to the new Roundup Ready Corn 2 event) RAINFALL Location: H1 plot Previous Crop: Corn April 1.5 in. Planted: May 22, 2003 Tillage: Zone-Till May 7.7 in. Harvested: October 25, 2003 Herbicide: 2.25 qts. Bicep II Magnum June 2.0 in. Rows: Four 30 rows 1 qt. Princep July 10.4 in. Population: 32,454 seeds/a. Insecticide: Aztec August 5.2 in. Total 26.8 in. Purpose: Alternate sources of fertilizer are being offered in the market place today. This study compares AGROCULTURE Liquid Fertilizer company s program to Beck s regular fertility program. The AGROCULTURE program is promoted as a balance of ammonium, nitrate nitrogen and nitrite, with stabilized urea for reduced volatility, and organically chelated ammonium for extended release. It carries a low salt index for reduced chance of root and foliage burn. Using lower rates compared to our regular program was their recommendation due to these features. This study also compares the two Roundup Ready corn events, GA-21 and NK603. GA-21 is the original event, which we designated as our 88 series of hybrids. NK603 is the latest event released, designated by our 99 series. The 99 series carries a slightly different EPA label which allows for higher in-season spray rates of Roundup WeatherMax and a broader window of application from 30 to 48 maximum plant height. AGROCULTURE Program Fall Applied 300# 6-15-40 18# N Pre-Emerge 10 gal. 27-0-0-1 27# N Starter 3 gal. 9-24-3 3# N 7 gal. 27-0-0-1 20# N Sidedress 12 gal. 27-0-0-1 34# N 102# N BECK S Program Fall Applied 300# 6-15-40 18# N Pre-Emerge 16 gal. 28-0-0 48# N Starter 8.5 gal. 28-0-0 25# N 8.5 gal. 10-34-0 10# N Sidedress 40 gal. 28-0-0 120# N 221# N Broken Stalks Brand-Hybrid RR Event Harvest Population BECK S Fertilizer Program BECK 5799RR NK603 30,000 54.5 5.0 20.5 175.6 +3.2 BECK 5788RR GA-21 29,000 54.3 9.6 20.2 172.4 39 NK603 Advantage BECK 5799CBRR NK603 25,000 54.5 4.0 19.0 171.0 +4.9 BECK 5788CBRR GA-21 24,500 53.5 2.0 20.4 166.1 BECK 5399RR NK603 23,500 52.0 2.1 20.9 173.8 +1.8 BECK 5388RR GA-21 26,000 52.5 0.0 19.9 172.0 BECK EX 1241CBRR NK603 24,500 50.0 6.1 24.2 180.5 N/A BECK EX 1227RR GA-21 25,500 51.0 2.0 23.3 175.1 AVERAGE 26,000 52.8 3.9 21.1 173.3 +3.3 AGROCULTURE Program BECK 5799RR NK603 31,000 54.0 4.8 21.7 171.1-12.9 BECK 5788RR GA-21 27,000 53.5 9.3 20.7 184.0 BECK 5799CBRR NK603 30,000 53.0 1.7 22.4 178.1-5.7 BECK 5788CBRR GA-21 31,000 53.5 3.2 21.6 183.8 BECK 5399RR NK603 26,000 52.0 7.7 20.5 171.7 +1.5 BECK 5388RR GA-21 25,000 51.0 4.0 21.2 170.2 BECK EX 1241CBRR NK603 28,000 50.0 8.9 24.2 176.8 N/A BECK EX 1227RR GA-21 26,000 51.0 0.0 23.1 169.4 AVERAGE 28,000 52.3 5.0 21.9 175.6-5.7 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Summary: The AGROCULTURE program showed a slight advantage of 2.3 bushels per acre with 0.8% higher moisture even at the lower rate we applied. The two Roundup Ready events were nearly equal in yield with an average difference of only 1.2 bushels per acre.

40 BECK'S Lime Study II on Corn 2003 RAINFALL Location: 300-6 S. plot Previous Crop: Soybeans April 1.5 in. Planted: April 24, 2003 Tillage: V-Rip / Field Cultivator May 7.7 in. Harvested: September 26, 2003 Herbicide: PPI: 2.25 qts. Bicep II Magnum June 2.0 in. Rows: Four 30" rows 1.0 qt. Princep July 10.4 in. Population: 28,000 seeds/a. Post: 3 oz. Callisto August 5.2 in. Soil Type: Genesee Silt Loam 0.67 oz. Accent Total 26.8 in. 1 pt. Aatrex Insecticide: Aztec Purpose: This study compares four BECK hybrids within the 27 family planted where 3 ton/a. of the following lime types were applied in the Spring of 1998: High Calcium Lime, High Magnesium Lime and Bed Ash (Calcium Sulfate). Broken Stalks 2003 4 Yr. Average 99-01, 03 Harvested Population BED ASH (Calcium Sulfate) 1 BECK 5799CBRR 29,000 56.2 1.7 25.5 166.1 2 BECK 5727 28,500 55.2 0.0 30.6 151.7 3 BECK 5727RW 28,000 54.9 0.0 32.5 147.9 4 BECK 5727CB 26,000 55.6 0.0 28.4 139.9 AVERAGE 27,875 55.5 0.4 29.2 151.4 204.6 HIGH CALCIUM LIME 1 BECK 5727RW 27,500 55.9 0.0 26.8 166.8 2 BECK 5799CBRR 28,000 55.6 0.0 28.1 164.0 3 BECK 5727 26,000 55.8 0.0 27.7 163.2 4 BECK 5727CB 27,500 55.3 1.8 30.3 162.0 AVERAGE 27,250 55.6 0.5 28.2 164.0 209.5 HIGH MAGNESIUM LIME 1 BECK 5799CBRR 26,000 55.9 0.0 26.4 194.7 2 BECK 5727 27,500 56.0 1.8 26.5 192.8 3 BECK 5727RW 25,500 55.8 0.0 27.7 178.6 4 BECK 5727CB 26,500 56.2 0.0 25.9 174.6 AVERAGE 26,375 55.9 0.5 26.6 185.2 195.5 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. SOIL TEST RESULTS (IN LBS./A.) ph P K Mg Ca C.E.C. SPRING 1999 Bed Ash 7.4 178 (VH) 550 (VH) 800 (H)* 5400 (H) 17.0 High Calcium 7.2 148 (VH) 310 (H) 638 (H)* 4968 (H) 15.0 High Magnesium 7.6 176 (VH) 464 (VH) 778 (H)* 5292 (H) 17.0 SPRING 2000 Bed Ash 7.7 210 (VH) 428 (VH) 788 (H)* 4752 (H) 16.0 High Calcium 7.5 202 (VH) 384 (VH) 680 (H)* 5400 (H) 17.0 High Magnesium 7.3 160 (VH) 332 (VH) 616 (H)* 4860 (H) 15.0 SPRING 2001 Bed Ash 7.5 218 (VH) 398 (VH) 526 (M)* 5474 (H) 16.0 High Calcium 7.6 214 (VH) 318 (VH) 542 (M)* 5684 (H) 17.0 High Magnesium 6.9 140 (VH) 226 (VH) 450 (M)* 4520 (H) 14.0 SPRING 2002 Bed Ash 7.7 272 (VH) 518 (VH) 610 (M)* 5668 (H) 17.0 High Calcium 7.6 238 (VH) 434 (VH) 572 (M)* 5488 (H) 17.0 High Magnesium 6.9 188 (VH) 408 (VH) 518 (M)* 4416 (H) 14.0 VH = Very High H = High M = Medium L = Low * The Mg results are relative to Ca and C.E.C. Summary: Soil test conducted by Agri-Labs. Our 1998 results were inconclusive due to spring flooding. The 1999-01 results showed lower yields where High Magnesium Lime was applied. It s interesting to see how the ph has increased where the Bed Ash and High Calcium Lime were added, but decreased where the High Magnesium lime was applied. To our surprise, we also found that the Magnesium levels dropped where the High Magnesium Lime was applied. In this year s results, yields in the High Magnesium Lime area unexpectedly came to the top by over 20 bushels per acre. The four year average still shows a 14 bushel per acre advantage for the High Calcium Lime area over the High Magnesium Lime area, with the yields in the Bed Ash area still coming in between these two. The difference in yields in relation to the different versions of the 27 family was larger than expected, but test weights were very consistent which is the trait this family is known for. Higher harvest moistures on this early harvested plot contributed to more normal test weights, whereas the 27 family typically produces high test weights when harvested at normal harvest moistures.

BECK'S High Extractable Starch (HES) Study- 2003 41 Location: N6 plot Previous Crop: Soybeans RAINFALL Planted: April 23, 2003 Tillage: V-Rip / S-tine April 1.5 in. Harvested: October 1, 2003 Herbicide: 2.25 qts. Bicep II Magnum May 7.7 in. Rows: Four 30 rows Insecticide: Aztec June 2.0 in. Population: 27,800 seeds/a. July 10.4 in. August 5.2 in. Total 26.8 in. Purpose: The purpose of the HES Study is to find agronomically sound hybrids that yield well and carry the benefit of higher levels of extractable starch preferred by the wet milling industry. Ranked by % HES 2003 4-Loc. Avg. % HES Brand-Hybrid Harvested Population Lodging % HES 1 BECK 5366 27,500 55.7 1.8 28.4 198.2 67.9 68.8 2 BECK 5515 27,500 56.7 1.8 24.2 172.8 67.7 - - - - 3 BECK 5322 26,500 57.4 0.0 22.4 187.0 66.6 67.5 4 BECK 5422 29,000 56.5 0.0 25.0 182.5 66.2 67.7 5 BECK 5166 27,500 56.7 3.6 24.5 197.3 65.8 67.8 6 BECK 5959 28,500 56.0 0.0 27.2 212.2 65.3 66.9 7 Pioneer 34N16 27,500 56.6 3.6 25.4 201.1 65.3 - - - - 8 BECK 5229 29,500 56.7 1.7 24.5 200.9 65.2 - - - - 9 Pioneer 34H31 28,500 56.0 0.0 27.7 201.8 65.1 - - - - 10 BECK 6197 27,500 54.5 0.0 34.7 181.2 65.1 65.9 11 BECK 5012 30,000 56.8 0.0 24.3 195.8 65.0 - - - - 12 Pioneer 33D31 25,000 55.4 8.0 30.2 205.0 64.9 - - - - N/A BECK 5449 28,000 55.9 0.0 27.5 202.2 N/A - - - - N/A BECK EX 3256 27,500 56.0 1.8 27.3 201.9 N/A - - - - N/A BECK 5166wx 27,000 56.5 0.0 24.9 196.3 N/A - - - - N/A BECK 5322wx 27,500 56.4 0.0 25.8 196.2 N/A - - - - N/A BECK 5229wx 27,500 56.0 0.0 27.4 186.3 N/A - - - - N/A Dekalb 60-15 25,000 57.7 0.0 21.5 185.4 N/A - - - - AVERAGE 27,875 56.3 1.7 26.3 194.7 65.8 67.4 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Summary: Processors find greater value in hybrids that exhibit a higher level of extractable starch (above 66.5%). Our multiple-location results indicate that several of the hybrids tested provide starch levels that processors prefer. With all of these hybrids being top selling genetics, farmers have a good opportunity to obtain premiums on the hybrids they may already be using. David Booher, Quality Traits Market Manager (left) Roger Levy, PhD., Quality Traits Research Manager (right)

42 BECK'S Corn Silage Study - 2003 RAINFALL Location: N8 plot Previous Crop: Soybeans April 1.5 in. Planted: April 23, 2003 Tillage: V-Rip / S-tine May 7.7 in. Harvested: September 8, 2003 Herbicide: 2.25 qts. Bicep II Magnum June 2.0 in. Rows: Four 30 rows 1 qt. Princep July 10.4 in. Population: 27,800 seeds/a. Insecticide: Aztec August 5.2 in. Total 26.8 in. NIR (Near Infrared Spectroscopy) done by Dairy One Forage Labs Ithaca, NY Purpose: To find hybrids that combine high tonnage along with excellent nutritional quality. This combination produces the highest pounds of milk per acre as calculated by the Milk 2000 program developed by the University of Wisconsin. The pounds of milk per acre data combines the yield in tons with the nutritional data into one easy to understand number. % Dry Matter Basis 65% Adj. Lbs of % Moist. Crude 48 Hr. Unprocessed: Brand-Hybrid Milk/Acre Mois. Tons/Acre Protein ADF NDF NDFD Starch NEL NEG Milk/Ton BECK 6197 43,491 62.1 29.8 7.9 14.5 27.3 55.48 48.50 0.82 0.60 4032 BECK EX 0323 40,101 58.8 28.3 7.6 15.4 27.2 54.66 48.30 0.79 0.55 3808 BECK 5366 40,092 55.1 28.8 6.6 12.8 23.0 55.92 55.10 0.76 0.52 3661 BECK 7997CB 39,505 65.0 28.5 7.7 17.9 31.8 52.95 44.50 0.81 0.59 3966 BECK 6262CB 39,171 62.1 28.0 7.8 16.3 29.1 52.42 47.50 0.80 0.57 3868 BECK 5166 38,695 60.4 27.5 8.4 16.3 29.3 53.41 44.50 0.79 0.56 3823 BECK 6727 38,547 62.5 27.8 8.1 17.6 31.4 52.75 44.60 0.79 0.57 3847 BECK EX 0321 36,612 60.8 27.9 7.6 18.1 32.9 50.73 44.40 0.75 0.51 3573 BECK 5405Bt 1 34,686 53.7 24.6 7.2 12.4 22.2 55.05 56.70 0.77 0.52 3685 BECK EX 0325 32,563 56.5 24.1 7.3 15.5 28.4 52.82 50.20 0.75 0.50 3580 (Leafy Hybrid) BECK EX 0124 32,427 63.1 25.1 7.2 21.3 36.9 51.50 40.10 0.76 0.51 3603 (NutriDense) BECK EX 0347 29,132 67.7 22.9 7.9 22.7 38.7 52.72 35.10 0.79 0.55 3788 (NutriDense) BECK 5422 28,635 62.2 24.3 5.3 24.6 43.2 51.63 35.20 0.71 0.43 3261 BECK 5283Bt 1 25,883 60.4 21.9 6.6 23.6 38.2 48.17 40.10 0.70 0.43 3215 Top Five Hybrids for Silage North Rm (Days) Central Rm (Days) South Rm (Days) BECK 5166 105 BECK 5366 110 BECK 5422Bt 1 110 BECK 5283Bt 1 107 BECK 5422Bt 1 110 BECK 6197CB 112 BECK 5366 110 BECK 6197CB 112 BECK 6262CB 112 BECK 6197CB 112 BECK 6262CB 112 BECK 7538Bt 1 115 BECK 6262CB 112 BECK 7538Bt 1 115 BECK 7997CB 116 ADF Acid Detergent Fiber Includes cell wall portions made up of cellulose and lignin. As ADF increases, digestibility decreases. NDF Neutral Detergent Fiber Includes ADF plus hemicellulose. As NDF increases, dry matter intake will generally decrease. 48 Hr. NDFD 48 Hour Neutral Detergent Fiber Digestibility A 48 hour digestibility using rumen fluid as a percent of NDF. NEL Net Energy of Lactation An estimate of energy in feed available for lactating animals. NEG Net Energy for Gain An estimate of energy in feed available for non-lactating animals. Pounds of Milk/Acre Summary: Calculated using the University of Wisconsin s Milk 2000 Program. BECK 6197 had the highest pounds of milk per acre with its high tonnage combined with high nutritional content. Other hybrids that did very well include BECK 5366, 7997CB, 6262CB, 5166 and 6727. Specific silage hybrids such as BECK EX 0325 Leafy hybrid did not do as well. The NutriDense hybrids also were lower in tonnage compared to our standard hybrids. Our standard hybrids that have good disease resistance and high tonnage continue to make the best silage hybrids.

BECK'S Quality Trait Products - 2003 RAINFALL Location: N7 plot Previous Crop: Soybeans April 1.5 in. Planted: April 23, 2003 Tillage: V-Rip / S-tine May 7.7 in. Harvested: October 1, 2003 Herbicide: PPI: 2.25 qts. Bicep II Magnum June 2.0 in. Rows: Four 30 rows 1 qt. Princep July 10.4 in. Population: 27,800 seeds/a. Insecticide: Aztec August 5.2 in. Total 26.8 in. Purpose: This study shows the Quality Trait Products Beck s is testing and/or offering for sale. Our purpose is to evaluate and offer for sale the products that are profitable for our customers. Broken Stalks 2003 43 + or Plot Avg. Quality Trait Product Brand-Hybrid Harvested Population Food Grade BECK 5627 28,000 57.1 0.0 23.7 191.0 +8.0 Food Grade BECK 5827 27,500 56.6 0.0 25.2 184.8 +1.8 Food Grade BECK 6827 27,500 55.8 0.0 28.5 172.8-10.3 High Extractable Starch BECK 5959 26,500 55.4 0.0 29.9 210.7 +27.7 High Extractable Starch BECK 5366 28,000 56.3 0.0 25.7 198.5 +15.5 High Extractable Starch BECK 5166 28,000 57.8 3.6 21.6 191.1 +8.1 High Extractable Starch BECK 5515 27,500 56.4 3.6 25.4 184.5 +1.5 High Extractable Starch BECK 5422 27,500 56.6 3.6 24.8 184.0 +0.9 Waxy BECK 5275wx 28,000 56.7 0.0 24.8 198.5 +15.4 Waxy BECK 5166wx 27,500 56.0 0.0 27.4 193.7 +10.6 Waxy BECK 5322wx 28,000 56.7 0.0 24.5 191.3 +8.2 Waxy BECK 5229wx 27,500 56.1 0.0 27.3 183.0-0.1 Waxy BECK 5727wx 27,500 56.4 0.0 25.6 176.9-6.2 Waxy BECK 5405wx 26,500 56.2 0.0 26.3 176.0-7.1 Waxy BECK EX 3256 26,500 52.4 0.0 27.3 160.2-22.8 NutriDense / Leafy BECK EX 0325 28,500 56.1 0.0 26.9 168.8-14.2 White Corn BECK 6918W 27,500 54.3 0.0 35.7 168.2-14.9 White Corn BECK EX 2296 30,000 54.9 1.7 32.5 160.7-22.3 AVERAGE 27,667 56.0 0.7 26.8 183.0 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Food Grade Corn - Used by dry millers to produce cereal and snack food products. The endosperm is much harder than commodity corn and is higher in test weight. High Extractable Starch (H.E.S.) Wet millers gain efficiency by being able to extract a larger percentage of starch from each kernel. HES hybrids naturally possess a higher percentage of extractable starch and therefore earn premiums from processors. Waxy Corn - Unlike normal corn, it does not contain any amylose starch, only amylopectin. It is used by processors to produce specialty starches used in food and industrial products. Leafy Hybrid - Leafy hybrid with extra leaves above the ear (10-12 versus 6-7 in normal hybrids) to give higher silage tonnage. NutriDense - Nutritionally enhanced hybrid for swine and poultry producers. Has increased levels of crude protein, essential amino acids, and oil. White Corn - White grain mainly used by grain millers to produce snack foods. NutriDense is a trademark of ExSeed Genetics. Quality Trait Products is a trademark of Beck s Superior Hybrids, Inc.

BECK'S Soybean Plots 47 BECK'S Soybean Variety Plot - Office - 2003 RAINFALL Location: East of Office Seeding Rate 140,000 seeds/a. April 1.5 in. Planted: April 24, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn May 7.7 in. Harvested: October 2, 2003 Tillage: Conventional June 2.0 in. Rows: Three 30 rows Herbicide: Post: 22 oz. WeatherMax on July 10.4 in. Roundup Ready soybeans August 5.2 in. 4 oz. Pursuit L on Total 26.8 in. Traditional soybeans Plant Height (IN.) Pod Height (IN.) Standability 1 = Erect 5 = Flat 2003 2 Yr. Average* 02-03 Rank Brand-Variety Relative Maturity GROUP II 1 BECK 295NRR 2.9 35 3.0 1.4 60.8 66.7 2 BECK 264RR 2.6 35 2.0 1.4 60.4 62.9 3 BECK 283RR 2.8 30 3.0 1.3 59.5 64.1 4 BECK 292RR 2.9 27 3.0 1.4 59.0 - - - - 5 BECK 266NRR 2.7 33 3.0 1.4 57.6 62.0 6 BECK 299N 3.0 31 3.0 1.3 55.2 - - - - AVERAGE 31 2.8 1.3 58.7 63.9 GROUP III & IV 1 BECK 375NRR 3.7 35 4.0 1.5 68.2 - - - - 2 BECK 437NRR 4.4 38 3.0 1.4 66.4 68.3 3 BECK 367NRR 3.8 30 3.0 1.3 65.9 74.7 4 BECK 355RR 3.6 35 4.0 1.4 65.4 72.1 5 BECK 359 3.5 31 3.0 1.2 64.2 - - - - 6 BECK 405NRR 4.1 34 2.0 1.3 63.8 - - - - 7 BECK 417NRR 3.9 34 3.0 1.3 63.7 68.7 8 BECK 419 4.0 35 3.0 1.5 63.2 66.3 9 BECK 397STS 4.1 37 3.0 1.4 61.5 - - - - 10 BECK 323RR 3.3 30 2.0 1.4 61.2 68.3 11 BECK 387NRR 3.8 38 2.0 1.5 60.9 69.8 12 BECK 336NRR 3.3 34 3.0 1.5 60.5 67.2 13 BECK 365CRR 3.7 32 2.0 1.3 60.2 - - - - 14 BECK 306NRR 3.0 32 2.0 1.5 59.5 65.8 15 BECK 379N 3.7 40 3.0 1.2 59.4 64.9 16 BECK 349 3.5 30 3.0 1.3 57.4 65.2 AVERAGE 34 2.8 1.3 62.5 68.3 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Roundup Ready is a registered trademark of, and used under license from Monsanto Company. STS is a registered trademark of DuPont.

48 BECK'S Soybean Variety Plot - Atlanta - 2003 RAINFALL Location: SR 19 W. of Atlanta Seeding Rate 145,000 seeds/a. April 1.5 in. Planted: April 29, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn May 7.7 in. Harvested: Sept. 18 and Oct. 2, 2003 Tillage: S-tine June 2.0 in. Rows: Four 30 rows Herbicide: Post: 22 oz. WeatherMax July 10.4 in. August 5.2 in. Total 26.8 in. Plant Height (IN.) Pod Height (IN.) Standability 1 = Erect 5 = Flat 2003 2 Yr. Average* 02-03 Rank Brand-Variety Relative Maturity GROUP II 1 BECK 295NRR 2.9 32 3.0 1.5 54.8 60.7 2 BECK 292RR 2.9 28 2.0 1.4 54.0 - - - - 3 BECK EX 6299 2.8 30 3.0 1.5 52.9 - - - - 4 BECK EX 6355 2.7 30 3.0 1.4 52.0 - - - - 5 BECK 266NRR 2.7 27 2.0 1.5 51.7 55.1 6 BECK 283RR 2.6 28 3.0 1.3 50.6 56.4 7 BECK 264RR 2.6 20 1.0 1.4 46.9 56.1 AVERAGE 27 2.4 1.4 51.8 57.0 GROUP III & IV 1 BECK 417NRR 4.0 26 3.0 1.4 59.7 61.6 2 BECK 367NRR 3.7 31 3.0 1.4 56.7 63.2 3 BECK 387NRR 3.9 38 4.0 1.4 55.7 63.6 4 BECK 405NRR 4.0 29 4.0 1.4 54.8 - - - - 5 BECK EX 7206 4.0 34 4.0 1.7 54.8 - - - - 6 BECK EX 7201 3.3 31 3.0 1.6 54.6 - - - - 7 BECK 323RR 3.3 32 3.0 1.4 54.5 58.7 8 BECK EX 6252 3.3 36 4.0 1.5 54.4 59.2 9 BECK 336NRR 3.1 36 4.0 1.5 53.9 60.8 10 BECK 355RR 3.5 34 4.0 1.4 53.0 60.6 11 BECK EX 7202 3.5 29 3.0 1.4 53.0 - - - - 12 BECK 375NRR 3.7 32 3.0 1.5 52.3 60.1 13 BECK EX 6383 3.0 30 3.0 1.6 52.2 - - - - 14 BECK EX 7207 3.9 33 2.0 1.4 51.5 - - - - 15 BECK EX 6378 3.2 32 4.0 1.5 49.7 - - - - 16 BECK 365CRR 3.7 28 2.0 1.4 48.5 - - - - 17 BECK 306NRR 2.9 30 3.0 1.8 48.3 56.5 AVERAGE 31 3.2 1.4 53.3 60.4 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Kevin Cavanaugh, Ph.D., Beck s Research Director, evaluates current varieties in Beck s Practical Farm Research studies as well as thousands of experimental varieties in Beck s testing program. Beck s conducts small-plot, replicated testing at seven locations in Indiana and one in Ohio to find the best products for each area. Through cooperative and networking efforts, Beck s has access to hundreds of other testing locations throughout the Midwest.

BECK'S Soybean Variety Plot - Arcadia 2003 RAINFALL Location: ½ mile West of Arcadia Seeding Rate: 145,000 seeds/a. April 1.5 in. Planted: April 29, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn May 7.7 in. Harvested: Sept. 19 and Oct. 2, 2003 Tillage: S-tine June 2.0 in. Rows: Four 30 rows Herbicide: 22 oz. Roundup July 10.4 in. Replications: Two (averaged) WeatherMax August 5.2 in. Total 26.8 in. Plant Height (IN.) Pod Height (IN.) Standability 1 = Erect 5 = Flat 2003 49 2 Yr. Average* 02-03 Rank Brand-Variety Relative Maturity GROUP II 1 BECK 264RR 2.6 33 3.5 1.3 60.3 58.5 2 BECK 292RR 2.9 27 2.5 1.3 58.9 - - - - 3 BECK 283RR 2.8 30 3.5 1.2 58.7 58.5 4 BECK 266NRR 2.6 31 3.0 1.3 58.2 58.7 5 BECK EX 6299 2.8 33 3.0 1.5 58.2 - - - - 6 BECK 295NRR 3.0 34 3.0 1.6 55.9 58.1 7 BECK EX 6355 2.8 31 3.5 1.3 53.5 - - - - AVERAGE 31 3.1 1.3 57.6 58.4 GROUP III & IV 1 BECK 323RR 3.3 33 3.5 1.4 60.7 59.4 2 BECK 405NRR 4.0 34 3.5 1.5 59.0 - - - - 3 BECK 417NRR 3.9 34 3.0 1.5 57.8 64.4 4 BECK 336NRR 3.1 36 3.0 1.5 57.6 58.8 5 BECK EX 7201 3.3 35 3.5 1.7 57.6 - - - - 6 BECK EX 6252 3.4 38 4.0 1.5 57.1 59.7 7 BECK EX 7202 3.4 32 3.0 1.3 56.6 - - - - 8 BECK EX 6383 3.2 32 3.5 1.5 56.5 - - - - 9 BECK EX 6378 3.2 35 3.5 1.4 56.0 - - - - 10 BECK 387NRR 3.9 42 3.0 1.5 55.0 60.7 11 BECK 367NRR 3.7 34 3.5 1.5 53.9 60.6 12 BECK 306NRR 2.9 33 3.0 1.5 53.7 57.9 13 BECK 355RR 3.5 35 4.0 1.5 53.7 60.2 14 BECK 375NRR 3.7 36 2.5 1.5 53.6 60.6 15 BECK EX 7206 4.0 38 4.0 1.8 53.4 - - - - 16 BECK EX 7207 4.0 39 2.5 1.6 52.4 - - - - 17 BECK 365CRR 3.6 36 3.0 1.4 52.1 - - - - AVERAGE 35 3.2 1.5 55.6 60.2 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Beck s 323RR soybeans are very impressive. They were our top yielder during the drought of 2002 and again this year with the floods. What more needs to be said? Our 5483Bt 1 and 5283Bt 1 had outstanding performances in 2003! Dale Lee Muncie, IN

50 BECK'S 15 Drilled Soybean Study - 2003 RAINFALL Location: N2, N2 plots Seeding Rate 175,000 seeds/a. April 1.5 in. Planted: April 28, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn May 7.7 in. Harvested: October 6, 2003 Tillage: V-Rip / S-tine June 2.0 in. Rows: Six 15 Rows Herbicide: 22 oz. Roundup WeatherMax July 10.4 in. Replications: Two (averaged) August 5.2 in. Total 26.8 in. Plant Height (IN.) Pod Height (IN.) Standability 1 = Erect 5 = Flat Rank Brand-Variety Roundup Ready Varieties 1 BECK 283RR 34 4.0 1.8 68.2 2 BECK 355RR 40 5.0 1.9 66.6 3 BECK 367NRR 35 4.0 1.8 66.2 4 BECK 417NRR 41 5.5 1.8 64.6 5 BECK 387NRR 43 6.0 1.8 64.5 6 BECK 437NRR 46 6.0 1.8 63.8 7 BECK 336NRR 38 4.5 2.0 63.1 8 BECK 266NRR 36 3.5 1.9 62.7 9 BECK 323RR 39 3.5 1.9 62.6 10 BECK 375NRR 38 3.5 2.0 61.5 11 BECK 292RR 31 2.5 1.8 61.4 12 BECK 295NRR 37 4.0 2.0 60.0 13 BECK 405NRR 38 5.0 1.8 60.0 14 BECK 306NRR 37 4.5 2.2 59.3 15 BECK 302RR 42 5.5 2.0 58.8 16 BECK 264RR 39 4.0 2.0 57.3 17 BECK 365CRR 37 5.0 1.9 56.1 AVERAGE 38 4.5 1.9 62.2 Conventional Varieties 1 BECK 349 36 3.5 1.7 66.6 2 BECK 379N 47 6.0 1.7 64.4 3 BECK 299N 38 5.0 1.9 64.2 4 BECK 359 37 4.5 1.7 63.2 5 BECK 419 44 4.0 1.9 61.8 AVERAGE 40 4.6 1.8 64.0 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Winter Meeting Tour Jim Love and Doug Clouser are two of Beck s four-man Winter Meeting team that hosts farmers throughout Beck s marketing area in January and February at Beck s Winter Meetings. The meetings encompass Beck s practical farm research results, industry topics of interest, and product performance. Be sure to look for your invitation in December and reserve a spot at the meeting of your choice.

BECK'S Soybean Variety Plot Field C 2003 RAINFALL Location: ¼ mi. E. of Beck s Office Seeding Rate 133,000 seeds/a. April 1.5 in. Planted: May 24, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn May 7.7 in. Harvested: October 20, 2003 Tillage: Plow / S-tine June 2.0 in. Rows: Four 30 rows Herbicide: 22 oz. Roundup WeatherMax July 10.4 in. August 5.2 in. Total 26.8 in. Plant Height (IN.) Pod Height (IN.) Standability 1 = Erect 5 = Flat Rank Brand-Variety Relative Maturity GROUP II 1 BECK 266NRR 2.6 31 2.0 1.5 47.8 2 BECK EX 6355 2.7 29 3.0 1.5 47.2 3 BECK 264RR 2.6 33 3.0 1.5 46.6 4 BECK 222RR 2.3 28 3.0 1.4 46.6 5 BECK 292RR 2.9 27 2.0 1.6 46.4 6 Pioneer 93B01 2.9 26 2.0 1.3 45.5 7 BECK 283RR 2.8 27 3.0 1.5 44.9 8 BECK 295NRR 2.9 33 3.0 1.6 44.3 9 BECK 245RR 2.4 33 3.0 1.6 44.1 AVERAGE 30 2.7 1.5 45.9 GROUP III & IV 1 BECK 323RR Sure Gro** 3.2 34 3.0 1.5 54.5 2 BECK EX 6344 3.8 41 5.0 1.9 54.1 3 BECK 323RR (Untreated) 3.2 32 3.0 1.5 52.6 4 BECK 417NRR 3.9 40 5.0 1.4 52.4 5 BECK EX 6317 4.0 37 5.0 1.4 52.2 6 Pioneer 93B85 3.8 41 4.0 1.7 51.9 7 Pioneer 94B23 4.2 40 4.0 1.7 51.9 8 BECK 405NRR 4.1 37 5.0 1.6 51.7 9 Dekalb B38-52 3.8 46 3.0 1.6 51.2 10 Pioneer 93B36 3.3 34 3.0 1.6 51.2 11 BECK EX 6394 3.9 41 5.0 1.8 50.8 12 Dekalb B31-51 3.1 30 3.0 1.5 50.7 13 BECK 387NRR 3.9 43 6.0 1.7 50.5 14 BECK 336NRR 3.2 37 3.0 1.6 50.1 15 BECK 306NRR 2.9 31 3.0 1.6 49.4 16 BECK 367NRR 3.7 34 4.0 1.5 49.2 17 Pioneer 94B13 4.1 39 4.0 1.8 49.2 18 Asgrow 3401 3.2 39 4.0 1.6 49.0 19 BECK EX 6252 3.5 38 5.0 1.7 48.9 20 Asgrow 3201 3.2 37 3.0 1.6 48.7 21 BECK 437NRR 4.4 40 5.0 1.6 48.5 22 Pioneer 93B47 3.4 42 4.0 1.7 48.2 23 Pioneer 93B68 3.7 37 4.0 1.8 48.2 24 BECK EX 6392 3.8 43 5.0 1.9 48.1 25 BECK 355RR 3.5 41 5.0 1.5 47.7 26 BECK 302RR 3.3 37 4.0 1.6 47.7 27 BECK 352RR 3.5 40 4.0 1.6 47.5 28 Pioneer 93B09 3.0 29 2.0 1.4 47.4 29 Asgrow 3302 3.3 39 4.0 1.6 46.9 30 BECK EX 7207 4.0 42 3.0 1.8 46.5 31 BECK EX 6310 3.2 30 3.0 1.5 46.5 32 Dekalb B31-52 3.2 32 3.0 1.5 46.4 33 BECK 375NRR 3.7 40 4.0 1.9 46.1 34 BECK EX 6393 3.6 35 4.0 1.5 45.7 35 BECK 365CRR 3.7 40 4.0 1.8 45.5 36 BECK EX 7206 3.9 43 5.0 1.9 44.7 37 BECK EX 6391 3.1 30 4.0 1.6 42.9 AVERAGE 38 4.0 1.6 49.1 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. **Average of four checks. Several experimental varieties have been omitted for easier reading. 51

52 BECK'S Planting Date Study on Soybeans- 2003 RAINFALL Location: N4 plot Previous Crop: Corn April 1.5 in. Harvested: October 4, 2003 Tillage: V-Rip / S-tine May 7.7 in. Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: 22 oz. Roundup WeatherMax June 2.0 in. Population: 180,000 seeds/a. Varieties ed: 295NRR & 417NRR July 10.4 in. August 5.2 in. Total 26.8 in. Purpose: Is it too early to plant soybeans? This question comes up every spring as temperatures begin to increase and the snow melts. So what is the correct answer? It is difficult to give an exact date, since spring weather conditions can vary greatly from year to year. This study has been conducted for several years and compares two soybean varieties, a Group II and a Group IV, over seven planting dates ranging from March 31 to June 5. Plant Height (IN.) Pod Height (IN.) Standability 1=Erect 5=Flat Planting Date Brand-Variety March 31 BECK 417NRR 40 5.0 1.8 60.2 March 31 BECK 295NRR 37 3.0 1.7 58.7 AVERAGE 39 4.0 1.8 59.5 April 4 BECK 417NRR 41 6.0 1.8 67.1 April 4 BECK 295NRR 40 5.0 1.9 59.0 AVERAGE 41 6.0 1.9 63.1 April 16 BECK 295NRR 39 4.0 2.0 61.5 April 16 BECK 417NRR 40 4.0 1.8 57.3 AVERAGE 40 4.0 1.9 59.4 May 6 BECK 295NRR 38 4.0 1.9 65.9 May 6 BECK 417NRR 40 4.0 1.8 54.1 AVERAGE 39 4.0 1.9 60.0 May 17 BECK 295NRR 38 4.0 1.6 59.7 May 17 BECK 417NRR 39 5.0 1.8 55.0 AVERAGE 39 4.5 1.7 57.4 May 30 BECK 417NRR 40 4.0 1.5 53.8 May 30 BECK 295NRR 37 5.0 1.5 53.5 AVERAGE 39 4.5 1.5 53.7 June 5 BECK 417NRR 35 5.0 1.5 58.1 June 5 BECK 295NRR 37 5.0 1.4 57.7 AVERAGE 36 5.0 1.5 57.9 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Summary: In past years, our early April planting date often produced the highest yields. In 2003, we saw the same trend: the April 4 th planting date resulted in the highest average yield followed by the May 6 th planting date, and the 3 rd highest yield came from the soybeans planted on March 31 st. Planting very early (i.e. March) does put you at a higher risk from an untimely frost, but can often produce higher yields than mid to late-may plantings.

BECK'S Sure Gro vs. Untreated Soybeans Early Plant in No-Till 2003 RAINFALL Location: A4 plot Seeding Rate: 180,000 seeds/a. April 1.5 in. Planted: April 2, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn May 7.7 in. Harvested: September 19, 2003 Tillage: No-Till June 2.0 in. Rows: 15 Tye Drill Herbicide: 22 oz. Roundup July 10.4 in. Weather Max August 5.2 in. Total 26.8 in. 53 Purpose: This long-term study compares Sure Gro with untreated soybeans in early to mid-april planting conditions. Final Population Bushels * Sure Gro Advantage Brand-Variety Sure Gro Untreated Sure Gro Untreated Bu./A. BECK 355RR 137,940 146,652 61.2 57.9 +3.3 BECK 367NRR 132,132 130,680 59.5 58.0 +1.5 BECK 323RR 151,008 137,940 57.9 54.8 +3.1 BECK 336NRR 152,460 151,008 52.8 52.8 +0.0 BECK 295NRR 146,652 151,008 54.4 50.5 +3.9 BECK 417NRR 119,064 137,940 50.8 49.7 +1.1 BECK 306NRR 133,584 148,104 47.8 49.0-1.2 AVERAGE 138,977 143,333 54.9 53.2 +1.7 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Beck s Sure Gro coating insures your Roundup Ready seed investment. Protect the Bean... Insure the Stand Advantage for Sure Gro Year Planting Date Final Population Bu./A. 1995 April 26 +35,000 +2.2 1996 April 18 +6,000 +3.3 1997 April 17 +8,000 +0.3 1998 April 13 +29,000-0.6 1999 April 12-2,000 +0.2 2000 April 1 +23,000 +2.3 2001 April 3 +10,000 +2.0 2002 April 17 +2,000 +0.7 2003 April 2-4,000 +1.7 Average +12,000 +1.3 Summary: Nine years of comparisons prove the value of Beck s Sure Gro coating for improving final population and yield. Now that Sure Gro comes standard on all Beck soybean varieties, more farmers will now enjoy the benefits of this technology, which cost an additional $2.75 per unit in years past, but is now priced the same as untreated seed. Beck s recommends that farmers reduce their seeding rates by 10% and allow the Sure Gro technology to insure a good stand.

55 BECK'S Field Study Comparing Sure Gro with Untreated Seed - 2003 Location: 4 miles S.W. of Beck s Office Seeding Rate: 133,000 seeds/a. Planted: May 28, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 21, 2003 Tillage: Conventional-Till Rows: 30 rows Replications: Sixteen Purpose: In this seed production field, we planted eight rows of BECK 349 in each planter pass across the field; four rows had Sure Gro coating and four rows was untreated seed. Our goal was to compare flowability of coated vs. untreated seed and to compare final yields. We measured sixteen passes of Sure Gro and sixteen passes of untreated seed in this 20 acre area of the field. BECK 349 Sure Gro 41.1 Bu./A. BECK 349 40.1 +1.0 Bu./A. Advantage for Sure Gro Summary: At planting time we found the Sure Gro coated seed flowed through the Kinze brush meters at a 5% slower rate, therefore only planting 126,350 seeds per acre instead of 133,000. Both the planter monitor and the number of bags used confirmed this difference in seeding rate. Final yields, however showed that Sure Gro coated seed averaged 1.0 bushel per acre more yield, even on this late-may planting date. Sure Gro treated soybeans give me confidence that we will have a good stand on early planted beans. We like to plant beans early and with Sure Gro we do not have to do any replanting. This has been a good practice for us for many years. Richard G. Wilken Monticello, IN Beck s Hybrids is a great company to do business with. They have superior products and wonderful caring and concerned people to work with. They also work with the customer and are concerned about his needs. Over the past 27 years my family has been with Beck s and we have watched their business grow in size and technology. They still treat their customers as a personal friend. Their staff and salesman are great people to work with. Gordon Hall Rushville, IN Our populations well run within 100% of what we plant when our neighbor will lose 25% with their untreated beans planted at the same time. This allows us to plant less seed and still get the stand we want. This ends up saving us on seed cost, plus we do not see hardly any disease problems. Aaron Johnson Orleans, IN

56 BECK'S Soybean Seed Treatment Study 2003 Location: F2, F3 plot Seeding Rate 175,000 seeds/a. RAINFALL Planted: April 14, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn April 1.5 in. Harvested: September 19, 2003 Tillage: Fall injected hog manure May 7.7 in. Rows: 15 rows and Disc June 2.0 in. Replications: Two (averaged) S-tine in Spring July 10.4 in. Herbicide: 22 oz. Roundup WeatherMax August 5.2 in. Total 26.8 in. Purpose: In this study we compare untreated seed to several types of seed enhancements including traditional and biological fungicides, insecticides, inoculants, and plant growth stimulants. Emerged Bushels Treatment Applied to Beck 336NRR Population * Sure Gro + America s Best 128,723 58.3 Sure Gro + Gaucho 116,724 57.9 Sure Gro 123,269 57.3 T-22 115,633 57.3 Bio Seed Gard 124,360 56.9 Sure Gro + Cruiser 111,269 56.5 Sure Gro + Cell Tech SCI w/o Polymer 149,450 56.5 Seednique 133,087 54.8 Sure Gro + T-22 123,269 54.7 Soy Gard (Allegiance and Dynasty) 112,360 54.6 Sure Gro + Thiram 125,451 53.9 T-22 / AMB 127 117,815 52.9 Sure Gro + Dynasty 109,088 52.5 Untreated 119,996 50.1 AVERAGE 122,178 55.3 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Sure Gro: Summary: Replications using Sure Gro = 56.0 Bu./A. Replications without Sure Gro = 54.4 Bu./A. Beck s exclusive fungicide coating which contains Maxim, Apron XL (a systemic fungicides from Syngenta Crop Protection), thiram, PCNB, red colorant, polymer coating, and brightener. T-22: AMB 127: SoyGard: America s Best: Inoculant Cell Tech SCI: (without polymer) Gaucho and Cruiser: Seednique: Bio Seed Gard: Summary: T-22 is a biofungicide developed by Cornell University that aids in the control of pythium, rhizoctonia, fusariam, and sclerotinia. The active ingredient is a beneficial fungus (Trichoderma harzianum) that colonizes on the roots to protect the plant from diseases caused by the destructive-type fungi previously listed. A root and soil inoculant that has activity against pythium and phytophthora root rot. This product is designed to work with traditional fungicides or T-22. (Allegiance and Dynasty) Allegiance is metalxyl-m (Apron) and azoxystrobin (Dynasty), a naturally derived fungicide from mushrooms that aids in rhizoctonia control. A unique blend of effective rhizobia that performs under a wide variety of soil for effective root nodulation. The latest advancement in liquid inoculant technology, which provides dual strains of rhizobia for improved early season nodulation. Insecticides applied to the seed to reduce bean leaf beetle feeding which is a vector for bean pod mottle virus. Not yet labeled for soybeans. Biological seed treatment and inoculant from Hal Brown, Biogenesis Systems, Inc., Rossville, IN. Contents: Plant proteins, carbohydrates, amino acids, and naturally occurring plant growth promoting substances, which enhance crop yields, quality and vigor. Specialized, preselected, adapted indigenous soil microbes, bio-organic catalysts and microbial growth stimulants. A blend of beneficial fungi including mycorrhizae and trichoderma carried in a unique blend of fungal and bacteria food sources. Shown to discourage the establishment of crop pathogens and protect seed for better germination. While it is difficult to make an assessment of any individual product in this one test, it is noteworthy to compare all eight times where we tested Sure Gro, compared to the six tests which did not contain Sure Gro. The eight Sure Gro replications averaged 1.6 bushels per acre more than the non-sure Gro replications averaged.

BECK'S Cyst Protection Study 2003 RAINFALL Location: F1 plot Seeding Rate: 175,000 seeds/a. April 1.5 in. Planted: May 21, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn May 7.7 in. Harvested: October 20, 2003 Tillage: Disc / Fall injected Hog Manure / June 2.0 in. Rows: Six 15 rows S-tine July 10.4 in. Herbicide: 2 pts. Dual II Magnum / August 5.2 in. 22 oz. Roundup WeatherMax Total 26.8 in. except on EX6396 57 Purpose: Soybean cyst nematodes continue to be a significant yield robber in an increasing number of farmers fields. There are various sources and levels of cyst nematode resistance being offered and tested in the marketplace. This study compares varieties with various levels of cyst protection in a non-cyst environment. Cyst Resistance Source Plant Height (IN.) Pod Height (IN.) Standability 1 = Erect 5 = Flat Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 367NRR PI88788 32 3.0 1.6 55.7 2 BECK 405NRR PI88788 33 2.8 1.6 51.8 3 BECK 336NRR PI88788 35 2.8 1.7 51.1 4 BECK 323RR PI88788 32 2.8 1.6 50.7 5 BECK 355RR Susceptible 33 3.0 1.6 50.0 6 BECK 365CRR PUSCN-14 34 3.0 1.6 47.8 7 BECK EX 6395 BioNem 39 3.3 1.7 47.4 8 BECK EX 6065 No BioNem 39 3.5 1.7 46.7 9 BECK EX 6396 Cyst X Gold 34 4.0 1.9 35.7** AVERAGE 35 3.1 1.7 48.5 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. **Heavy weed pressure in this non-rr variety. Summary: The PI88788 source of cyst resistance has been widely used in breeding programs for several years, and therefore has the advantage of being in the highest yielding genetics. The PUSCN-14 source (Beck 365CRR) provides much better cyst resistance than the PI88788, but is recommended only for fields with a history of cyst pressure. The Bio-Nem source is a seed treatment that offers protection from cyst nematodes by colonizing on the roots and destroying cysts when they feed on it. The CystX variety in this study was a traditional (non-rr) variety with the CystX Gold designation. Find further explanation of the CystX Technology below. What is CystX technology? CystX is a new discovery (patent issued 9/2/00) that utilizes molecular markers to identify complete resistance to all known races of soybean cyst nematode (SCN). CystX is conventional technology (not subject to GMO issues) and is compatible with Roundup Ready technology. Starting in 1997, all soybeanbreeding programs, both public and private, have been offered the opportunity to license the CystX technology and trademark. ACCESS Plant Technology, Inc. is the licensing agent. Both CystX Gold and CystX Silver varieties offer complete broadbased resistance to all known races of SCN. CystX Gold varieties have a slightly higher level of cyst protection than CystX Silver soybeans. There will also be varieties released that are not labeled as CystX but offer much better resistance than varieties with traditional sources of SCN resistance. Beck s 365CRR is a good example of this type of variety.

58 BECK'S 7.5" vs. 15" vs. 30" Row Spacing Study on Soybeans - 2003 RAINFALL Location: E1, E2 plots Previous Crop: Corn April 1.5 in. Planted: April 21, 2003 Tillage: V-Rip / S-tine May 7.7 in. Harvested: October 10, 2003 Herbicide: Post: 22 oz. Weathermax June 2.0 in. Rows: 7.5" (drilled @ 200,000) July 10.4 in. 15" (drilled @ 175,000) August 5.2 in. 30" (planted @ 150,000) Total 26.8 in. Purpose: Soybean varieties can vary greatly in their structure and ability to branch. Selecting the correct variety for your soil type along with knowing how that variety responds to various populations and row spacing is critical for maximizing yield. This study compares ten different Beck s soybean varieties at 7.5, 15 and 30 row spacing. Target Planting Population Actual Population @ Emergence Standability 1=Erect 5=Flat Plant Height (in.) Pod Height (in.) Brand-Variety Bu./A.* 7.5" Rows BECK 283RR 200,000 180,353 1.4 26 3.0 53.1 BECK 292RR 200,000 154,278 1.5 28 4.0 53.9 BECK 295NRR 200,000 160,797 1.7 29 4.0 56.1 BECK 323RR 200,000 160,797 1.5 29 4.0 55.1 BECK 336NRR 200,000 178,181 1.7 32 4.0 53.3 BECK 355RR 200,000 221,636 1.8 35 4.0 55.7 BECK 367NRR 200,000 154,278 1.7 32 4.0 52.3 BECK 375NRR 200,000 158,624 1.8 33 3.0 51.7 BECK 405NRR 200,000 173,835 1.8 30 4.0 56.6 BECK 417NRR 200,000 186,872 1.6 33 4.0 56.6 AVERAGE 172,965 1.7 31 3.8 54.4 15" Rows BECK 283RR 175,000 172,788 1.3 28 3.0 53.7 BECK 292RR 175,000 177,144 1.4 27 2.0 54.6 BECK 295NRR 175,000 171,336 1.6 32 4.0 49.9 BECK 323RR 175,000 197,472 1.6 28 3.0 58.1 BECK 336NRR 175,000 159,720 1.6 31 3.0 48.4 BECK 355RR 150,000 145,200 1.6 31 3.0 59.2 BECK 367NRR 175,000 162,624 1.7 30 3.0 56.7 BECK 375NRR 175,000 164,076 1.6 31 4.0 48.5 BECK 405NRR 150,000 136,488 1.7 29 4.0 46.9 BECK 417NRR 175,000 169,884 1.6 33 4.0 59.0 AVERAGE 165,673 1.6 30 3.3 53.5 30" Rows BECK 283RR 150,000 141,570 1.4 28 3.0 51.6 BECK 292RR 150,000 129,228 1.6 28 3.0 53.6 BECK 295NRR 150,000 153,186 1.5 31 4.0 51.4 BECK 323RR 150,000 149,556 1.5 29 3.0 59.0 BECK 336NRR 150,000 147,378 1.6 28 2.0 51.5 BECK 355RR 150,000 147,378 1.6 29 4.0 59.4 BECK 367NRR 150,000 148,104 1.5 26 2.0 57.7 BECK 375NRR 150,000 140,118 1.7 28 3.0 54.6 BECK 405NRR 150,000 145,200 1.7 31 4.0 49.8 BECK 417NRR 150,000 128,502 1.5 28 2.0 54.0 AVERAGE 143,022 1.6 29 3.0 54.3 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture.

BECK'S 7.5" vs. 15" vs. 30" Row Spacing Study on Soybeans (continued) 2003 Summary: differences between all widths varied by only 0.9 bushels per acre in 2003. Our six year average shows 1.6 bushels per acre difference between all row spacings, with slightly higher yields in 7.5 and 15 rows compared to 30 row spacing. FIVE YEAR AVERAGE* 7.5 15 30 1997 61.0 62.3 58.2 1998 63.6 62.8 64.0 1999 47.3 44.7 48.5 2001 66.7 64.3 59.5 2002 62.4 65.8 60.9 2003 54.4 53.5 54.3 Average 59.2 58.9 57.6 *Different varieties used each year. Bold entries indicate highest yield each year. BECK'S Twin Row vs. 30 Row Soybean Study - 2003 RAINFALL Location: 300-1S plot Seeding Rate: 30 @ 145,000 seeds/a. April 1.5 in. Planted: April 28-29, 2003 Twin @ 175,000 seeds/a. May 7.7 in. Harvested: October 20, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn June 2.0 in. Rows: Four 30 rows Tillage: S-tine July 10.4 in. Four Twin rows (8 total) Herbicide: Post: Roundup WeatherMax August 5.2 in. Total 26.8 in. Purpose: After planting our twin row corn plots, we decided to continue the concept with our soybean research. In this plot we compare twin rows to 30 rows. Plant Height (IN.) Pod Height (IN.) Standability 1 = Erect 5 = Flat Rank Brand-Variety Population Twin Rows 1 BECK 323RR 167,706 33 3.0 1.5 55.2 2 BECK 283RR 174,966 30 2.0 1.4 52.6 3 BECK 417NRR 172,788 37 3.0 1.7 51.2 4 BECK 375NRR 177,144 40 3.0 1.7 50.6 AVERAGE 173,151 35 2.8 1.6 52.4 30 Rows 1 BECK 283RR 148,830 30 2.0 1.4 53.2 2 BECK 375NRR 141,570 36 4.0 1.6 52.8 3 BECK 323RR 143,022 34 3.0 1.4 52.4 4 BECK 417NRR 135,036 32 3.0 1.5 44.5 AVERAGE 142,115 33 3.0 1.5 50.7 Summary: We found a slight advantage of 1.7 bushels per acre for the twin rows compared to 30 rows. On average the 30 rows also had 31,000 less plants per acre. These results are similar to the yield and population differences we see between 30 rows and 7.5 or 15 rows. See Beck s Row Spacing Study results above. *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. 59

60 BECK'S No-Till vs. Conventional-Till Long Range Soybean Study 2003 RAINFALL Location: E9 E13 plots Seeding Rate 180,000 seeds/a. April 1.5 in. Planted: April 16, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn May 7.7 in. Harvested: October 2, 2003 Tillage: No-Till - None June 2.0 in. Rows: 15" Tye Drill Conv. - Moldboard Plow / S-tine July 10.4 in. Soil Type: Crosby Herbicide: 22 oz. WeatherMax August 5.2 in. Replications: Two (averaged) Total 26.8 in. Purpose: From 1991-1999, we studied how four different soybean varieties responded in emergence, plant height, podding height, disease resistance, standability, and yield using no-till and conventional-till practices. Since 2000, we expanded the study to include twice as many varieties, and we used a 15 row drill instead of the 7 ½ row drill. Plant Height (IN.) Pod Height (IN.) Standability 1 = Erect 5 = Flat Advantage for Conv.-Till (per Variety) Rank Brand-Variety NO-TILL STUDY 1 BECK 387NRR 36 4.0 1.7 58.9 2 BECK 355RR 34 3.0 1.8 55.7 3 BECK 367NRR 29 2.5 1.6 54.3 4 BECK 336NRR 30 2.5 1.8 50.1 5 BECK 417NRR 26 2.5 1.5 48.8 6 BECK 375NRR 30 2.0 1.9 46.2 7 BECK 323RR 27 2.0 1.4 44.7 8 BECK 306NRR 26 2.5 1.9 42.6 AVERAGE 29 2.6 1.7 50.1 CONVENTIONAL STUDY 1 BECK 306NRR 30 2.0 1.7 58.6 +16.0 2 BECK 323RR 31 2.5 1.5 57.1 +12.4 3 BECK 336NRR 33 2.0 1.8 56.9 +6.8 4 BECK 367NRR 31 3.5 1.6 55.8 +1.5 5 BECK 375NRR 31 3.0 1.6 54.5 +8.3 6 BECK 417NRR 29 2.5 1.5 52.3 +3.5 7 BECK 355RR 32 3.0 1.7 52.0-3.7 8 BECK 387NRR 38 4.0 1.7 49.6-9.3 AVERAGE 31 2.8 1.6 54.6 +4.5 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. 65 60 55 50 45 40 35 No-Till vs Conventional-Till Soybean Study Thirteen Year Comparison (1991-2003) 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 N 46.0 50.5 59.9 61.9 47.8 41.2 59.0 56.7 42.9 56.5 61.6 58.2 50.1 C 48.4 53.2 59.8 60.3 47.2 41.9 59.8 57.8 40.0 59.8 60.3 55.5 54.6 +2.4 +2.7-0.1-1.6-0.6 +0.7 +0.8 +1.1-2.9 +3.3-1.3-2.7 +4.5 Advantage for Conventional-Till Summary: After thirteen years of testing no-till vs. conventional practices in this same location, the overall average shows only 0.4 Bu./A. difference between the two practices with conventional-till winning seven out of thirteen years. Conv.-Till = 53.7 Bu./A. No-Till = 53.3 Bu./A. Over the years, we have observed a greater concentration of earthworms in the no-till areas, as well as improved water percolation into the soil after a heavy rain. This year s results showed the largest advantage for conventional-till (4.5 Bu./A.) in the thirteen year history of this study.

61 BECK'S Advanced Soybean Study in No-Till vs. Conventional-Till 2003 RAINFALL Location: H3 plot - No-Till (MP Soil) Seeding Rate: 175,000 seeds/a. April 1.5 in. 300-1,2N - Conv.-Till (HP Soil) Previous Crop: Corn May 7.7 in. Planted: April 29, 2003 Tillage: Moldboard Plow / S-tine June 2.0 in. Harvested: October 2, 2003 Herbicide: Roundup WeatherMax July 10.4 in. Rows: Six 15 Rows August 5.2 in. Replications: Two (averaged) for No-Till Total 26.8 in. One for Conv.-Till All plots averaged in this report Purpose: This study compares our leading experimentals to our popular soybean varieties in two different soil types and tillage methods. Plant Height (IN.) Pod Height (IN.) Standability 1 = Erect 5 = Flat 2003 Rank Brand-Variety Relative Maturity GROUP II 1 BECK 283RR 2.8 30 2.9 1.3 58.5 Conv. 2 BECK EX 6299 2.9 32 3.5 1.6 58.4 Conv. 3 BECK 292RR 2.9 28 2.3 1.4 56.2 - - - - 4 BECK 295NRR 3.0 34 3.8 1.5 55.4 - - - - AVERAGE 31 3.1 1.5 57.1 Advantage GROUP III & IV 1 BECK 405NRR 4.1 36 3.8 1.6 61.2 Conv. 2 BECK EX 6252 3.5 37 3.5 1.7 60.4 Conv. 3 BECK 417NRR 4.0 36 3.8 1.5 58.9 Conv. 4 BECK 375NRR 3.8 35 3.0 1.8 57.6 - - - - 5 BECK 355RR 3.6 33 3.0 1.7 57.5 Conv. 6 BECK EX 7206 4.0 39 3.5 1.8 57.4 No-Till 7 BECK EX 7201 3.3 33 3.3 2.0 56.5 - - - - 8 BECK 323RR 3.4 31 2.8 1.5 55.2 - - - - 9 BECK 336NRR 3.3 33 3.3 1.9 55.0 - - - - 10 BECK EX 7205 3.5 34 3.8 1.7 54.8 Conv. 11 BECK EX 7207 4.2 36 3.0 1.6 54.0 Conv. 12 BECK EX 7202 3.5 33 3.0 1.5 53.7 - - - - AVERAGE 35 3.3 1.7 56.9 Average of all varieties for both soil types / tillage methods: Conventional-Till (HP Soil) 35 3.4 1.6 57.7 +1.7 Bu./A. No-Till (MP Soil) 32 3.0 1.6 56.0 Advantage for Conv. (HP Soil) *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Summary: Both plots averaged nearly 57.0 bushels per acre, and only 1.7 bushels per acre separated the no-till (MP Soil) and conventional-till (HP Soil) environments. This relatively small difference shows how well a medium productive soil type on the side of a hill can compete in a year with favorable moisture conditions. If a variety yielded over 1.7 bushels per acre more in conventional or no-till compared to its average yield in both tillage methods, then we indicated so in the far right column. A dash indicates an insignificant yield difference in relation to tillage method or soil type. Half of the varieties delivered more than a 1.7 bushel per acre advantage in the conventional-till (HP Soil) conditions compared to their average in both conditions, thereby showing their genetic potential for higher yields in the highly productive soil type.

62 BECK'S Glyphosate and Foliar Nitrogen Comparison - 2003 RAINFALL Location: Field K North Seeding Rate: 160,000 seeds/a. April 1.5 in. Planted: May 23, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn May 7.7 in. Harvested: October 3, 2003 Tillage: V-Rip / S-tine June 2.0 in. Rows: Six 15 rows Herbicide: Various July 10.4 in. August 5.2 in. Total 26.8 in. Purpose: There are numerous sources and trade names for glyphosate. We know of at least eleven different glyphosate products. University research over the past two years has demonstrated very similar efficacy and crop safety between the glyphosate products. There are cost savings with the generic products (Clearout 41) vs. branded products (Roundup WeatherMax). The cost savings can add additional risk as most generic products do not have respray programs or cover technology fee reimbursement if a replant is required. In 2003, we evaluated the yield of seven glyphosate and surfactant combinations. Herbolyte is a liquid adjuvant that replaces AMS and surfactant. Plant Height (IN.) Pod Height (IN.) Standability 1 = Erect 5 = Flat Rank Brand-Variety Relative Maturity GROUP II 1 BECK 283RR 2.8 29 3.0 1.4 60.3 2 BECK 292RR 2.9 29 2.0 1.4 55.9 3 BECK 295NRR 2.9 33 2.0 1.5 52.0 4 BECK 266NRR 2.6 31 2.0 1.3 50.6 AVERAGE 31 2.3 1.4 54.7 GROUP III & IV 1 BECK 367NRR 3.6 30 4.0 1.5 61.9 2 BECK 355RR 3.5 34 3.0 1.6 58.7 3 BECK 323RR 3.4 33 3.0 1.5 58.4 4 BECK 405NRR 4.0 35 3.0 1.6 56.1 5 BECK 306NRR 2.9 32 3.0 1.6 55.4 6 BECK 387NRR 4.0 38 4.0 1.8 54.9 7 BECK 336NRR 3.2 34 2.0 1.7 53.3 8 BECK 417NRR 3.9 32 4.0 1.7 52.7 9 BECK 365CRR 3.6 34 3.0 1.5 51.4 10 BECK 375NRR 3.6 33 3.0 1.6 51.0 AVERAGE 34 3.2 1.6 55.4 Rate (oz.) Herbicide Brand Glyphosate Company Average Bu/A. 22 + 12.8 Roundup WeatherMax + Herbolyte 1 Monsanto 55.7 22 + 0.9 Roundup WeatherMax + Array 2 Monsanto 54.9 32 + 0.9 Glyphomax Plus + Array Dow AgroSciences 54.9 24 + 0.9 Touchdown IQ + Array Syngenta 54.8 32 + 0.9 Honcho Plus + Array Monsanto 54.8 32 + 0.9 Clearout 41 Plus + Array Chem Products Technologies 54.3 22 + 3 + 0.9 Roundup WeatherMax + Monsanto 54.2 Agroculture Foliar Feed 3 + Array 1 Herbolyte is a registered trademark of Profit Pro. 2 Array is a registered trademark of Rosen s. 3 Agroculture Foliar Feed is a registered trademark of Agroculture. Summary: Our 2003 results mirrored the majority of university data comparing various glyphosate combinations. Little difference in efficacy, crop response and yield between treatments was observed. There was only a 1.5 bushel difference between the different treatments. Note: Experimental varieties were omitted due to space limitations.

BECK'S AgriEnergy Resources Study on Soybeans - 2003 RAINFALL Location: D4 plot Previous Crop: Corn April 1.5 in. Planted: April 16, 2003 Tillage: Fall: Hog manure injected May 7.7 in. Harvested: September 26, 2003 Spring: S-tine June 2.0 in. Rows: Six 15 rows Herbicide: Burndown July 10.4 in. Population: 175,000 seeds/a. and Post: Roundup WeatherMax August 5.2 in. Total 26.8 in. 63 Purpose: AgriEnergy Resources (AER) is a company that has developed a systems approach to renewable farming. Their idea is to build the soil to a level that will improve crop yields, reduce commercial fertilizer use, reduce weed and insect infestation, and create a crop that is more nutritious. This test compares the AER program to what we are currently using on our farm. Their soybean program consists of applying Residuce in the fall after corn was harvested. Residuce may accelerate the breakdown of plant residues by providing available nutrition to soil microbes. In the spring we sprayed a mix of bioligicals, thiosol, and fungal cultures and incorporated it. This year, we also added a seed treatment from AER called Bio Seed Gard, which is a blend of beneficial fungi shown to discourage the establishment of crop pathogens and protect the seed for better germination. Plant Height (IN.) Pod Height (IN.) Standability 1= Erect 5 = Flat AER Advantage Bu./A. Rank Brand-Variety AgriEnergy Resources Program 1 BECK 367NRR 32 3.0 1.7 72.3 +6.1 2 BECK 292RR 28 2.0 1.4 70.1 +9.2 3 BECK 306NRR 34 3.0 1.9 66.3 +5.5 4 BECK 387NRR 40 4.0 1.6 66.2-8.7 AVERAGE 34 3.0 1.7 68.7 +3.0 Traditional Program 1 BECK 387NRR 40 3.0 1.5 74.9 2 BECK 367NRR 34 3.0 1.6 66.2 3 BECK 292RR 24 2.0 1.5 60.9 4 BECK 306NRR 31 3.0 1.9 60.8 AVERAGE 32 2.8 1.6 65.7 Summary: Our results in 2000 gave us an 8.2 Bu./A. advantage for the AER program compared to our traditional program. Since the AER program is an ongoing process, we continued to test in the same location in 2001 with soybeans, and in 2002 with corn. We found no significant yield differences in these years. This year s results showed a 3 Bu./A. advantage for the AER program. Special thanks to David Wuethrich of Wuethrich Pork and Grain for supplying the AgriEnergy products for our testing. From Sure Gro treated soybeans to high yielding hybrids, Beck s provides everything I need for my operation. In addition, Beck s has a helpful and knowledgeable staff always available to answer questions. Ron Eppard Huntington, IN Beck s products have provided me with high and consistent yields for many years. The excellent service and friendly staff make it easy to do business with Beck s. Robert Westover Centerville, IN

64 BECK'S BioPlus HV-682 Study on Soybeans 2003 RAINFALL Location: D5 plot Seeding Rate: 180,000 seeds/a. April 1.5 in. Planted: April 22, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn May 7.7 in. Harvested: October 1, 2003 Tillage: Fall injected hog manure June 2.0 in. Rows: Six 15 rows S-tine in Spring July 10.4 in. Replications: Two (averaged) Herbicide: 22 oz. Roundup August 5.2 in. WeatherMax Total 26.8 in. Purpose: In this study we are comparing twenty-two soybean varieties with and without BioPlus HV-682, a Biological Growth Activator, which is said to stimulate or activate growth processes of plants and microorganisms in the soil. We applied 16 oz./a. to the soil prior to planting, then another one gallon per acre during V6-V7 vegetative growth stage in late June. Special thanks to Steve Pierce of Windfall for providing the BioPlus product for this test. Plant Height (IN.) Pod Height (IN.) Standability 1 = Erect 5 = Flat 2003 Rank Brand-Variety Relative Maturity GROUP II 1 BECK 292RR 2.9 27 3.0 1.5 51.8 2 BECK 295NRR 2.9 32 3.5 1.6 51.2 3 BECK EX 6299 2.8 27 2.0 1.5 47.6 4 BECK 283RR 2.6 23 2.0 1.4 43.5 AVERAGE 27 2.6 1.5 48.5 GROUP III & IV 1 BECK 417NRR 3.8 32 3.5 1.5 62.5 2 BECK 375NRR 3.6 30 2.5 1.6 59.5 3 BECK EX 6316 3.8 30 3.0 1.5 58.4 4 BECK EX 6239 3.4 34 2.5 1.6 57.9 5 BECK EX 6317 4.0 30 3.0 1.4 57.9 6 BECK EX 6342 3.3 37 4.0 1.8 57.4 7 BECK EX 6311 3.5 33 3.0 1.5 57.3 8 BECK 355RR 3.4 31 4.0 1.5 56.7 9 BECK 367NRR 3.7 30 3.5 1.4 56.4 10 BECK 336NRR 3.3 34 3.0 1.7 56.1 11 BECK EX 7205 3.3 34 2.5 1.5 55.7 12 BECK EX 6344 3.5 35 3.0 1.6 55.4 13 BECK EX 6252 3.3 34 3.5 1.6 55.0 14 BECK 405NRR 4.0 31 3.0 1.6 53.3 15 BECK EX 7201 3.2 30 2.5 1.7 51.7 16 BECK 323RR 3.1 30 3.5 1.5 49.3 17 BECK 7207 3.9 34 3.5 1.7 49.1 AVERAGE 32 3.1 1.5 55.8 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Summary of Results: BioPlus HV-682 33 3.3 1.6 54.8 No BioPlus HV-682 29 2.8 1.4 54.1 Summary: While we saw less than a bushel per acre difference, we hesitate to draw conclusions from this one study where we know we had variability due to the hog manure that we applied in the fall of 2002.

65 BECK'S No-Till Double-Crop Soybeans after Wheat Study - 2003 RAINFALL Location: A5 E. plot Seeding Rate Various April 1.5 in. Planted: July 18, 2003 Previous Crop: Wheat May 7.7 in. Harvested: November 4, 2003 Tillage: No-Till June 2.0 in. Rows: 7.5 rows Herbicide: Preplant: Roundup WeatherMax July 10.4 in. Replications: Two (averaged) August 5.2 in. Total 26.8 in. Purpose: Double crop soybeans after wheat can be profitable in Central Indiana if the weather cooperates. For double crop soybeans to be successful, we need adequate rainfall during July and August along with a normal to later than normal frost. Plant Height (IN.) Pod Height (IN.) Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 323RR 22 2.5 12.9 2 BECK 355RR 22 3.5 12.4 3 BECK 295NRR 20 3.0 12.1 4 BECK 375NRR 25 3.0 11.8 5 BECK 336NRR 26 3.0 11.4 6 BECK 417NRR 24 3.0 10.3 7 BECK 405NRR 25 3.0 10.0 8 BECK 367NRR 21 3.0 9.4 9 BECK 306NRR 21 2.5 9.1 10 BECK 352RR 26 2.5 8.6 11 BECK 292RR 15 2.5 8.5 12 BECK 387NRR 23 3.5 7.2 13 BECK 365CRR 24 2.5 6.6 14 BECK 437NRR 22 3.5 4.0 AVERAGE 23 2.9 9.6 DOUBLE CROP SOYBEAN PLOT AVERAGES Plant Year Planting Date Height (IN.) 2003 July 18 23.8 9.6 2002 July 3 24.3 29.7 2001 June 29 27.0 37.5 2000 June 29 25.0 29.7 1999 June 30 12.1 1.2 1998 June 29 29.0 31.9 1997 July 16 24.8 17.9 1996 July 12 18.6 25.8 1995 July 8 12.9 1.4 1994 July 8 22.2 21.5 1993 July 7 26.0 29.0 1992 No Plot No Plot No Plot 1991 June 25 26.0 32.4 Average 22.6 22.3 Average does not include 1992. Summary: FIRST KILLING FREEZE (28 o OR LESS) North Central South Columbia City Farmland Indianapolis Washington 2003 Oct. 2 Oct. 2 Nov. 7 - - - - - 2002 Oct. 14 Oct. 14 Oct. 14 Nov.2** 2001 Oct. 7 Oct. 7 Oct. 28 Oct. 28 2000 Nov. 5 Nov. 5 Nov. 15 Nov. 15 1999 Oct. 21 Oct. 18 Nov. 3 Nov. 4 1998 Oct. 22 Nov. 4 Nov. 5 Nov. 7* 1997 Oct. 23 Oct. 15 Oct. 22 Oct. 22 1996 Nov. 2 Nov. 2 Nov. 2 Nov. 2 1995 Sept. 23 Sept. 23 Nov. 3 Nov. 4 1994 Oct. 27 Oct. 27 Nov. 23 Nov. 23 1993 Oct. 10 Oct. 11 Nov. 1 Nov. 1 1992 Oct. 19 Oct. 19 Oct. 19 Oct. 19 1991 Sept. 28 Oct. 16 Oct. 16 Nov. 3 1990 Oct. 26 Oct. 26 Oct. 27 Oct. 26 1989 Oct. 4 Oct. 4 Nov. 3 Nov. 3 1988 Oct. 14 Oct. 6 Oct. 12 Oct. 12 1987 Oct. 12 Oct. 4 Oct. 12 Oct. 12 1986 Nov. 3 Nov. 3 Nov. 10 Nov. 12 1985 Nov. 20 Oct. 2 Nov. 21 Nov. 21 1984 Nov. 3 Nov. 6 Nov. 6 Nov. 6 Source: Ken Scheeringa, Purdue Agronomy Dept. *Vincennes location.(killing Frost = 32 o F, Killing Freeze = 28 o F). **Bloomington location. In 2003 we demonstrated the risk associated with growing double crop soybeans. The soybeans were planted on July 18, which is two weeks later than normal. We had good moisture at planting to promote good emergence, but saw hotter, drier conditions the last half of August, which affected soybean development. Late planting, along with dry conditions and an earlier than normal frost reduced yields to a plot average of 9.6 bushels per acre.

66 2003 UNIVERSITY and F.I.R.S.T.* RESULTS PURDUE UNIVERSITY CORN Brand-Hybrid Location/ % Mois. Bu/A. Rank BECK 5727CB Central Mid W. Lafayette Location 22.3 184.0 8 th out of 70 BECK 7997CB Central Late W. Lafayette Location 24.5 196.0 1 st out of 61 BECK 5166 Northern Early Columbia City Location 19.7 196.0 3 rd out of 30 BEANS Variety Location/ Bu/A. Rank BECK 375NRR Group III RR Tippecanoe Location 50.6 1 st out of 33 BECK 367NRR Group III RR Tippecanoe Location 47.8 2 nd out of 33 BECK 323RR Group III RR Randolph Location 57.2 1 st out of 22 BECK 417NRR Group III RR Knox Location 75.4 2 nd out of 17 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY CORN Brand-Hybrid Location/ % Mois. Bu/A. Rank BECK 5422CBCL Six Location Average Early Hybrids 21.6 219.7 1 st out of 46 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY CORN Brand-Hybrid Location/ % Mois. Bu/A. Rank BECK 5125CB Branch County Early Grain 23.3 235.9 2 nd out of 42 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CORN Brand-Hybrid Location/ % Mois. Bu/A. Rank BECK 6197 East Central Region 3 Loc. Avg. 24.1 217.0 8 th out of 170 BECK 5422Bt 1 Brownstown Location 26.6 150.0 3 rd out of 96 BEANS Variety Location/ Bu/A. Rank BECK 295NRR North Central Region Group II 3 Loc. Avg. 50.6 2 nd out of 103 BECK 295NRR Monmouth Location Group II Mat. 60.4 3 rd out of 103 BECK 295NRR Dwight Location Group II Mat. 47.2 1 st out of 103 BECK 375NRR North Central Region Group III - 3 Loc. Avg. 58.2 1 st out of 130 BECK 375NRR Goodfield Location Group III Mat. 56.5 1 st out of 130 BECK 292RR Perry Location 55.1 2 nd out of 38 BECK 375NRR Perry Location 61.2 8 th out of 195 BECK 367NRR Urbana RR Group III 7 Row Spacing 59.2 2 nd out of 38 BECK 417NRR Southern Region Group IV 3 Loc. Avg. 53.1 3 rd out of 93 2003 F.I.R.S.T.* CORN Brand-Hybrid Location/ % Mois. Bu/A. Rank BECK 5322CB Indiana Central Perrysville Location 16.8 184.1 2 nd out of 60 BECK 5166 Indiana North Woodburn Location 19.4 180.9 5 th out of 46 BECK 5959 Illinois East Central 6 Loc. Avg. 19.7 207.8 7 th out of 72 BECK 5959 Illinois East Central Watseka Location 21.3 215.0 3 rd out of 72 BECK 5166 Ohio North West Bloomdale Location 21.5 234.9 4 th out of 47 BECK 5322CB Ohio North West Leipsic Location 22.2 216.0 2 nd out of 47 BEANS Variety Location/ Bu/A. Rank BECK 323RR Illinois North Central 4 Loc. Avg. 48.9 2 nd out of 42 BECK 323RR Illinois North Central Macomb Location 47.5 3 rd out of 42 BECK 405NRR Illinois Southern 4 Loc. Avg. 43.5 4 th out of 36 BECK 405NRR Illinois South Belleville Location 60.3 1 st out of 36 BECK 405NRR Illinois South Vandalia Location 39.4 4 th out of 36 BECK 323RR Illinois North Central Rossville Location 45.7 2 nd out of 42 BECK 323RR Illinois North Central Towanda Location 48.9 2 nd out of 42 BECK 323RR Illinois North Central Tremont Location 53.6 3 rd out of 42 BECK 405NRR Indiana South Huntingburg Location 62.5 1 st out of 24 BECK 367NRR Indiana Central Greensburg Location 60.9 1 st out of 24 BECK 323RR Indiana Central Oxford Location 52.9 1 st out of 24 BECK 375NRR Indiana Central Danville Location 46.5 1 st out of 24 BECK 367NRR Indiana Central Danville Location 45.3 3 rd out of 24 BECK 323RR Indiana North New Paris Location 51.0 2 nd out of 24 BECK 336NRR Indiana North New Paris Location 50.2 3 rd out of 24 BECK 323RR Indiana North LaCross Location 39.0 1 st out of 24 BECK 283RR Indiana North LaCross Location 37.7 3 rd out of 24 *F.I.R.S.T. = Farmer s Independent Research of Seed Technologies.

Side by Side Corn Strip Checks 2003 67 Name County & State Hybrid Bushels Rob McCollough Branch Co., MI BECK 5322 52.0 22.2 164.2 Pioneer 34M95 50.0 28.0 142.1 Harry Fillager Butler Co., OH BECK 5454CL 52.5 21.6 204.6 Pioneer 32D12 57.0 19.9 203.7 Pioneer 34H31 58.5 19.3 186.5 Pioneer 33H05 54.0 20.8 172.8 Harry Fillager Butler Co., OH BECK 6197 55.5 20.3 195.8 BECK 5737CL 58.5 18.7 193.7 Pioneer 34D71 58.5 17.6 186.8 Kay & Dave Martin Carroll Co., IN BECK 5166 54.5 22.5 185.0 BECK 5012 56.0 21.2 179.4 Rob Catey Cumberland Co., IL BECK 5483Bt 1 58.0 17.6 203.1 AgriGold 6453 58.0 17.9 181.4 Paul Vanderbur Decatur Co., IN BECK 5422 58.0 23.0 168.8 Pioneer 33J24 60.0 26.5 168.5 Russell Zeedyk Defiance Co., OH BECK 5322 54.0 20.7 200.4 Pioneer 34H31 54.0 22.8 198.5 H C Farms Delaware Co., IN BECK 5366 54.0 18.5 174.1 Asgrow 601RR/YG 55.0 17.6 160.3 Tim Schable Douglas Co., IL BECK 5422 54.5 15.9 193.7 AgriGold 6395 54.5 15.9 179.3 Tim Haarmann Effingham Co., IL BECK 5366 57.0 16.2 166.1 Mycogen 2832 57.0 21.2 163.6 Squires Farms, Inc. Fayette Co., IN BECK 5827 N/A 19.6 185.0 Pioneer 33J24 N/A 17.0 180.0 Tom Von Seggern Fulton Co., OH BECK 5322 53.0 21.7 208.9 Pioneer 34H31 57.0 21.7 213.5 Hirsch Family Farms Gibson Co., IN BECK 5737CL 58.0 25.1 206.3 Pioneer 33P67 58.0 27.3 206.4 Hirsch Family Farms Gibson Co., IN BECK 5483Bt 1 N/A 19.0 236.4 BECK 5339CBCL N/A 19.7 210.3

68 Side by Side Corn Strip Checks 2003 Name County & State Hybrid Bushels Jay Sensmeier Gibson Co., IN BECK 7997CL 60.5 16.7 171.0 Pioneer 31G01 59.1 15.2 169.8 Pioneer 34B28 61.4 14.6 156.2 Ron Eppard Huntington Co., IN BECK 5322 56.0 18.0 156.6 Pioneer 34D71 56.5 18.5 150.9 Denver Hackman Jackson Co., IN BECK 6464CL 56.0 13.2 142.0 Croplan 711 56.0 14.0 137.7 Bill Morris Johnson Co., IN BECK 5727wx 58.0 19.6 185.2 Croplan 678 56.5 19.7 176.6 Harold Roth Piatt Co., IL BECK 5339CBCL 56.5 18.5 199.6 Pioneer 33P67 61.0 18.4 194.2 BECK 5366 55.0 16.4 189.9 Kent Williams Posey Co., IN BECK 6464CL 55.0 15.6 162.3 BECK 5737CL 58.0 15.2 161.2 Pioneer 33G26 58.5 15.4 142.7 Brockett & Ramsey Farms Saline Co., IL BECK 7997CB 57.0 13.2 125.5 Pioneer 33P67 58.5 12.6 127.6 Rexing Farms Spencer Co., IN BECK 5422CBCL 54.0 21.9 214.4 Pioneer 34B28 58.0 18.8 197.0 Mark & Scott Binegar Wells Co., IN BECK 5422RW 55.5 19.5 246.7 BECK 5422 55.0 19.6 198.3 Fausset Farms Clinton Co., IN BECK 5737CL 61.5 16.0 201.4 Golden Harvest 8697 60.1 17.4 197.8 Prairie View Farms White Co., IN BECK 5454CL 57.0 19.4 203.3 Garst 8484Bt 58.5 19.9 193.8 BECK 5737CL 62.2 17.2 186.2 Garst 8464 58.2 19.3 180.0 Verne Wilson White Co., IN BECK 5166 N/A 20.0 161.6 Pioneer 34H31 N/A 21.4 150.5 Pioneer 34J24 N/A 19.0 135.5 Shady Grove Farms Whitley Co., IN BECK 5322 (Counter) 53.0 19.9 169.5 BECK 5322RW 53.5 20.1 161.7

Full Field Corn Checks 2003 69 Name County & State Hybrid Acres Bushels Kent Franz Adams Co., IN BECK 5322 43.0 18.0 181.0 Dan Buchan Adams Co., IN BECK 5283Bt 1 24.0 32.5 195.4 Glen Dettmer Allen Co., IN BECK 5483Bt 1 40.0 20.0 161.0 Glen Dettmer Allen Co., IN BECK 5366 31.0 20.0 159.0 Mark Rosene Allen Co., IN BECK 5166 9.6 16.8 192.3 Mark Rosene Allen Co., IN BECK 5166 67.8 17.4 184.6 Mark Rosene Allen Co., IN BECK 5283Bt 1 41.3 17.5 181.5 Mark Rosene Allen Co., IN BECK 5366 18.7 18.7 177.4 Ron Gick Benton Co., IN BECK 5339CBCL 76.6 20.1 183.0 Ron Gick Benton Co., IN BECK 5166 73.4 17.7 179.0 Fred Walker Blackford Co., IN BECK 5366 40.0 N/A 207.0 Darrell Meese Crawford Co., IL BECK 5422 40.0 15.5 188.0 Hunter Robbins Decatur Co., IN BECK 7997CB 117.8 22.0 199.0 Hunter Robbins Decatur Co., IN BECK 5827 58.7 22.0 193.6 Hunter Robbins Decatur Co., IN BECK 5727CB 114.4 20.1 191.5 Brent Wening Dubois Co., IN BECK 5360CL 18.0 16.5 214.9 Hirsch Family Farms Gibson Co., IN BECK 5422CBCL 118.0 26.8 223.1 Hirsch Family Farms Gibson Co., IN BECK 5737CL 121.0 18.1 186.2 Curt & Fred Clouser Grant Co., IN BECK 5322 34.0 16.2 190.3 Curt & Fred Clouser Grant Co., IN BECK 5166 39.0 15.6 197.3 Curt & Fred Clouser Grant Co., IN BECK 5366 42.0 17.1 190.4 Curt & Fred Clouser Grant Co., IN BECK 5012 24.0 17.0 189.5 Curt & Fred Clouser Grant Co., IN BECK 5727CB 33.0 19.2 199.1 David Morgan Grant Co., IN BECK 5166 32.0 N/A 207.4 Jack & Bryan Farley Grant Co., IN BECK 5422Bt 1 30.0 N/A 195.0 Jack & Bryan Farley Grant Co., IN BECK 5166 15.0 N/A 191.0 Lester & Wendell Cates Grant Co., IN BECK 5483Bt 1 192.0 N/A 192.0 Lester & Wendell Cates Grant Co., IN BECK 5454CL 20.0 N/A 208.4 Rulon Enterprises Hamilton Co., IN BECK 5366 526.1 N/A 162.4 Rulon Enterprises Hamilton Co., IN BECK 5125CB 461.3 N/A 158.1 Elvin Barks Harrison Co., IN BECK 7997CB 50.0 15.5 250.0 Elvin Barks Harrison Co., IN BECK 7997CL 70.0 15.5 210.0 Elvin Barks Harrison Co., IN BECK 7997CL 60.0 15.5 203.3 Al Storch Henry Co., OH BECK 5283Bt 1 19.0 19.0 211.0 Al Storch Henry Co., OH BECK 5366 32.0 22.0 209.0

70 Full Field Corn Checks 2003 Name County & State Hybrid Acres Bushels Bob Kuesel Henry Co., OH BECK 5166 60.0 20.7 208.6 Bob Kuesel Henry Co., OH BECK 5322 87.7 18.4 202.8 Bob Kuesel Henry Co., OH BECK 5283Bt 1 113.0 17.9 204.8 Bob Kuesel Henry Co., OH BECK 5125CB 39.0 20.0 207.9 Bob Reimund Henry Co., OH BECK 5283Bt 1 11.0 19.0 220.9 Bruce Meyer Henry Co., OH BECK 5366 29.0 18.0 205.9 Chuck Cline Henry Co., OH BECK 5322 38.0 19.0 216.0 Jim & Frank Motycka Henry Co., OH BECK 5283Bt 1 88.0 17.1 205.5 Leon Panning Henry Co., OH BECK 5322 33.0 21.0 200.0 Vernon Oberhaus Henry Co., OH BECK 5322 24.5 18.9 212.5 B & B Kirkpatrick Farms Howard Co., IN BECK 5125CB 25.5 N/A 191.4 B & B Kirkpatrick Farms Howard Co., IN BECK 5366 46.5 N/A 185.0 B & B Kirkpatrick Farms Howard Co., IN BECK 5166 75.3 N/A 178.3 Mark Johnston Howard Co., IN BECK 5322 28.0 16.1 198.4 Terry Keiffer Huntington Co., IN BECK 5166 75.0 20.0 206.1 Terry Keiffer Huntington Co., IN BECK 5366 120.0 21.1 196.5 Terry Keiffer Huntington Co., IN BECK 5125CB 75.0 18.5 175.6 Creighton Brothers Kosciusko Co., IN BECK 5229 177.0 N/A 164.0 Creighton Brothers Kosciusko Co., IN BECK 5366 70.0 N/A 169.0 Creighton Brothers Kosciusko Co., IN BECK 5283Bt 1 208.0 N/A 161.0 John Janssen LaSalle Co., IL BECK 5339CBCL 18.0 19.0 178.0 Ken McComb LaSalle Co., IL BECK 5483Bt 1 35.0 17.0 200.0 Ken McComb LaSalle Co., IL BECK 5166 30.0 15.8 190.0 Clarence Papenburg Livingston Co., IL BECK 5283Bt 1 8.0 16.0 173.0 Larry Evers Livingston Co., IL BECK 5827 35.0 16.0 175.0 Pat Prindiville Livingston Co., IL BECK 5422Bt 1 36.0 15.0 170.0 Pat Prindiville Livingston Co., IL BECK 5727CB 40.0 15.0 168.0 RiverView Farms, Inc. Orange Co., IN BECK 5422Bt 1 30.0 15.5 208.0 RiverView Farms, Inc. Orange Co., IN BECK 5422Bt 1 22.0 15.5 180.0 Jim & Eric Grubaugh Paulding Co., OH BECK 5012 19.0 18.4 192.0 Jim & Eric Grubaugh Paulding Co., OH BECK 5305 17.2 17.8 191.0 Ronald & Randall Nichols Sullivan Co, IN BECK 5454CL 55.0 N/A 225.0 Forrest Johnson Tippecanoe Co., IN BECK 5339CBCL 54.0 17.0 176.0 Barry Sheets Whitley Co., IN BECK 5283Bt 1 21.0 16.1 212.0 Jim & Lester Sheets Whitley Co., IN BECK 5322 37.5 16.4 206.0

72 Farmer Corn & Soybean Plots O ver my years I have observed that no two growing seasons have been alike. This past season was certainly no exception, challenges and opportunities were evident all through the growing season. Beck s Hybrids is committed to helping you overcome these challenges, and take advantage of opportunities by offering you whole field and multiple plot yield information so that you can make informed decisions about next year s crop. The field checks and test plots that you see on the following pages are from all across our marketing area. We would like to thank all cooperators who took the time and effort to assist in obtaining this data. After reviewing this information, call your local dealer, district sales manager or our office to discuss any of the plots or other test results. Thank you for your trust and association, please allow us to be your seed supplier for 2004. Lee R. Rulon, Marketing Director James H. Williams Franklin, IN: We harvested a field of Beck 7997 on October 13, 2003 at 21.7% moisture, 55.9 test weight. It was planted on May 3 rd. This corn was sold directly out the field and the yield was 200.3 bushels per acre adjusted to 15% moisture. We were amazed at the yield because the field stood under water during July. A great yield for adverse conditions! We were also very pleased with our Beck s soybeans this year given the weather conditions. One 60 acre field averaged over 50 bushels per acre that was planted on June 17 th! We depend on Beck s each year for good performance! Brian Henderson, Henderson Grain Kokomo, IN: We re into our third generation using Beck s seed. We enjoy their Pre-Harvest Field Show year after year, which enables us to look at their new technologies and new products. We have had excellent service and performance with Beck s products. We re very happy that they have released the new HES Hybrids and Waxy Hybrids for A.E. Staley and A.E. Staley will accept them for the 2004 year.

73 Harry Fillager Somerville, OH: Having access to all of the technologies that Beck s offers gives me the options to control weeds and insects as we need to. In our area, premiums are being offered for some characteristics that Beck s hybrids offer. Having the ability to access these markets can add to our bottom line. Scott Lasater Gaston, IN: Beck s Hybrids has made us more profitable with their outstanding products such as 5125CB, 5322 and 5727 in the corn line up and 323RR, 367NRR, and 417NRR in the bean line up. The people that represent Beck s Hybrids from the Beck family to all the support staff are very knowledgeable. Our customers have also completed side by side comparisons with competitive products and found Beck s to increase their profit! Keith Matson, Matson Farms Newton, IL: This is the first year we used Beck s Sure Gro soybeans. We planted a Beck s soybean plot on a portion of this field and planted non-treated soybeans on the rest. We had to replant the entire field except where we used Sure Gro soybeans in the plot. Sure Gro gives extra insurance for our Roundup Ready soybean program. William J. Bartlett Mattoon, IL: This was my first year visiting Beck s during their Pre- Harvest Field Days. The quality of the facility, attitude of all the employees and practical farm research plots were amazing. Beck s cares about all of their customers, large or small. I have used Beck s corn and soybeans for the past two seasons. Beck s has outperformed their competition consistently and I will place Beck s on 100% of my acreage. Beck s is an innovative family-owned company that constantly brings new products and ideas to help improve their customers bottom lines.

74 RON GICK Fowler, IN NORTHWEST IN Benton Co. Planted: April 23, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 24, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Balance Pro / Define / Population: 31,000 seeds/a. 2,4-D / Atrazine Insecticide: Aztec 1 BECK 5339CBCL 59.0 17.4 208.1 2 BECK 5229 57.0 15.2 203.2 3 BECK 5229RW 58.0 17.0 202.9 4 BECK 5727CB 60.0 18.6 202.7 5 BECK 5166 Aztec** 58.0 15.0 202.2 6 BECK 5727wx 61.0 17.0 201.8 7 BECK 5166 Prescribe** 57.0 15.0 199.8 8 BECK EX 0368 59.0 18.0 199.5 9 BECK EX 0272 56.0 20.2 198.5 10 BECK 5422 56.5 17.6 198.4 11 BECK 6197 60.0 19.2 198.1 12 Pioneer 33M94 59.0 15.4 197.4 13 BECK EX 0304 58.0 17.8 195.7 14 BECK 5727 Aztec** 60.3 16.6 195.1 15 BECK 5727 61.0 18.8 193.3 16 BECK 5166RW** 57.7 15.1 192.8 17 BECK 5366 56.5 15.8 192.7 18 BECK 5229wx 58.5 15.0 191.9 19 BECK 5166 57.5 15.0 191.4 20 BECK 5727 Prescribe** 58.5 17.3 191.3 21 BECK 5727 Cruiser High Rate** 59.8 16.8 191.2 22 BECK 5422RW 56.5 17.9 190.4 23 BECK 5125CB 56.5 15.6 190.3 24 Pioneer 33G26 62.0 15.8 189.2 25 BECK 5166 Cruiser High Rate** 56.8 15.5 187.8 26 BECK 5012RW 60.0 14.6 186.6 27 BECK 5322CB 57.0 16.2 186.2 28 BECK 5538 60.0 14.8 185.8 29 BECK EX 1260 56.5 16.0 184.4 30 BECK EX 3256 56.0 18.1 184.1 31 BECK 5166wx 59.0 15.4 183.3 32 BECK 5727RW*** 61.1 16.2 181.2 33 BECK EX 1272 58.0 15.0 180.5 34 BECK 5283Bt 1 56.5 14.9 178.3 35 BECK 5322wx 59.0 16.4 177.1 36 BECK EX 0302 58.5 14.6 176.9 37 BECK EX 0301 60.0 19.8 175.3 38 BECK 5322RW 57.5 15.0 174.0 39 BECK 5305wx 57.0 16.8 166.4 40 BECK 5405wx 55.5 18.2 162.4 AVERAGE 58.3 16.5 189.7 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. **Average of two checks. ***Average of four checks.

LARRY DAVIS Reynolds, IN NORTHWEST IN White Co. Planted: April 28, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 23, 2003 Tillage: Field Cultivator Rows: 36 rows Herbicide: Harness Xtra Population: 29,000 seeds/a. Insecticide: Force 75 1 BECK 5166 Cruiser High Rate 58.1 14.0 173.9 2 BECK 5166 Prescribe 57.9 13.9 170.7 3 BECK 5166RW 58.2 14.4 167.5 4 BECK 5166 Force ST 58.6 14.1 166.6 AVERAGE 58.2 14.1 169.7 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. LARRY DAVIS Reynolds, IN NORTHWEST IN White Co. Planted: April 28, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 23, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 36 rows Herbicide: Harness Xtra Population: 29,000 seeds/a. Insecticide: Force 1 BECK 5366 58.9 14.8 189.6 2 BECK 5422 57.9 15.5 186.6 3 BECK 5538 61.4 14.6 184.8 4 BECK EX 0305 57.8 16.6 182.8 5 BECK 5166 58.6 13.8 180.9 6 BECK EX 0272 58.4 17.4 176.9 7 BECK 6197 58.4 18.9 176.4 8 BECK 5727 60.8 14.4 168.5 9 BECK 5322RW 57.0 14.1 165.2 10 BECK 5727 Cruiser Low Rate 61.0 13.5 164.6 11 BECK 5727 Gaucho 61.8 14.1 159.1 12 BECK 5727RW 60.9 13.4 156.0 AVERAGE 59.4 15.1 174.3 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. I planted Beck s 5727CB for the first time in 2003. We had tremendous corn yields all through Gibson City this year and the 5727CB was as good as any corn we planted. I would estimate the yield on that hybrid to be 185 bu. per acre. I intend to plant the corn again in 2004. Kevin Buhs Gibson City, IL

76 KIRK BENNETT Knox, IN NORTHWEST IN Starke Co. Planted: April 19, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 8, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 36 rows Herbicide: Atrazine / Prowl Population: 24,500 seeds/a. Insecticide: Lorsban 1 BECK 5727wx 57.0 24.1 132.5 2 BECK 5275wx 56.5 21.0 126.0 3 BECK 5305wx 55.0 24.2 115.2 4 BECK 5283Bt 1 52.0 13.8 114.4 5 BECK 5339CBCL 53.0 17.2 104.6 6 Hubner H-3535wx 54.0 23.8 104.0 7 BECK 5727 53.5 19.6 103.0 8 Hubner 3284 49.0 18.6 101.0 9 BECK 5125CB 52.5 16.8 100.4 10 BECK 5366 52.0 15.8 99.0 11 Hubner 3574 51.5 22.5 98.1 12 Hubner 4109Bt 51.0 20.4 90.3 13 BECK 5305 53.0 17.4 89.7 14 BECK 5012 54.0 14.7 88.0 15 BECK 5229wx 54.0 22.0 85.7 16 BECK 5229 53.5 14.2 82.7 17 BECK 5266 52.5 13.2 82.4 18 BECK 5166 53.0 11.4 81.9 19 BECK 5405 51.5 15.6 77.0 AVERAGE 53.1 18.2 98.7 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. WOLF BROTHERS Wanatah, IN NORTHWEST IN Laporte Co. Planted: May 13, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 28, 2003 Tillage: Conservation Rows: 30 rows Irrigated Plot Population: 28,000 seeds/a. Adjusted* 1 Pioneer 33T39 58.1 22.1 198.3 2 BECK 5727wx 57.2 22.0 196.4 3 Pioneer 34D69 58.0 21.2 191.8 4 Pioneer 34H98 56.4 21.2 189.7 5 Hubner H-3535wx 58.0 20.4 180.2 6 Pioneer 34F83 55.9 24.3 174.5 7 Pioneer 34G07 56.4 22.4 168.0 8 BECK 5229wx 55.5 21.2 167.8 9 BECK 5405wx 53.6 21.1 159.0 AVERAGE 56.6 21.8 180.6 Pioneer 36B06 checker average = 181.9 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 18.2%. *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids and Pioneer.

REX KLISE Kokomo, IN NORTH CENTRAL IN Miami Co. Planted: April 19, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 8, 2003 Tillage: Field Cultivator Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Degree Xtra / Population: 29,800 seeds/a. Hornet Insecticide: Aztec 77 Adjusted* 1 BECK 5166 56.0 18.7 215.2 2 BECK EX 0272 55.0 21.8 208.8 3 BECK EX 0368 57.5 21.5 208.3 4 Pioneer 34M94 56.5 20.0 208.0 5 BECK 6197 56.0 23.6 207.3 6 BECK EX 0362 56.0 20.4 206.5 7 BECK 5727 58.0 20.1 200.0 8 BECK EX 1272 56.5 17.5 197.5 9 BECK 5827 57.0 20.5 197.1 10 BECK 5483Bt 1 55.5 19.4 196.3 11 BECK 5322 56.5 18.0 195.2 12 BECK 5322CB 56.0 18.2 193.3 13 BECK 5538 58.5 21.0 193.2 14 BECK EX 0374 55.5 18.1 192.6 15 BECK 5125CB 54.5 17.8 188.4 16 BECK 5737CL 58.0 19.5 188.3 17 BECK EX 0383 58.0 18.8 187.7 18 BECK 5366 55.5 19.8 184.7 19 BECK EX 1260 56.0 18.4 180.9 20 BECK 5229 56.0 18.0 180.1 21 BECK 5422 55.0 19.9 179.6 22 BECK 5283Bt 1 56.0 16.1 176.2 23 BECK EX 0302 58.0 17.6 175.3 24 Pioneer 33G26 58.0 20.6 169.8 25 BECK EX 0301 56.0 20.4 166.5 26 BECK EX 0305 58.0 19.4 163.1 27 BECK EX 0304 58.0 19.9 162.9 AVERAGE 56.6 19.4 189.7 BECK 5166 checker average = 205.7 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 18.5%. *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. We have been very pleased with our experience with Beck s. In particular, we use all Bt 1/Liberty Link hybrids. Beck s provides us with the latest technology in the best yielding hybrids. Jerry Losure Marion, IN

TOM BAKER Claypool, IN NORTH CENTRAL IN Kosciusko Co. Planted: April 26, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 30, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Lumax Population: 28,500 seeds/a. Insecticide: Lorsban 79 1 BECK 5366 55.0 18.9 201.6 2 BECK 5012 56.5 18.8 191.2 3 BECK 5322** 56.0 17.7 186.8 4 Croplan Genetics 631 54.5 18.5 186.0 5 Croplan Genetics 675 56.0 18.8 184.4 6 Golden Harvest H-8906 55.0 18.4 183.7 7 Croplan Genetics 613 56.5 18.8 183.4 8 BECK 5339CBCL 55.5 18.9 182.6 9 BECK 5229CL 56.5 18.9 182.0 10 BECK 5125CB 56.0 18.9 180.4 11 BECK 5827 57.0 19.6 176.4 12 Golden Harvest H-8682 56.0 19.3 176.4 13 BECK 5454CL 55.0 19.9 175.1 14 BECK 5166 56.0 18.2 171.3 15 BECK 5727 57.0 19.0 164.4 AVERAGE 55.9 18.8 181.7 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. **Average of two checks. HANK RIFFLE Akron, IN NORTH CENTRAL IN Fulton Co. Planted: April 26, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 27, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Degree Xtra / Atrazine Population: 28,500 seeds/a. Insecticide: Lorsban 1 BECK 5166 55.2 17.2 186.8 2 BECK 5283Bt 1 55.8 17.6 186.2 3 BECK 5366 55.0 20.3 184.6 4 BECK 5422 54.2 22.5 183.4 5 BECK 5449 55.0 21.0 182.1 6 BECK 5125CB 54.4 19.4 181.8 7 McKillip 735 55.4 17.8 181.2 8 McKillip 760 54.4 20.0 180.1 9 BECK 5322 55.2 20.3 178.8 10 BECK 5727 57.2 19.6 177.4 11 McKillip 780 57.4 19.9 174.7 12 BECK 5012 56.0 17.6 174.5 13 BECK 5266 55.6 18.3 174.3 14 BECK 5229 55.2 20.0 172.1 AVERAGE 55.4 19.4 179.9 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids.

78 RICHARD SCHMIDT Bremen, IN NORTH CENTRAL IN Marshall Co. Planted: April 25, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 31, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Harness Xtra Population: 26,000 seeds/a. Adjusted* 1 BECK 5366 54.0 23.9 203.6 2 BECK 5166 56.5 21.1 193.6 3 BECK 5283Bt 1 56.5 23.2 183.6 4 BECK 5827 56.5 23.5 182.2 5 BECK 5339CBCL 55.5 23.2 181.0 6 BECK 5322 56.0 23.0 179.0 7 BECK 4812 58.0 19.2 176.6 8 BECK 5010 57.0 21.2 176.5 9 BECK 5125CB 55.0 23.4 174.6 10 Pioneer 35Y54 57.0 21.6 172.4 11 BECK 5012 58.0 21.7 168.6 12 BECK 5229 56.0 23.6 165.8 AVERAGE 56.3 22.4 179.8 BECK 5166 checker average = 179.8 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 21.2%. *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. VOREIS FARMS Argos, IN NORTH CENTRAL IN Marshall Co. Planted: April 23, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 16, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Insecticide: Capture Population: 28,000 seeds/a. 1 BECK 5125CB 55.5 22.0 202.7 2 Pioneer 34H31** 57.3 23.5 194.3 3 BECK 5166 55.5 22.7 191.2 4 BECK 5322 56.0 23.4 183.2 5 Pioneer 34N16 56.0 24.8 183.1 6 BECK 5012 57.0 21.9 178.6 7 BECK 5283Bt 1 56.0 22.6 171.4 8 Mycogen 2P682 52.0 23.8 169.6 9 BECK 5229 56.0 23.8 168.5 10 Mycogen 2K690 53.5 22.6 136.6 AVERAGE 55.5 23.1 177.9 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids and Pioneer. **Average of two checks. The 5360CL did an excellent job for an early corn planted in the south. Especially if you get it planted in mid-april and considering disease packages and harvest in late September. 18 acres 214.89/bu., 16.5 moisture Brent Wening Jasper, IN

80 LEE SHELLHAMER Wabash, IN NORTH CENTRAL IN Wabash Co. Planted: April 14, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 20, 2003 Tillage: Field Cultivator Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Degree Xtra Population: 29,900 seeds/a. Insecticide: Regent Adjusted* 1 BECK 5012 57.0 17.8 217.7 2 BECK 5166 56.0 18.2 212.3 3 BECK 5125CB 56.0 18.5 211.1 4 BECK 5627 58.0 20.0 210.6 5 BECK 5229 56.0 18.5 208.0 6 BECK 5283Bt 1 56.0 17.6 207.8 7 BECK 5366 55.5 19.6 207.6 8 Pioneer 34D71 58.0 19.7 206.1 9 BECK 5727 58.5 19.0 206.0 10 BECK EX 1272 57.0 18.1 200.2 11 Pioneer 34H31 57.5 20.6 196.6 12 BECK 5538 57.0 20.3 190.8 13 BECK 5322 55.5 19.4 189.2 14 BECK 5322CB 55.5 18.7 188.8 15 BECK EX 0301 56.0 19.6 183.8 16 BECK EX 0304 55.5 19.3 183.4 17 BECK 5339CBCL 56.0 19.1 182.0 18 BECK EX 0302 58.0 17.0 172.5 AVERAGE 56.6 18.9 198.6 BECK 5166 checker average = 200.3 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 18.1%. *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. SNIDER FARMS New Paris, IN NORTH CENTRAL IN Elkhart Co. Planted: April 25, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 23, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Bicep II Magnum / Population: 29,000 seeds/a. Balance Pro Insecticide: Empower Adjusted* 1 BECK 5125CB 55.0 20.0 222.5 2 BECK EX 1272 56.5 19.0 219.2 3 BECK EX 0304 55.5 20.5 216.2 4 BECK 5322CB 55.0 18.5 209.2 5 BECK 5166 57.0 17.0 205.6 6 BECK EX 0301 57.5 19.9 204.3 7 BECK EX 0302 60.0 17.2 199.0 8 BECK 5283Bt 1 56.0 16.8 198.9 9 BECK EX 1260 56.5 18.0 198.6 10 BECK 5322 55.0 20.5 189.3 AVERAGE 56.4 18.7 206.3 BECK 5166 checker average = 208.8 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 17.5%. *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids.

LEHMAN FEED MILL Berne, IN NORTHEAST IN Adams Co. Planted: April 23, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 22, 2003 Tillage: Field Cultivator Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Bicep II Lite Magnum Population: 30,800 seeds/a. Adjusted* 1 AgriGold 6395 54.0 15.4 171.4 2 BECK 5366** 56.8 15.8 168.5 3 Pioneer 34M94 58.0 16.0 167.6 4 BECK 5959 55.5 19.0 166.8 5 BECK 5339CBCL 56.5 17.6 165.9 6 BECK 5012 58.0 14.4 164.0 7 BECK 5125CB 54.5 15.2 163.3 8 BECK EX 0368 57.5 17.4 160.1 9 BECK 5538 59.5 15.4 159.9 10 BECK EX 1260 55.5 15.7 159.7 11 BECK 5422CBCL 55.0 16.7 159.4 12 BECK 5229 57.0 16.1 158.0 13 BECK 5166RW 56.0 14.7 157.9 14 Stewart HC590 56.0 19.4 157.6 15 BECK 5727 Gaucho 59.5 16.2 157.2 16 BECK 6197 55.5 20.2 156.4 17 BECK EX 0356 54.5 15.8 154.9 18 BECK 5727 60.0 15.6 154.6 19 Stewart HC490 58.0 15.9 154.0 20 BECK 5283Bt 1 58.0 14.2 151.8 21 BECK 5322RW 56.5 14.3 151.8 22 Golden Harvest H-8877 56.5 16.1 151.6 23 Stewart S498 55.5 14.5 149.3 24 BECK 5322 56.0 15.2 146.7 25 Stewart HC560 57.0 16.8 146.5 26 BECK 6727 54.0 16.0 144.5 27 Stewart S445 55.0 15.8 133.6 28 BECK EX 0354 56.5 15.5 133.3 29 Stewart HC380 54.0 14.8 127.4 AVERAGE 56.4 16.0 155.0 BECK 5166 checker average = 150.0 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 14.7%. **Average of two checks (175.7 and 161.3 Bu./A.). REX MARBACH Decatur, IN NORTHEAST IN Adams Co. Planted: April 27, 2003 Previous Crop: Wheat Harvested: October 30, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Degree Xtra / Atrazine Population: 29,500 seeds/a. 1 Golden Harvest H-8799 55.0 17.7 172.8 2 BECK 5322 55.0 16.6 165.0 3 BECK 5283Bt 1 55.5 16.9 158.4 4 Dekalb C60-08YGCB 56.0 17.4 154.5 5 Asgrow RX740 56.0 17.7 148.2 6 Asgrow RX708 55.0 17.5 134.0 7 BECK 5727 56.5 18.1 132.6 8 Dekalb C57-01 55.0 17.8 125.5 9 Dekalb C62-15 54.0 20.4 115.2 10 BECK 5727CL 55.0 18.3 107.5 11 Golden Harvest H-9247Bt 55.0 21.0 91.0 AVERAGE 55.3 18.1 136.8 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. 81

82 JIM & LESTER SHEETS Columbia City, IN NORTHEAST IN Whitley Co. Planted: April 30, 2003 Previous Crop: Wheat Harvested: October 30, 2003 Tillage: Field Cultivator Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Harness Xtra Population: 30,000 seeds/a. 1 BECK 5010 54.5 18.2 198.2 2 BECK EX 1272 54.5 20.3 191.8 3 BECK EX 0304 54.5 20.6 184.1 4 BECK 5538 55.0 20.4 179.0 5 BECK 5322CB 54.5 20.5 176.6 6 BECK 6197 54.5 22.3 175.4 7 BECK 5322 54.5 20.9 174.3 8 BECK 5727 56.0 21.5 173.1 9 BECK 5422 55.0 23.0 168.5 10 BECK 5012 55.0 19.1 167.8 11 BECK EX 0374 54.0 20.2 161.0 12 BECK 5283Bt 1 55.5 17.6 160.9 13 BECK 5166 54.0 19.8 152.6 14 BECK 5125CB 53.5 21.2 151.8 15 BECK EX 0301 55.0 21.4 148.7 16 BECK EX 1260 53.0 20.2 146.9 17 BECK 5483Bt 1 54.0 20.8 135.3 18 BECK 5422Bt 1 53.5 20.7 129.3 19 BECK EX 0302 55.5 19.9 120.8 20 BECK 5366 53.5 22.1 110.7 21 BECK EX 1361 54.0 20.3 106.3 AVERAGE 54.5 20.5 157.8 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. TRAVIS ZOOK Wolcottville, IN NORTHEAST IN Lagrange Co. Planted: May 22, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 31, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Bicep II Magnum Population: 30,000 seeds/a. 1 BECK 5322 53.0 27.6 183.0 2 BECK 5012 54.0 24.1 181.0 3 BECK 4812 54.0 21.8 179.6 4 BECK EX 0301 54.0 27.8 178.5 5 BECK 5010 53.5 22.6 174.3 6 BECK 5125CB 52.5 28.2 172.4 7 BECK 5366 53.0 28.4 171.7 8 BECK 5166 52.5 25.0 169.1 9 BECK 5288RR 53.0 24.0 165.9 10 BECK 5283Bt 1 53.0 25.1 162.2 11 BECK 5339CBCL 54.0 27.9 142.6 AVERAGE 53.3 25.7 170.9 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids.

ROBERT LEE Marion, IN NORTHEAST IN Wells Co. Planted: June 2, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 30, 2003 Tillage: Field Cultivator Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Define / Balance Pro / Population: 27,900 seeds/a. Atrazine Insecticide: Aztec 1 BECK 5283Bt 1 50.0 23.3 163.0 2 Trisler 5244RR 49.0 23.4 158.1 3 BECK 5125CB 50.0 23.0 156.3 4 Federal 6530CB 48.0 25.2 154.6 5 Federal 7220CB 52.0 23.6 154.2 6 BECK 5166 50.0 22.4 154.0 7 Trisler 5244RW 50.0 21.6 152.9 8 Trisler 2949RR 51.0 20.0 151.0 9 BECK 5405Bt 1 49.5 24.8 151.0 10 BECK 5322 49.5 23.8 150.3 11 Trisler 2610LL 53.5 16.3 148.2 12 BECK 5422Bt 1 48.5 27.4 144.9 13 Trisler 5255 47.5 25.0 144.3 14 Trisler 5248RRRW 49.0 26.2 143.0 15 BECK 5483Bt 1 49.0 27.8 142.6 16 BECK 5827 52.0 22.0 142.5 17 BECK 5727 52.0 22.8 141.5 18 Trisler 2470LL 51.0 19.4 139.0 19 BECK 5538 52.0 24.2 138.1 AVERAGE 50.2 23.3 148.9 83 D. & K. HOFFMAN NORTHEAST IN Columbia City, IN Whitley Co. Planted: April 29, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 11, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Lumax / Aatrex Population: 32,000 seeds/a. Insecticide: Regent Irrigated Plot 1 BECK 6197 55.5 29.5 218.3 2 BECK 5422Bt 1 54.0 27.8 216.3 3 BECK 5538 56.5 25.4 213.0 4 BECK 5322 54.0 22.8 205.6 5 BECK 5339CBCL 54.0 28.0 202.6 6 BECK EX 0374 54.5 22.3 201.1 7 BECK EX 0301 56.0 24.8 201.0 8 BECK EX 1361 54.5 24.6 200.2 9 BECK EX 1272 55.0 25.0 196.7 10 BECK 5727 56.5 27.0 190.2 11 BECK 5366 54.0 26.4 186.3 12 BECK 5322CB 54.5 23.5 185.3 13 BECK 5166 54.5 22.8 183.8 14 BECK 5483Bt 1 54.0 24.3 183.3 15 BECK 5422 54.0 25.0 182.3 16 BECK 5125CB 55.0 23.6 177.4 17 BECK EX 1260 55.0 22.8 175.4 18 BECK 5283Bt 1 55.0 20.5 172.0 AVERAGE 54.8 24.8 193.9 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids.

84 PAUL ADAMS Clinton, IN WEST CENTRAL IN Vermillion Co. Planted: April 23, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 21, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Balance Pro Population: 28,000 seeds/a. Insecticide: Aztec Adjusted* 1 BECK 5322 56.0 13.0 192.9 2 BECK 5422RW 56.0 13.6 190.5 3 BECK EX 0303 58.0 14.9 189.5 4 BECK 5727CB 60.0 13.7 183.9 5 BECK 5727 Gaucho 60.0 13.5 180.3 6 BECK 5366 56.0 12.0 178.5 7 BECK EX 0296 56.0 15.2 178.1 8 BECK 5266 58.0 12.6 177.8 9 BECK 5322RW 57.0 12.4 175.7 10 BECK 5422CBCL 57.0 14.1 173.2 11 BECK 5483Bt 1 58.0 13.2 171.2 12 BECK 5727 60.0 13.9 170.7 13 BECK 5166RW 57.0 12.6 170.6 14 BECK 5827 60.0 12.7 169.6 15 BECK 5454CL 55.0 13.0 168.3 16 BECK 6827 61.0 13.8 166.3 17 BECK 5727 Cruiser Low Rate 59.0 13.0 165.6 18 BECK 6918W 60.0 21.8 165.5 19 BECK 5229RW 58.0 12.6 165.4 20 BECK 5627 60.0 13.5 163.2 21 BECK EX 0307 57.0 13.2 162.6 22 BECK 5959 55.0 15.4 162.1 23 BECK 5727RW 60.0 12.4 161.1 24 BECK 7997CB 58.0 15.3 153.8 AVERAGE 58.0 13.8 172.4 BECK 5622 checker average = 171.1 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 13.2%. BEN DEFREESE Westpoint, IN WEST CENTRAL IN Tippecanoe Co. Planted: April 28, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: November 3, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Bicep II Magnum / Marksman Population: 28,500 seeds/a. Insecticide: Force 1 BECK 5959** 58.0 19.6 200.2 2 BECK 6197 58.2 19.4 198.9 3 BECK 5727 62.2 15.6 198.3 4 BECK 5366** 58.3 14.8 195.8 5 BECK EX 0272 60.0 16.7 195.4 6 BECK 5449 59.0 16.0 194.6 7 BECK 5012 60.2 14.6 194.4 8 BECK 5125CB 57.2 14.8 193.7 9 BECK EX 0305 56.8 18.4 190.9 10 BECK 5538 61.4 15.5 190.7 11 BECK 5422 58.2 15.8 188.6 12 BECK EX 3256 60.4 18.5 187.2 13 BECK 5322 58.0 15.6 184.1 14 BECK 5166 58.4 14.5 183.8 15 BECK 5727wx 63.2 16.2 181.4 16 Pioneer 33T39 62.4 16.6 180.0 17 BECK 5275wx 61.2 15.5 179.3 18 BECK 5305wx 60.2 16.0 178.0 19 Pioneer 33J58 63.4 17.4 173.8 20 BECK 5322wx 61.0 16.2 169.7 21 BECK 5166wx 60.2 15.7 168.7 AVERAGE 59.9 16.4 187.0 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. **Average of two checks.

GABLE BROTHERS Colfax, IN WEST CENTRAL IN Montgomery Co. Planted: April 23, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 24, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Simazine 4L / Aim / Lumax Population: 27,500 seeds/a. Insecticide: Aztec 1 BECK 5166** 58.8 16.4 200.3 2 BECK EX 0296 56.0 21.2 197.6 3 BECK 5422RW 58.0 16.2 197.1 4 BECK EX 0303 57.0 21.0 194.6 5 BECK 5166RW 57.0 14.2 193.4 6 BECK 5229 57.5 17.0 191.2 7 BECK 6464CL 58.0 19.0 191.1 8 BECK 5322 58.0 15.0 189.2 9 BECK EX 0307 58.0 20.0 186.2 10 BECK 5454CL 57.5 18.2 185.6 11 BECK 5229CL 58.0 17.5 185.3 12 BECK 5322RW 57.0 15.0 183.8 13 BECK 6599CBRR 55.0 19.1 182.8 14 BECK 5422** 56.5 19.1 182.7 15 BECK 5737CL 58.0 16.2 182.3 16 BECK 5727** 58.0 18.0 181.7 17 BECK 5339CBCL 58.5 16.7 180.8 18 BECK 5727RW 60.0 17.2 180.1 19 BECK 5229RW 59.0 17.0 178.5 20 BECK EX 0272 56.0 19.9 177.5 21 BECK EX 0305 59.0 19.0 176.1 22 BECK 5366 58.0 16.3 175.4 23 BECK 7997CL 58.0 18.5 173.1 24 BECK 7997 58.0 22.0 172.7 25 BECK 5538 57.0 18.0 170.4 26 BECK EX 0306 59.5 22.2 163.7 27 BECK 7997CB 58.5 22.0 149.6 28 BECK 6197 57.5 19.9 140.9 AVERAGE 57.8 18.3 180.8 85 WIMMER FARMS Rockville, IN WEST CENTRAL IN Parke Co. Planted: April 30, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 20, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 36 rows Herbicide: Balance Pro / Aatrex / Buctril Population: 27,000 seeds/a. Insecticide: Force 1 BECK EX 0306 56.0 14.5 174.4 2 BECK 5727 59.0 12.8 168.7 3 BECK 5538 57.5 13.2 164.1 4 BECK 6599CBRR 54.0 12.2 163.6 5 BECK EX 0206 56.0 13.8 163.3 6 BECK 5727RW 59.5 12.5 158.0 7 BECK EX 0303 52.5 13.2 157.2 8 BECK 5366 54.5 12.5 156.4 9 BECK EX 0307 56.5 13.5 151.0 10 BECK 7997CB 56.0 14.3 136.1 11 BECK 6197 56.0 14.8 123.6 AVERAGE 56.1 13.4 156.0 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. **Average of two checks.

86 KEN COLLINS West Lafayette, IN WEST CENTRAL IN Tippecanoe Co. Planted: April 30, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 23, 2003 Tillage: Field Cultivator Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Bicep II Magnum / Aatrex Population: 29,900 seeds/a. Insecticide: Force 1 BECK 5366 58.1 15.9 205.0 2 BECK 5727CB 61.3 17.0 203.5 3 BECK 5827 60.2 17.1 203.4 4 BECK 5012 61.0 14.5 202.7 5 BECK 6197 57.0 19.4 202.2 6 BECK 5322 58.2 14.8 200.5 7 BECK 6464CL 57.0 17.6 199.5 8 BECK 5959 57.0 20.0 198.5 9 BECK 5727 62.2 15.0 197.3 10 BECK 5266 60.0 14.2 195.1 11 BECK 5166 59.4 14.6 193.5 12 BECK 5449 57.8 17.6 192.9 13 BECK 5422CBCL 57.9 17.2 191.8 14 BECK 5422 56.7 19.1 191.6 15 BECK 5538 60.4 16.2 190.1 16 BECK 5275wx 60.1 14.2 186.2 17 BECK 5166wx 60.0 15.4 186.2 18 BECK 5727wx 61.2 18.4 185.1 19 BECK 5454CL 58.2 17.5 183.4 20 BECK 5322wx 60.9 15.4 183.2 21 BECK EX 3256 59.1 19.8 183.1 22 Pioneer 33J58 63.5 18.6 182.5 23 Pioneer 33T39 62.2 19.3 179.8 24 BECK 5305wx 59.0 16.8 178.0 25 BECK 5339CBCL 60.2 16.2 170.4 AVERAGE 59.5 16.9 191.4 BILL STONECIPHER Covington, IN WEST CENTRAL IN Fountain Co. Planted: April 25, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 22, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Dual / Atrazine / Northstar Population: 28,000 seeds/a. Insecticide: Force Adjusted* 1 BECK 5283Bt 1 56.0 13.8 196.8 2 BECK 5166RW 56.0 13.8 193.8 3 BECK 5339CBCL 57.0 16.1 193.5 4 BECK 5422Bt 1 56.0 17.2 186.3 5 BECK 5322 56.0 15.5 183.7 6 BECK 5366 56.0 15.2 182.9 7 BECK 5322RW 56.0 14.6 182.0 8 BECK 5538 59.0 17.6 180.6 9 BECK 5422 56.0 16.6 175.6 10 BECK 5727RW 60.0 15.4 174.9 11 BECK 5959 56.0 18.7 172.4 12 BECK 5483Bt 1 56.0 18.6 170.5 13 BECK 5727 59.0 14.9 155.9 AVERAGE 56.8 16.0 180.7 BECK 5422 checker average = 167.2 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 17.4%. *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids.

TEROME & MERRIL GOUGH CENTRAL IN Fairmount, IN Grant Co. Planted: April 28, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 22, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Basis Gold Population: 30,600 seeds/a. Insecticide: Liquid Furadan Adjusted* 1 BECK 5366 55.0 15.8 179.6 2 BECK 5538 57.0 17.2 174.4 3 AgriGold 6391 54.0 16.9 173.1 4 Garst 8484Bt IT 52.0 21.6 170.8 5 Garst 8450 IT 51.0 21.7 170.8 6 AgriGold 6395 54.0 14.4 170.6 7 BECK 5166 56.0 14.8 170.5 8 BECK 5339CBCL 57.0 16.8 170.0 9 BECK 5727 58.0 15.2 167.0 10 Specialty 4690 53.0 15.4 166.4 11 Adler 4500 53.5 19.6 165.9 12 Adler 2700 54.0 15.6 165.0 13 Adler 3400CF 52.0 17.2 164.5 14 AgriGold 6617 55.0 18.8 162.8 15 BECK 5125CB 53.5 16.5 162.0 16 Garst 8464 IT 52.0 23.0 161.2 17 Garst 8523 IT 56.0 17.8 160.6 18 Adler 2600 54.0 14.9 159.6 19 Specialty 2679 58.0 19.0 158.2 20 Specialty 4633 57.0 15.8 157.6 21 Adler 3150 57.0 15.2 156.0 22 AgriGold 6490Bt 57.0 15.2 154.8 23 BECK 5827 57.0 15.3 154.2 24 Specialty 4615 54.0 14.4 142.2 25 Specialty 2673 52.5 15.3 141.1 26 Specialty 4621 52.0 15.4 107.7 AVERAGE 54.7 16.9 161.0 BECK 5727CB checker average = 156.4 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 16.9%. 87 KAY & DAVE MARTIN Delphi, IN CENTRAL IN Carroll Co. Planted: April 23, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 22, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Degree Xtra / Population: 29,300 seeds/a. Balance Pro Insecticide: Aztec Adjusted* 1 BECK 5012 60.8 15.8 186.4 2 BECK 5166 59.0 16.2 183.0 3 BECK 5322 57.6 16.9 176.0 4 BECK 5275wx 59.4 15.0 174.0 5 BECK 5229 59.5 16.4 172.2 6 BECK 5727wx 60.8 17.1 170.4 7 BECK 5727 60.2 15.5 165.4 AVERAGE 59.6 16.1 175.3 BECK 5166 checker average = 182.9 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 16.0%. *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids.

BILL RAWLINGS Danville, IN CENTRAL IN Hendricks Co. Planted: April 23, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 31, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Simazine / Balance Pro Population: 27,200 seeds/a. Insecticide: Lorsban 91 Adjusted* 1 BECK 5422Bt 1 57.0 18.1 199.4 2 BECK 5483Bt 1 57.0 16.8 197.2 3 BECK 5727CB 59.0 16.5 196.2 4 BECK 5727 58.0 16.3 193.4 5 BECK 5366 58.0 15.3 191.0 6 Dairyland Stealth 1609 57.0 16.2 189.7 7 BECK 6262CB 59.0 16.1 188.6 8 BECK 6727 60.0 15.5 188.4 9 BECK 5283Bt 1 59.0 15.7 187.4 10 BECK 5959 57.0 15.4 187.1 11 Dairyland Stealth 1515 58.0 15.5 186.7 12 BECK 5827 60.0 15.8 186.4 13 BECK 5166 58.0 15.3 185.9 14 Dairyland 5112Bt 57.0 16.2 184.6 15 Dairyland Stealth 1411Bt 59.0 16.2 183.6 16 BECK 6827 60.0 16.0 183.5 17 BECK 5339CBCL 56.0 19.6 183.1 18 Dairyland 1507Bt 59.0 16.0 182.4 19 BECK 5737CL 60.0 16.2 181.0 20 BECK 5422CBCL 59.0 16.5 180.4 21 Dairyland Stealth 1514 59.0 16.3 179.6 22 BECK 5012 58.0 15.9 176.9 23 BECK 5627 61.0 16.1 176.9 24 BECK 5266 58.5 15.8 171.3 AVERAGE 58.5 16.2 185.9 BECK 5727CB checker average = 195.5 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 15.3%. GARRY & MARK STARKEY Indianapolis, IN CENTRAL IN Hendricks Co. Planted: April 29, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 21, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Field Master Population: 29,000 seeds/a. Adjusted* 1 BECK 5422 57.0 17.2 217.5 2 BECK 5322 56.0 17.2 206.3 3 BECK 5727 58.0 18.1 203.8 4 BECK 5166 57.0 16.8 203.5 5 BECK 5322wx 58.0 20.3 200.8 6 BECK 5449 56.0 20.0 199.9 7 BECK 5166wx 58.0 16.7 198.1 8 BECK 5229 57.0 18.4 197.0 9 BECK EX 3256 56.0 21.6 196.8 10 BECK 5727wx 59.0 20.2 193.2 11 BECK 5305wx 57.0 20.1 191.6 12 BECK 5275wx 58.0 15.8 191.2 13 BECK 5229wx 58.0 18.0 187.4 14 BECK 5405wx 56.0 21.0 185.8 AVERAGE 57.2 18.7 198.1 BECK 5422 checker average = 208.7 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 17.2%. *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids.

90 GARY SPRAY Kirklin, IN CENTRAL IN Clinton Co. Planted: May 24, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: November 1, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 36 rows Herbicide: Lumax Population: 29,500 seeds/a. Insecticide: Lorsban Adjusted* 1 Pioneer 34M94 56.6 15.4 162.7 2 BECK 5125CB 54.2 18.0 155.7 3 BECK 5366 54.8 17.2 151.5 4 BECK 5422 54.6 19.1 150.6 5 BECK 5538 58.9 17.5 149.9 6 BECK 5166 56.0 15.8 147.2 7 BECK 5727RW 59.4 16.8 144.6 8 Pioneer 33D31 57.6 20.6 143.3 9 BECK 5166RW 56.8 17.5 141.3 10 BECK 5727 58.4 17.2 139.7 11 BECK 5322 55.1 16.6 136.3 AVERAGE 56.6 17.4 147.5 BECK 5166 checker average = 159.7 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 16.5%. *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. DARYL STEPHENSON Coatesville, IN CENTRAL IN Hendricks Co. Planted: April 29, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 18, 2003 Tillage: Field Cultivator Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Balance Pro / Atrazine Population: 28,000 seeds/a. Insecticide: Regent 1 BECK 5422CBCL 56.0 19.9 197.8 2 BECK 5422 55.0 20.9 181.1 3 BECK 5449 57.0 17.3 180.7 4 BECK EX 0368 59.0 17.6 176.4 5 BECK 5727CB 59.0 17.0 175.2 6 BECK EX 0305 54.0 23.9 174.3 7 BECK 5322wx 56.5 20.8 169.5 8 BECK 5727 Gaucho 59.0 17.2 167.3 9 BECK 5727 Cruiser Low Rate 59.0 17.2 167.3 10 Pioneer 33P67 58.0 21.5 165.7 11 BECK EX 0272 57.0 19.3 164.3 12 BECK 6599CBRR 56.5 21.5 162.2 13 BECK 5366 57.0 17.3 158.4 14 BECK 5229 59.0 17.4 155.8 15 Pioneer 34H31 59.0 18.4 153.9 16 BECK EX 0296 57.0 19.1 153.8 17 BECK 5339CBCL 57.0 17.4 153.3 18 BECK 5538 58.0 17.3 152.3 19 BECK EX 0303 59.0 18.4 151.5 20 BECK 5727 59.0 18.6 148.6 21 BECK 7997CB 58.0 21.9 148.5 22 BECK EX 0306 56.5 21.1 141.7 23 BECK 6197 55.0 18.8 136.1 AVERAGE 57.4 19.1 162.4 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by Daryl Stephenson.

HITE FARMS Kokomo, IN CENTRAL IN Howard Co. Planted: April 23, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 17, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Balance Pro / Atrazine / Population: 28,800 seeds/a. Degree Xtra Insecticide: Force Adjusted* 1 BECK 6197 56.5 18.0 206.3 2 BECK 5422 57.0 17.5 205.5 3 BECK EX 0368 57.5 17.1 204.0 4 Select Seed 4740 58.5 18.7 198.9 5 BECK EX 0304 59.5 17.8 198.1 6 BECK 5229 58.0 17.8 196.9 7 BECK 5166 57.5 16.6 196.9 8 BECK 5827 57.5 16.9 196.5 9 Select Seed 4959 56.0 17.5 196.4 10 BECK EX 0272 56.5 18.9 193.8 11 BECK 5322 56.5 15.6 193.1 12 BECK 5727 60.5 16.9 192.6 13 Stewart S498 56.5 16.9 192.5 14 BECK EX 0302 58.0 16.3 190.9 15 BECK EX 1260 57.5 17.3 187.8 16 BECK 5366 57.0 17.1 187.2 17 BECK 5538 59.0 18.3 183.0 18 BECK EX 0305 56.0 19.3 182.5 19 Stewart HC560 57.5 16.9 177.7 20 Select Seed 5135 57.0 17.7 176.0 21 Stewart S600 57.5 17.1 173.6 22 BECK EX 0383 57.0 15.7 165.2 AVERAGE 57.5 17.4 190.7 BECK 5322 checker average = 198.4 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 16.7%. *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by Hite Farms. 89 GEORGE & TOM CROSBY Greensburg, IN CENTRAL IN Shelby Co. Planted: May 25, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 19, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 36 rows Insecticide: Lorsban Population: 27,500 seeds/a. 1 BECK EX 0296 53.0 30.0 189.9 2 BECK EX 0303 53.0 29.1 185.5 3 BECK EX 0306 55.5 26.4 177.5 4 Pioneer 34H31 57.0 24.2 175.9 5 BECK 7997CB 54.0 33.4 171.0 6 BECK 6599CBRR 50.0 33.8 168.9 7 BECK 6197 54.5 29.4 165.3 8 BECK 5266 55.0 22.0 158.0 9 BECK 5827 56.5 24.4 157.5 10 BECK 6262 54.0 25.0 156.6 11 BECK 5366 55.0 20.5 152.5 12 BECK 5727 56.0 26.7 148.0 13 BECK 5422 55.0 24.0 142.2 AVERAGE 54.5 26.8 165.3 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids.

88 L. & W. CATES CENTRAL IN Marion, IN Grant Co. Planted: April 15, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 6, 2003 Tillage: Field Cultivator Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Harness Xtra Population: 32,000 seeds/a. Insecticide: Force Adjusted* 1 BECK 6727 56.0 21.8 204.9 2 BECK 5627 57.5 21.9 200.1 3 BECK 5125CB 54.5 19.6 198.9 4 BECK 5483Bt 1 54.5 19.3 198.3 5 BECK 5827 57.0 21.2 197.7 6 BECK 5727CB 58.0 20.7 196.4 7 BECK 5727 57.0 21.3 194.7 8 BECK 5283Bt 1 55.0 18.4 192.8 9 BECK 6197 53.0 24.9 192.2 10 BECK 5538 57.5 20.2 190.5 11 BECK 5422Bt 1 54.0 20.6 189.6 12 BECK 5737CL 57.0 21.4 189.3 13 BECK EX 0272 53.5 22.7 188.3 14 Pioneer 34B28 57.0 19.6 187.0 15 BECK 5366 54.5 19.9 186.4 16 Dekalb C61-42 54.0 19.3 183.2 17 BECK 6827 58.0 22.2 182.7 18 BECK 5166 55.0 18.3 180.1 19 BECK 5229 54.0 20.1 177.1 20 BECK 5322 54.0 18.5 176.9 AVERAGE 55.6 20.6 190.4 BECK 5737CL checker average = 194.7 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 20.6%. T. RUNYAN & SONS CENTRAL IN Elwood, IN Madison Co. Planted: April 17, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: September 15, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Lumax Population: 30,000 seeds/a. Insecticide: Lorsban Adjusted* 1 BECK 5422Bt 1 54.0 32.0 215.1 2 BECK 5727CB 56.0 27.9 211.0 3 BECK 5283Bt 1 53.5 26.3 209.7 4 BECK 5483Bt 1 54.0 29.7 208.7 5 BECK 5366 54.0 31.7 208.2 6 BECK 5166 54.5 27.9 207.6 7 BECK 5422 52.0 31.7 206.0 8 BECK EX 0272 53.5 33.5 201.1 9 BECK EX 0305 51.0 32.0 200.4 10 BECK 6197 54.0 34.1 200.3 11 BECK 5339CBCL 54.0 32.5 197.4 12 BECK 5727 56.0 30.9 196.7 13 BECK 5538 56.0 31.8 194.9 14 BECK 5125CB 51.0 30.5 190.3 AVERAGE 53.8 30.9 203.4 BECK 5166 checker average = 201.9 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 28.7%. *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids.

92 JEFF KING Sheridan, IN CENTRAL IN Hamilton Co. Planted: April 24, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 22, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 36 rows Herbicide: Aatrex / Weedone / Population: 27,000 seeds/a. Bicep II Magnum Insecticide: Nufos Adjusted* 1 BECK 5366 56.5 18.4 170.2 2 BECK 5166 57.0 16.0 161.1 3 Garst 8450 55.0 21.0 159.1 4 Pioneer 34H31 61.0 20.3 158.2 5 Garst 8350 57.0 21.2 154.5 6 BECK 5125CB 56.0 18.2 151.5 7 Garst 8454 56.5 22.6 151.1 8 Pioneer 34M94 57.0 16.8 150.7 9 AgriGold 6395G 56.0 15.6 149.5 10 Pioneer 34N43 59.0 17.2 148.6 11 AgriGold 6448Bt 57.0 19.4 145.3 12 BECK 5422 55.0 18.8 145.1 13 AgriGold 6490G 59.5 17.4 142.9 14 AgriGold 6617 58.5 20.1 142.5 15 Pioneer 33D31 58.0 20.3 142.2 16 Garst 8484Bt 57.0 22.4 141.5 17 Stine 9618 56.0 17.0 139.4 18 AgriGold 6467G 59.0 17.9 137.7 19 Garst 8545 56.5 18.2 136.0 20 Stine 9803 59.5 19.4 135.2 21 Stine 9715Bt 57.0 19.4 133.6 22 BECK 5737CL 59.0 18.6 129.3 23 Pioneer 32D12 60.0 20.1 119.1 AVERAGE 57.5 19.0 145.4 BECK 5125CB checker average = 148.5 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 18.6%. *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids, Pioneer, Garst and Stine. CROW FARMS Lebanon, IN CENTRAL IN Boone Co. Planted: April 16, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 23, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Bicep II Magnum / Population: 30,200 seeds/a. Hornet WDG Insecticide: Aztec 1 BECK 6197 58.0 17.1 224.6 2 BECK 5538 60.0 13.8 224.5 3 BECK EX 0305 57.5 13.2 222.1 4 BECK 5959 56.0 17.1 219.8 5 BECK EX 0272 57.0 13.8 219.3 6 BECK 5727 59.0 13.2 216.4 7 BECK 5422 56.0 12.8 215.9 8 BECK 5405wx 50.0 12.5 213.7 9 BECK 5827 59.5 14.2 211.1 10 BECK EX 3256 57.0 15.7 209.5 11 BECK 5322wx 58.0 12.5 209.4 12 BECK 5727wx 57.5 13.1 201.9 13 BECK 5229wx 59.0 12.5 199.5 14 BECK 5275wx 57.0 12.2 196.9 15 BECK 5366 56.0 13.5 193.5 AVERAGE 57.2 13.8 211.9 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids.

JIM & BRUCE MEYER Rushville, IN EAST CENTRAL IN Rush Co. Planted: April 30, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 23, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Harness Xtra / Prowl Population: 27,000 seeds/a. Adjusted* 1 BECK 7997CB 53.0 22.6 208.1 2 BECK 6827 55.0 20.7 199.7 3 BECK EX 0303 53.0 20.5 193.4 4 BECK EX 0296 52.0 21.3 192.1 5 BECK 6599CBRR 51.0 20.9 186.9 6 BECK 6727 52.0 21.5 186.4 7 BECK 5483Bt 1 52.5 19.0 182.3 8 AgriGold 6395 56.0 16.6 178.2 9 Pioneer 34M94 56.5 17.6 174.1 10 BECK 5422 52.5 19.2 173.5 11 BECK EX 0306 53.0 19.8 167.7 12 BECK 5827 56.0 19.0 163.5 13 BECK 5366 54.5 17.0 159.4 14 BECK 5322 55.0 17.0 151.1 15 Golden Harvest H-8877 (Animal Damage) 53.5 17.2 64.1 AVERAGE 53.7 19.3 172.0 BECK 5727 checker average = 163.6 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 17.9% TIM LAWYER Modoc, IN EAST CENTRAL IN Wayne Co. Planted: May 1, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 6, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Bicep II Magnum Population: 28,400 seeds/a. Adjusted* 1 BECK 5483Bt 1 50.0 29.6 174.6 2 BECK 5422 49.0 32.3 172.4 3 BECK 6599CBRR 48.0 35.0 172.2 4 Vigoro 4910 50.0 26.8 167.5 5 Golden Harvest H-8877 50.0 28.2 163.1 6 BECK 5322 49.0 25.9 162.1 7 BECK 5266 51.0 25.3 159.7 8 BECK 5366 50.5 29.7 158.3 9 AgriGold 6395 50.5 27.2 157.1 10 Pioneer 34M94 51.0 27.7 156.2 11 BECK EX 0272 49.0 33.5 155.0 12 BECK 5339CBCL 51.5 28.0 153.4 13 BECK 5166 51.5 28.3 153.4 14 BECK 5012 52.0 25.0 149.6 15 BECK 6197 49.5 34.5 149.2 16 BECK 5283Bt 1 51.0 28.5 148.2 17 BECK 5538 52.0 29.6 148.0 18 BECK 5727 51.5 33.5 146.8 19 BECK 5125CB 48.0 29.9 145.7 20 BECK EX 0305 48.5 31.7 140.7 21 BECK 5229 50.0 28.6 132.6 AVERAGE 50.2 29.5 155.5 BECK 5322 checker average = 158.9 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 26.6% *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. 93

94 PAUL RUSSELL Eaton, IN EAST CENTRAL IN Delaware Co. Planted: April 15, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 2, 2003 Tillage: Field Cultivator Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Callisto / Aatrex Population: 30,000 seeds/a. Insecticide: Force 1 Pioneer 34M94 55.0 20.4 193.7 2 BECK 5125CB 53.0 22.0 188.0 3 BECK 6599CBRR 49.5 25.0 186.0 4 Dekalb C60-19RRYG 52.0 22.2 183.8 5 BECK 5422Bt 1 50.0 23.6 181.1 6 BECK 5538 53.0 22.4 177.7 7 BECK 5483Bt 1*** 52.3 24.0 177.5 8 Pioneer 34H31 57.0 23.5 177.0 9 BECK 5283Bt 1 53.0 21.5 176.3 10 BECK 5322 53.0 22.0 176.3 11 BECK 5012 54.0 20.8 174.1 12 BECK 5422 49.5 24.8 172.2 13 BECK 5229 53.0 21.7 170.5 14 Stewart HC490 53.0 22.7 166.8 15 BECK 5166 20.6 20.6 166.6 16 BECK 5727 Gaucho 54.0 22.0 165.3 17 Dekalb C60-09 53.5 20.6 165.0 18 BECK 5366 51.0 22.4 164.1 19 BECK 5727 Cruiser Low Rate 53.0 21.4 162.7 20 BECK 5727** 53.5 21.5 159.0 21 Golden Harvest H-8877 53.0 22.0 157.0 22 BECK 5727RW 54.0 22.0 152.2 AVERAGE 51.4 22.2 172.4 LUTHER UPCHURCH New Castle, IN EAST CENTRAL IN Henry Co. Planted: April 29, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 18, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Harness Xtra Population: 28,500 seeds/a. Adjusted* 1 BECK EX 1260 55.0 18.2 189.8 2 BECK EX 0304 57.0 16.5 182.0 3 BECK 5727 58.5 17.5 180.7 4 BECK 5322 57.0 16.0 178.9 5 BECK 5366 55.5 19.0 177.1 6 BECK 5125CB 56.5 16.5 176.0 7 BECK 5266 56.5 19.0 165.9 8 BECK 5339CBCL 58.0 17.8 164.7 9 BECK EX 0302 60.0 16.5 162.4 10 BECK EX 0301 58.5 18.1 161.0 11 BECK 5166 58.0 16.5 160.9 AVERAGE 57.3 17.4 172.7 BECK 5727 checker average = 168.8 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 17.2% *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. **Average of two checks. ***Average of three checks.

BRENT WENING Jasper, IN SOUTHWEST IN Dubois Co. Planted: April 30, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: September 16, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Gramoxone / Population: 25,131 seeds/a. Atrazine / 2,4-D / Balance Pro 95 1 BECK EX 0303 54.5 24.2 241.5 2 BECK 6464CL 54.0 21.2 235.4 3 BECK 6499CBRR 54.5 22.9 227.3 4 BECK EX 0296 55.0 25.4 222.7 5 BECK 5422RW 55.0 22.0 217.3 6 BECK 5454CL 54.5 22.0 215.1 7 BECK 7997CL 56.0 26.6 215.0 8 BECK 6599CBRR 53.5 24.4 213.2 9 BECK EX 0306 55.5 23.1 211.1 10 BECK 6197 54.5 23.0 210.7 11 BECK 7997CB 56.5 26.0 209.6 12 BECK EX 0307 56.5 24.5 209.0 13 BECK EX 1357 54.5 24.5 207.9 14 BECK 5727CB 58.5 21.5 207.4 15 BECK 5422CBCL 54.5 23.0 205.6 16 BECK 5360 57.0 21.3 198.9 17 BECK 5727RW 58.0 21.5 198.0 18 BECK 6918W 59.0 28.5 194.5 AVERAGE 55.6 23.6 213.3 HIRSCH FAMILY FARMS Ft. Branch, IN SOUTHWEST IN Gibson Co. Planted: April 28, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 1, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Degree Xtra / Population: 29,000 seeds/a. Aatrex 9-0 Adjusted* 1 BECK 6599CBRR 56.4 17.1 227.2 2 BECK EX 0296 56.5 18.4 222.3 3 BECK EX 0307 59.3 16.6 213.8 4 BECK EX 0303 58.9 17.4 212.7 5 BECK 7997CB 58.1 18.7 212.2 6 BECK EX 0306 59.4 17.9 208.8 7 BECK 7538Bt 1 60.8 15.8 202.7 8 BECK EX 1357 57.0 16.4 199.8 9 BECK 5727RW 61.3 16.0 180.3 AVERAGE 58.6 17.1 208.9 BECK 5737CL checker average = 208.9 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 15.4%. *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. The 2003 growing season is one for the books for my farm on corn. It is without a doubt the best corn I have ever raised (BECK 7997CL). I have been around Harrison Co. all my life and I am sure this is the best yields ever produced in Harrison Co. Beck s products fit for my farm! BECK 7997CB 50 Acres 15.5% 250.0 Bu./A. BECK 7997CL 70 Acres 15.5% 210.0 Bu./A. BECK 7997CL 60 Acres 15.5% 203.3 Bu./A. Elvin Barks Corydon, IN

96 JACKSON FARMS Mt. Vernon, IN SOUTHWEST IN Posey Co. Planted: April 12, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: September 15, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Aatrex Population: 28,600 seeds/a. Insecticide: Warrior Adjusted* 1 BECK 5422CBCL 57.0 16.4 201.5 2 Pioneer 33P67 57.0 18.4 198.9 3 BECK 5483Bt 1 57.0 16.4 196.0 4 BECK 5454CL 56.0 16.8 193.4 5 BECK 5727CB 59.0 15.0 192.5 6 BECK 5422Bt 1 55.0 19.0 191.6 7 BECK 5959 55.0 17.2 188.1 8 BECK 6197 56.0 16.8 188.0 9 BECK 5422 56.0 17.8 187.9 10 BECK 5366 57.0 14.4 185.1 11 BECK 5339CBCL 57.0 15.0 183.1 12 BECK 5737CL 58.0 16.0 181.1 13 BECK 7997 58.0 21.5 179.1 14 BECK 7997CB 56.0 20.2 178.2 15 BECK 6262CB 57.0 17.5 177.1 AVERAGE 56.7 17.2 188.1 BECK 6464CL checker average = 205.1 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 17.0%. KINCAID AG SERVICE Farmersburg, IN SOUTHWEST IN Sullivan Co. Planted: April 22, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 16, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Steadfast / Population: 29,500 seeds/a. Bicep II Magnum Insecticide: Warrior 1 BECK 6599CBRR 54.0 16.8 202.0 2 Pioneer 32W86 56.5 19.0 189.0 3 BECK 6197 54.0 14.5 170.5 4 Campbell 6475 54.0 17.1 169.6 5 BECK 5788RR 56.0 16.3 168.5 6 BECK 6464CL 53.5 17.2 165.5 7 Croplan Genetics 691Bt 53.5 17.8 165.5 8 Croplan Genetics 705 54.0 19.2 164.9 9 Campbell 6670 53.0 17.7 163.7 10 BECK 5727RW 55.5 15.3 160.6 11 BECK 5727 57.5 16.1 156.6 12 BECK 5538 57.0 14.1 155.1 13 Pioneer 33P67 53.5 17.2 146.4 14 BECK 7997 53.5 18.8 144.0 15 BECK 5366 54.5 14.2 140.3 16 Pioneer 34B23 54.0 18.2 138.5 AVERAGE 54.6 16.8 162.5 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids.

JIM KUNZ Greensburg, IN SOUTHEAST IN Decatur Co. Planted: May 27, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 24, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 38 rows Herbicide: Lumax / Atrazine Population: 26,500 seeds/a. Insecticide: Force 1 BECK 5422 52.5 26.0 194.2 2 Pioneer 34M94 54.0 25.6 192.8 3 BECK 5322 53.0 24.6 191.9 4 BECK 5483Bt 1 53.0 25.2 190.9 5 BECK 5454CL 52.5 27.0 188.4 6 BECK EX 0296 53.0 29.5 188.1 7 BECK EX 0272 53.0 29.5 186.0 8 BECK 5366 54.0 24.2 185.8 9 BECK EX 0306 52.5 26.4 185.5 10 Pioneer 34H31 55.5 27.0 185.1 11 BECK EX 0303 53.0 29.5 185.0 12 BECK 5727** 54.7 26.2 183.7 13 BECK 5422Bt 1 53.0 27.5 183.3 14 BECK 6599CBRR 51.5 31.5 181.4 15 BECK 5737CL 55.0 27.0 181.2 16 BECK 5727 Gaucho 56.5 27.0 177.5 17 BECK EX 0307 54.0 27.3 177.3 18 BECK 5827 55.0 25.0 177.0 19 BECK 5727 Cruiser Low Rate 55.0 27.0 176.9 20 BECK 6197 52.5 29.7 176.8 21 BECK 7997CB 54.0 34.0 172.6 22 BECK 5266 53.0 26.0 171.2 AVERAGE 53.6 27.4 183.3 97 MIKE SEFTON Greensburg, IN SOUTHEAST IN Decatur Co. Planted: April 29, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 10, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Keystone / Hornet Population: 27,500 seeds/a. Insecticide: Lorsban 1 Pioneer 34M94 59.0 20.8 202.9 2 BECK 5737CL 59.0 22.2 195.2 3 BECK 5827 60.0 20.4 193.1 4 BECK 6827 60.0 22.6 191.0 5 Pioneer 34H31 60.5 20.4 188.8 6 BECK 7997 56.0 27.2 187.8 7 BECK 6262 57.5 21.0 186.9 8 BECK 5366 57.0 17.2 186.1 9 BECK 5627 59.0 21.7 184.8 10 BECK 5422 55.0 20.0 183.5 11 BECK 5727 61.0 21.8 182.5 12 BECK 5454CL 54.5 20.4 172.9 AVERAGE 58.2 21.3 188.0 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. **Average of three checks.

RICK ZINK Campbellsburg, IN SOUTHEAST IN Washington Co. Planted: April 16, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: September 27, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Atrazine / Gramoxone / Population: 27,500 seeds/a. 2,4-D Insecticide: Lorsban 99 1 BECK 5454CL 57.5 19.3 198.5 2 Pioneer 33P71 57.5 18.8 193.9 3 BECK 6464CL 60.0 20.2 188.2 4 BECK 7997CL 57.5 23.8 182.7 5 AgriGold 6466CL 59.0 18.2 182.6 6 BECK 5737CL 61.0 19.5 182.5 7 AgriGold 6607CL 58.0 19.8 181.5 AVERAGE 58.6 19.9 187.1 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. MIKE SEFTON Greensburg, IN SOUTHEAST IN Decatur Co. Planted: April 29, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: November 3, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Keystone / Hornet Population: Twin row 32,500 30 row 27,000 Purpose: There has been a lot of interest in producing corn using twin row corn along with narrow row corn (20 row spacing). Results of narrow row and twin rows at this point have been mixed. This study compared BECK S 5737CL planted in a 30 row spacing vs. twin row. Some advantages of twin rows include, better crop canopy to suppress weeds and maximum use of light, while disadvantages include investing in new equipment and increased seed cost. Brand-Hybrid Harvest Population BECK 5737CL Twin Row 34,000 17.7 190.7 BECK 5737CL Twin Row 33,000 17.2 179.1 BECK 5737CL Twin Row 30,000 17.1 193.5 AVERAGE 32,333 17.3 187.8 BECK 5737CL 30 Row 32,000 17.9 190.8 BECK 5737CL 30 Row 30,000 16.8 189.8 BECK 5737CL 30 Row 27,000 17.0 200.1 AVERAGE 29,666 17.3 193.6 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. Summary: There are numerous variables that will influence the yield in row spacing studies. These include hybrid selection, soil type, plant population and environmental conditions throughout the growing season. In this study the 30 row planting out-yielded the twin row by 5.8 bushels per acre.

98 GARY COOPER Orleans, IN SOUTHEAST IN Orange Co. Planted: May 14, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 31, 2003 Tillage: Disc Rows: 38 rows Herbicide: Degree Xtra Population: 24,500 seeds/a. 1 BECK 6464CL 53.5 20.9 176.8 2 BECK 5422Bt 1 54.0 20.2 176.2 3 BECK 6197 54.5 21.8 174.8 4 BECK EX 1357 54.5 20.5 174.8 5 BECK 7997CL 55.0 23.5 173.0 6 BECK EX 0303 54.0 21.7 167.9 7 BECK 7997CB 55.5 23.0 163.0 8 BECK 6499CBRR 53.0 21.3 163.0 9 BECK 5454CL 54.0 19.2 160.0 10 BECK EX 0296 53.0 22.2 159.7 11 BECK 6599CBRR 52.5 20.4 156.9 12 BECK EX 0307 55.5 20.6 152.9 13 BECK EX 0306 55.0 21.5 144.0 AVERAGE 54.2 21.3 164.8 KENNY KENDALL Seymour, IN SOUTHEAST IN Jackson Co. Planted: May 26, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 30, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Degree Xtra / Hornet Population: 28,000 seeds/a. 1 BECK 6827 60.0 21.6 166.4 2 BECK 5737CL 58.0 20.0 162.0 3 BECK 6464CL 54.0 21.6 160.5 4 BECK 5454CL 55.5 22.2 159.5 5 BECK 5727 Cruiser Low Rate 58.5 18.6 153.8 6 BECK 7997 54.0 25.4 153.2 7 BECK 5727 Gaucho 58.5 18.4 153.0 8 Pioneer 32W86 59.5 21.8 151.3 9 BECK 5827 58.0 20.4 147.5 10 BECK 5727 58.5 19.6 145.1 11 Pioneer 34H31 60.0 20.5 141.4 12 BECK 5366 54.0 18.6 127.1 13 BECK 6727 58.5 20.6 120.0 AVERAGE 57.5 20.7 149.3 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. We have been using Beck s for several years and it has consistently provided us with top end yield. From agronomic support to product recommendations, Beck s improves our operation s bottom-line. Terry Keiffer LaFontaine, IN

100 ROBERT MUNDY Mitchell, IN SOUTHEAST IN Lawrence Co. Planted: May 31, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: November 3, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 36 rows Herbicide: Aatrex Population: 24,780 seeds/a. 1 BECK EX 1357 52.0 22.5 179.9 2 BECK 5422Bt 1 52.0 22.8 166.8 3 BECK EX 0306 52.5 26.0 161.0 4 BECK 6464CL 52.0 22.0 158.8 5 BECK 6599CBRR 52.0 25.4 158.5 6 BECK 7997CL 54.0 23.0 153.5 7 BECK EX 0303 53.0 22.7 146.9 8 BECK EX 0296 52.0 25.0 146.1 9 BECK 5727 Gaucho 57.0 19.0 145.1 10 BECK 5727 Cruiser Low Rate 57.0 19.2 143.9 11 BECK 5454CL 53.0 21.0 143.9 12 BECK 7997CB 54.0 24.6 136.6 13 BECK 5737CL 56.0 18.6 135.4 14 BECK EX 0307 54.0 23.7 133.2 15 BECK 6197 53.0 22.1 130.5 16 BECK 6499CBRR 52.0 24.8 129.8 AVERAGE 53.5 22.7 148.1 MICK DAY Germantown, OH SOUTHWEST OH Butler Co. Planted: April 27, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 21, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Steadfast / Atrazine Population: 28,000 seeds/a. Adjusted* 1 BECK 5422 55.0 20.6 222.4 2 BECK 5422Bt 1 56.0 18.2 220.3 3 BECK EX 0296 55.5 22.9 217.9 4 BECK 5422CBCL 55.5 18.5 216.2 5 BECK 6464CL 56.0 19.2 215.4 6 BECK 5727 59.5 18.5 213.5 7 BECK 5454CL 55.0 19.1 213.2 8 BECK 5366 56.0 18.5 213.0 9 BECK 5538 58.5 19.2 209.4 10 BECK 6599CBRR 54.0 20.8 208.5 11 BECK 5727CB 60.0 16.9 208.0 12 BECK EX 0307 56.5 21.4 207.6 13 BECK EX 0303 56.0 22.9 207.5 14 BECK 5727 Cruiser Low Rate 60.0 17.6 206.5 15 BECK 7997CB 56.0 22.7 205.7 16 BECK EX 0306 57.0 23.2 204.7 17 BECK 7997CL 56.0 21.5 204.5 18 BECK 6827 60.5 19.0 204.3 19 BECK 6727 58.0 18.5 204.1 20 BECK 5727 Gaucho 59.5 17.7 202.7 21 BECK 7997 56.0 21.9 201.1 22 BECK 6197 55.5 18.5 200.1 23 BECK 5737CL 59.5 17.1 195.4 24 BECK 6262 57.5 17.4 192.6 25 BECK 5449 56.0 17.9 190.4 26 BECK 5229CL 58.0 16.1 186.8 27 BECK 5827 59.0 16.3 182.2 AVERAGE 57.1 19.3 205.7 BECK 5454CL checker average = 213.1 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 19.6%. *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids.

J. & S. FISHER WEST CENTRAL OH Wapakoneta, OH Auglaize Co. Planted: April 19, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 24, 2003 Tillage: Field Cultivator Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Cinch ATZ Population: 29,900 seeds/a. 1 BECK 5166 56.5 15.2 220.9 2 BECK EX 0302 58.0 15.0 209.1 3 BECK 5422 53.5 16.8 191.5 4 BECK EX 0304 57.5 14.9 188.5 5 BECK 5125CB 54.5 16.9 184.5 6 BECK EX 0301 56.0 15.6 182.9 7 BECK 5322CB 57.0 16.9 181.5 8 BECK EX 1260 56.5 16.4 179.6 9 BECK 5283Bt 1 56.0 16.6 179.6 10 BECK EX 1272 55.5 16.6 174.9 AVERAGE 56.1 16.1 189.3 JEFF & ALAN WUEBKER Versailles, OH WEST CENTRAL OH Darke Co. Planted: April 21, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 21, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Harness Xtra Population: 29,900 seeds/a. Adjusted* 1 BECK EX 0272 58.0 17.5 192.9 2 BECK 5422 57.0 17.4 190.7 3 BECK 5538 59.0 16.3 177.6 4 BECK 5315 56.5 16.0 177.4 5 BECK EX 0305 55.0 20.7 176.1 6 Pioneer 34M94 57.5 15.2 175.1 7 BECK 5366 56.5 16.2 175.1 8 BECK 5727 Cruiser Low Rate 59.0 16.0 174.6 9 BECK 5727 59.5 16.2 172.3 10 Pioneer 34H31 60.5 17.0 171.2 11 BECK 5827 60.0 15.8 170.0 12 BECK 5727 Gaucho 59.5 15.7 170.0 13 BECK EX 0304 57.5 16.0 169.8 14 BECK EX 1260 55.0 16.0 169.2 15 BECK 5166 57.5 15.2 169.2 16 BECK 5727CB 58.0 16.5 169.0 17 Pioneer 32D12 59.0 16.2 168.4 18 BECK 5266 56.0 15.4 167.6 19 BECK 6197 57.0 18.8 166.2 20 BECK 5229 57.5 15.4 166.0 21 BECK EX 0302 58.0 14.8 164.0 22 BECK 5727 58.5 16.0 163.1 23 BECK 5727 58.5 16.0 156.2 24 Pioneer 34D71 58.5 15.0 155.2 AVERAGE 57.9 16.3 171.1 BECK 5322 checker average = 177.3 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 15.2%. *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. 101

JOHN BOECKMAN Coldwater, OH WEST CENTRAL OH Mercer Co. Planted: April 18, 2003 Previous Crop: ½ Corn / ½ Soybeans Harvested: October 22, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Dual / Bicep II Magnum Population: 28,500 seeds/a. Insecticide: Empower 103 Adjusted* 1 BECK 5422Bt 1 56.0 18.6 220.8 2 BECK 5366 55.5 17.3 220.5 3 BECK 5322 56.0 17.0 218.0 4 Pioneer 34M94 56.5 17.8 213.4 5 BECK 5538 59.0 18.4 212.8 6 BECK 5827 58.5 17.6 211.0 7 BECK 5283Bt 1 55.0 16.2 210.9 8 BECK 5166 55.0 17.0 208.2 9 Pioneer 33J24 59.0 19.8 208.0 10 Parker 58A 55.0 16.0 204.8 11 AgriGold 6490 58.0 16.6 204.2 12 AgriGold 6395 55.0 16.9 203.8 13 Parker 64 56.0 20.2 202.8 14 BECK 5727CB 59.0 17.7 201.5 15 AgriGold 6434 56.5 16.8 200.8 16 BECK 5727 59.5 16.6 189.7 17 Golden Harvest H-8877 57.0 18.8 136.6 AVERAGE 56.9 17.6 204.0 BECK 5366 checker average = 209.2 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 17.1%. *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids and Helena Chemical. VERDIER FARMS Sidney, OH WEST CENTRAL OH Shelby Co. Planted: May 23, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 31, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Degree Xtra / Population: 31,500 seeds/a. Atrazine 1 BECK EX 0296 51.0 23.2 162.5 2 Syngenta N60-B6 51.0 19.8 158.7 3 BECK EX 0272 51.0 21.3 152.5 4 BECK 5727 55.0 19.0 149.0 5 BECK 5727CB 53.0 19.7 148.9 6 BECK 5422 51.0 20.7 148.8 7 Pioneer 34B23 54.0 19.6 145.3 8 BECK 5538 55.0 18.6 145.2 9 Pioneer 34H31 57.0 19.9 144.0 10 BECK 5366 53.0 18.9 143.1 11 BECK 5449 52.5 20.7 140.0 12 Bird 64D 55.0 22.2 139.4 13 BECK 6197 52.0 21.1 138.6 14 BECK EX 0305 53.0 20.9 136.7 15 Bird 81D 51.0 20.6 133.5 AVERAGE 53.0 20.4 145.7 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids.

102 JIM & ANN STAMMEN Ft. Recovery, OH WEST CENTRAL OH Mercer Co. Planted: April 22, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 1, 2003 Tillage: Field Cultivator Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Keystone Population: 27,900 seeds/a. Adjusted* 1 BECK 5483Bt 1 54.0 22.9 219.1 2 BECK 5283Bt 1 55.0 19.4 214.5 3 BECK 5125CB 53.5 22.4 209.6 4 BECK 5827 55.0 20.2 208.1 5 Pioneer 34M94 55.5 20.8 207.5 6 BECK 5012 54.0 19.2 206.7 7 Mycogen 2832IMI 53.0 26.2 205.0 8 BECK 5322 52.0 19.8 202.8 9 BECK 5229 55.0 21.4 202.2 10 BECK EX 0272 53.0 25.0 202.1 11 BECK 5422 52.5 23.4 202.1 12 BECK 5166 54.0 20.2 202.0 13 BECK 5366 54.0 20.6 200.3 14 BECK 5422Bt 1 54.0 22.8 198.7 15 Pioneer 34H31 57.0 23.4 197.0 16 BECK 5266 56.0 18.6 196.6 17 BECK 5322RW 53.0 19.4 196.4 18 AgriGold 6490CL 55.0 21.5 195.3 19 BECK EX 0304 54.0 23.0 194.3 20 BECK 5538 56.5 23.2 193.9 21 Pioneer 33J24 57.0 22.0 193.9 22 BECK 5166RW 55.0 19.8 193.3 23 AgriGold 6395 52.0 21.0 192.1 24 BECK 5727 56.0 21.6 190.8 25 BECK 6599CBRR 51.5 26.2 190.3 26 Golden Harvest H-8877 55.0 22.3 190.2 27 BECK EX 1260 55.0 20.4 188.1 28 Garst 8464 53.0 23.2 184.9 29 BECK 6197 53.0 26.4 183.6 30 AgriGold 6434 54.0 19.6 181.8 31 BECK EX 0302 55.0 18.8 177.9 32 BECK 6727 54.0 22.6 177.6 AVERAGE 54.3 21.8 196.8 BECK 5737CL checker average = 176.0 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 21.6%. *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. FaSTart imonial: There was a noticeable difference between 5737CL and a competitor s corn with resistance to flea beetles. I had to look hard to find a flea beetle in the Beck s 5737CL. Other brands had average of 3-4 beetles per plant. Scott Walter Germantown, OH

104 ROD SCHAURER Covington, OH WEST CENTRAL OH Miami Co. Planted: April 29, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 20, 2003 Tillage: Field Cultivator Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Atrazine / Banvel / Population: 28,600 seeds/a. Accent Adjusted* 1 BECK EX 0302 59.5 16.1 216.0 2 BECK 5538 59.0 17.5 188.2 3 BECK EX 0272 58.0 18.8 187.9 4 BECK 5422 57.5 18.2 186.7 5 BECK 5366 57.0 17.0 179.3 6 BECK EX 0304 57.0 18.2 177.3 7 Pioneer 34H31 61.5 18.6 176.6 8 BECK 5166 57.0 15.8 174.8 9 Pioneer 33J24 60.5 18.8 172.6 10 BECK 5229CL 57.5 16.5 170.6 11 BECK 5727 59.5 16.8 165.2 12 BECK 6197 55.5 20.2 164.9 13 BECK EX 1260 56.5 16.5 164.5 14 Ebberts 2109 55.5 15.7 163.1 15 Ebberts 2410 58.5 16.2 155.6 AVERAGE 58.0 17.4 176.2 BECK 5727 checker average = 171.8 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 16.3%. WILLIAM MURPHY Eldorado, OH WEST CENTRAL OH Preble Co. Planted: April 22, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 22, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 36 rows Herbicide: Field Master / 2,4-D / Population: 27,500 seeds/a. Simazine / Mustang Adjusted* 1 BECK 5422CBCL 55.0 19.2 210.3 2 BECK 6599CBRR 54.0 19.0 203.7 3 BECK 5422 55.5 17.5 202.8 4 BECK EX 0296 55.0 21.2 196.3 5 BECK 7997CB 55.5 21.8 194.1 6 BECK 5166 58.0 14.8 193.5 7 BECK 5012 58.0 14.6 189.9 8 BECK EX 0272 56.0 18.2 189.4 9 BECK EX 0307 57.0 20.4 188.7 10 BECK 5322 57.0 16.0 186.5 11 BECK 5454CL 55.0 16.4 185.1 12 BECK 5827 58.5 15.6 184.8 13 BECK EX 0303 56.0 20.8 184.0 14 BECK 5366 56.5 16.8 182.9 15 BECK 5727 Cruiser Low Rate 59.0 16.2 181.4 16 BECK 5449 57.0 16.8 181.3 17 BECK 5727 Gaucho 59.0 16.2 174.2 18 BECK 5727 59.0 16.3 171.6 19 BECK 6197 56.0 19.5 171.6 20 BECK EX 0306 55.0 20.7 169.5 21 BECK 5538 59.0 17.5 167.1 22 BECK 5737CL 58.0 16.2 159.9 23 BECK 6827 59.5 19.2 155.8 AVERAGE 56.9 17.9 183.7 BECK 5727 checker average = 170.8 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 16.4%. *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids.

JAY BOSSE Bluffton, OH NORTHWEST OH Allen Co. Planted: April 21, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 17, 2003 Tillage: Field Cultivator Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Atrazine / Population: 30,500 seeds/a. Balance Pro 1 BECK 5422Bt 1 53.5 25.8 249.7 2 Pioneer 34H32 54.0 23.0 237.1 3 Pioneer 34M94 55.5 23.2 235.5 4 Pioneer 34B23 55.5 21.3 233.9 5 Pioneer 34H31 Gaucho 57.0 24.0 232.2 6 BECK 5366 54.0 25.4 230.4 7 Pioneer 34D72 53.5 21.4 228.3 8 BECK 5166 53.0 22.0 227.2 9 Pioneer 34D71 Gaucho 55.0 22.0 226.8 10 BECK 5322 54.0 22.8 225.5 11 BECK 5283Bt 1 54.0 20.9 222.3 12 Pioneer 34H31 54.5 24.0 221.8 13 Pioneer 34D71 56.0 21.9 219.7 14 Pioneer 35Y54 53.0 22.0 217.0 AVERAGE 54.5 22.8 229.1 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by Jay Bosse. RICK KING Payne, OH NORTHWEST OH Paulding Co. Planted: April 29, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 27, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Balance Pro / Population: 30,000 seeds/a. Simazine 1 BECK 5422 54.0 23.3 196.7 2 BECK 5422Bt 1 55.0 20.9 196.0 3 Select Seed 813 53.0 21.3 193.2 4 Corn Belt 595 56.0 18.5 190.5 5 Select Seed 4716 55.0 20.9 190.0 6 Select Seed 4935 53.5 21.8 189.9 7 BECK 5315** 53.0 22.2 185.8 8 BECK 5366 54.0 19.8 184.2 9 Select Seed 4100 56.0 17.8 184.0 10 BECK 5339CBCL 55.0 20.0 183.3 11 Select Seed 4570 54.0 19.5 183.1 12 Corn Belt 599Bt 55.0 19.9 182.4 13 Select Seed 902 53.5 24.6 175.2 14 Select Seed 4740 57.0 21.2 174.1 15 Select Seed 4815 53.5 20.8 172.6 16 BECK 5125CB 53.0 19.8 171.2 17 Corn Belt 606 54.0 20.5 165.3 18 Select Seed 4680 56.0 20.0 165.2 19 Select Seed 854 56.0 22.6 164.8 20 Select Seed 4802CL 55.0 23.8 160.9 AVERAGE 54.6 21.0 180.4 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids and Brad Thomas. **Average of two checks. 105

106 DON ERNSTHAUSEN Pemberville, OH NORTHWEST OH Wood Co. Planted: April 25, 2003 Previous Crop: Wheat Harvested: October 23, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Harness Xtra Population: 30,500 seeds/a. 1 BECK 5737CL 55.0 20.2 218.0 2 BECK 5422Bt 1 55.0 21.4 213.8 3 Syngenta N58-D1 56.0 19.0 212.2 4 BECK 5483Bt 1 54.5 21.5 210.5 5 BECK 5538 56.0 19.9 209.5 6 BECK 5322CB 56.0 18.4 206.6 7 BECK 5166 55.0 18.9 203.8 8 Asgrow RX702YG 55.0 20.8 202.7 9 BECK 5322** 55.5 18.1 202.3 10 BECK 5125CB 55.0 19.5 202.1 11 Pioneer 34B23 58.0 17.1 201.0 12 BECK 5283Bt 1 56.0 18.8 200.9 13 Dekalb C58-78Bt 56.0 17.4 199.0 14 BECK 5727 Cruiser Low Rate 56.5 19.8 199.0 15 Dekalb C58-80 57.0 17.8 198.8 16 Dekalb C57-84 56.0 18.7 198.0 17 Asgrow RX708 56.0 19.2 197.8 18 BECK 5366 56.0 19.6 196.7 19 Dekalb C60-19 56.0 17.4 194.5 20 Dekalb C61-42 55.0 18.3 193.7 21 BECK 5727 56.0 20.5 192.8 22 Dekalb C60-09 57.0 17.1 190.1 23 Dekalb C62-15 55.0 19.0 189.5 24 Pioneer 34M94 56.0 18.2 186.7 25 Asgrow RX601YG 58.0 18.2 186.6 26 Asgrow RX718RRYG 58.0 16.5 185.9 27 Asgrow RX741RR 56.0 19.5 185.0 28 Dekalb 5334 57.0 17.1 167.9 AVERAGE 56.0 18.9 198.1 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids and Nate Cross. **Average of two checks. I was surprised early this spring to see the fast and healthy emergence of 5727 with Cruiser. It was the best in my plot and the yield proves it at 196 Bu./A., about 15 Bu./A. more than any other variety. This wet and cool growing season proved the value of the FaSTart treatment through rough growing conditions Thanks for the opportunity to be a part of the Head Start program. Duane Franz Monroeville, IN

C&M DROBNY FARMS Kalamazoo, MI SOUTHERN MI Kalamazoo Co. Planted: April 15, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 23, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Bicep II Magnum / Population: 27,000 seeds/a. Lumax Adjusted* 1 Pioneer 34M95 57.0 23.1 165.3 2 BECK 5366 56.0 24.2 163.6 3 Pioneer 34H31 60.0 24.0 161.7 4 BECK 5322CB 57.0 24.8 160.5 5 BECK 5125CB 57.0 23.2 158.2 6 BECK 5422Bt 1 55.0 24.4 155.5 7 BECK 5727CB 58.0 25.8 153.1 8 BECK 5283Bt 1 58.0 23.2 152.5 9 BECK EX 1272 57.0 22.4 152.4 10 AgriGold A6249Bt 57.0 23.5 151.1 11 BECK 5483Bt 1 57.0 25.1 150.8 12 BECK 5166 53.0 23.8 150.1 13 BECK 5727 58.0 24.2 148.9 14 BECK EX 0301 58.0 25.2 144.7 15 BECK 5538 58.0 22.6 141.6 16 Pioneer 36B08 59.0 22.0 136.2 AVERAGE 57.2 23.8 152.9 BECK 5366 checker average = 157.0 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 25.4%. DUANE GOETZ Blissfield, MI SOUTHERN MI Lenawee Co. Planted: April 15, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 23, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Bicep II Magnum / Population: 28,000 seeds/a. Hornet Adjusted* 1 BECK 5422 56.0 25.7 237.1 2 BECK 5125CB 58.0 26.0 227.7 3 Crop Production Service 5091CB 55.0 24.0 227.2 4 BECK 5727 58.0 24.7 221.3 5 BECK 5322CB 58.0 27.0 219.9 6 BECK 5483Bt 1 56.0 24.4 219.0 7 BECK 5366 56.0 24.5 218.1 8 BECK 5322 57.0 25.2 218.0 9 Pioneer 34M95 58.0 25.5 215.9 10 BECK 5166 56.0 26.2 210.3 11 BECK 5266 56.0 25.0 207.1 12 BECK 5283Bt 1 56.0 23.3 203.3 13 BECK 5339CBCL 57.0 25.5 201.9 14 BECK 5229 57.0 23.4 195.8 15 BECK 5012 59.0 27.0 187.1 16 BECK 5449 56.0 27.4 180.8 AVERAGE 56.8 25.3 211.9 BECK 5422Bt 1 checker average = 222.0 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 26.8%. *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. 107

108 HERB MILLER Niles, MI SOUTHERN MI Cass Co. Planted: May 19, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 30, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Leadoff / Buctril Population: 31,600 seeds/a. Insecticide: Lorsban 1 BECK 5166 51.0 24.3 165.4 2 Mycogen 2722IMI 50.0 29.0 165.1 3 BECK 5012 53.0 26.2 164.1 4 BECK 5125CB 50.0 27.0 162.1 5 BECK 5283Bt 1 50.0 27.6 161.8 6 BECK 5366 50.0 26.5 161.8 7 Adler 2510 50.0 27.7 159.8 8 BECK 5454CL 51.0 31.1 158.1 9 Adler 2600 51.0 26.0 157.6 10 Adler 2700 50.0 28.0 157.3 11 BECK 5322 51.0 26.0 156.8 12 Syngenta N65-N7 51.0 26.6 156.1 13 BECK 5266 51.0 27.2 155.5 14 BECK 5322RW 50.0 26.7 152.7 15 BECK 5012RW 52.0 26.1 151.3 16 BECK 5339CBCL 52.0 26.7 149.3 17 BECK 5422 50.0 29.8 147.8 18 Mycogen 6110CB 50.0 28.4 147.0 19 BECK 5166RW 51.0 26.3 145.6 20 BECK 5727 51.0 28.6 141.3 AVERAGE 50.8 27.3 155.8 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. JIM ANDERSON Streator, IL NORTHEAST IL LaSalle Co. Planted: April 27, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 18, 2003 Tillage: Field Cultivator Rows: 38 rows Herbicide: Lasso Population: 26,000 seeds/a. Insecticide: Aztec 1 BECK 5266 56.0 15.4 133.5 2 Dairyland Stealth 1514 55.0 17.0 127.6 3 BECK EX 0304 55.0 16.0 127.1 4 Dairyland Stealth 1411Bt 54.0 17.6 126.6 5 BECK 5283Bt 1 55.0 18.0 120.9 6 Dairyland Stealth 1515 56.0 16.8 120.2 7 BECK 5727 56.0 16.8 119.5 8 Dairyland Stealth 1511 54.0 16.8 115.7 9 Dairyland Stealth 1611 55.0 17.1 115.1 10 BECK EX 0302 56.0 13.6 112.1 11 BECK 5166 55.0 15.6 111.3 AVERAGE 55.2 16.4 120.9 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by McComb Seed Service.

WHITE SANDS FARMS St. Anne, IL NORTHEAST IL Kankakee Co. Planted: May 6, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 31, 2003 Tillage: Field Cultivator Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Degree Xtra / 2,4-D / Population: 28,000 seeds/a. Express / Yukon Insecticide: Aztec Adjusted* 1 BECK 6827 59.0 19.3 186.7 2 BECK 5422 54.0 18.9 183.8 3 BECK EX 1260 55.0 16.8 178.4 4 Pioneer 34M93 57.5 17.8 175.4 5 BECK EX 0250 59.0 16.4 175.0 6 Specialty 4634YG 59.0 17.3 173.0 7 BECK 5125CB 54.0 18.2 171.2 8 BECK 6197 55.0 18.8 171.2 9 BECK 5483Bt 1 56.0 18.4 170.4 10 BECK 5322 56.0 17.3 170.1 11 BECK 5827 58.0 17.8 169.7 12 BECK 5283Bt 1 56.0 16.8 169.2 13 BECK 5275wx 59.0 16.4 169.1 14 Specialty 4621 53.5 17.5 168.6 15 BECK 5727 59.0 18.0 168.5 16 BECK 5322wx 57.0 17.9 168.0 17 BECK EX 0304 57.0 16.4 167.2 18 Specialty 4240 58.0 17.4 165.8 19 BECK 5627 59.0 18.5 165.7 20 BECK 5266 58.0 17.8 165.4 21 Pioneer 34D72 57.0 17.1 164.1 22 BECK 5322CB 56.0 17.5 163.8 23 BECK EX 0272 55.0 18.9 163.8 24 BECK 5166wx 58.0 16.2 163.1 25 BECK 5366 55.0 17.4 162.7 26 Great Lakes 5961Bt 55.0 16.7 161.8 27 Specialty 4672A 56.5 16.6 161.6 28 Pioneer 33P62 58.0 18.2 161.6 29 BECK EX 0302 57.0 15.8 160.9 30 Specialty 2679 57.0 15.4 160.8 31 BECK 5229 57.0 17.7 160.6 32 BECK EX 0301 57.0 17.5 159.6 33 BECK EX 3256 56.0 18.7 158.8 34 BECK 5166 56.0 17.1 157.9 35 Specialty 4615 55.0 16.2 157.7 36 Pioneer 34G11 58.0 19.0 157.2 37 BECK 5339CBCL 57.0 17.3 156.2 38 Pioneer 34H32 61.0 17.4 156.1 39 BECK 5449 55.0 19.8 156.1 40 Great Lakes 6192 55.0 17.1 155.7 41 Pioneer 33B55 57.0 19.2 154.0 42 Pioneer 34N42 58.0 18.7 151.7 43 Pioneer 35Y67 57.0 16.9 151.5 44 Great Lakes Quad 5Bt 55.0 15.9 150.3 45 BECK 5727CB 58.0 18.0 148.5 46 Specialty EX 4690Bt 56.0 17.0 143.6 AVERAGE 56.8 17.5 163.7 BECK 5322 checker average = 161.4 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 16.8%. *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. 109

110 KEN & BECKY MCCOMB Ransom, IL NORTHEAST IL LaSalle Co. Planted: April 21, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 17, 2003 Tillage: Field Cultivator Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Balance Pro Population: 30,000 seeds/a. Insecticide: Force 1 BECK 6197 56.0 19.8 219.4 2 BECK 5959 56.5 17.2 210.9 3 BECK 5322RW 56.0 13.2 209.0 4 BECK 5166RW 57.0 14.8 208.0 5 BECK EX 0301 59.0 16.4 204.1 6 BECK 5483Bt 1 56.0 13.0 201.8 7 BECK 5266 58.0 14.4 200.4 8 BECK 5322CB 56.0 14.6 198.5 9 BECK 5125CB 56.0 13.4 195.6 10 BECK 5166 57.0 13.6 193.7 11 BECK 5283Bt 1 57.0 12.8 193.1 12 BECK 5538 59.0 15.4 192.5 13 BECK EX 1272 58.0 14.2 192.3 14 BECK 5166RW (No Insecticide) 57.0 13.0 192.1 AVERAGE 57.0 14.7 200.8 STEVE MAYFIELD Clinton, IL CENTRAL IL DeWitt Co. Planted: April 14, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: September 15, 2003 Tillage: Field Cultivator Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Guardsman / Population: 31,000 seeds/a. Distinct 1 BECK 6197 53.0 28.4 205.6 2 BECK 5538 55.0 26.8 203.0 3 BECK EX 0272 55.0 25.6 202.2 4 BECK EX 0305 53.0 26.6 200.8 5 BECK 5959 54.0 26.0 197.5 6 BECK 5449 55.0 26.4 191.7 7 BECK 5727 56.0 27.6 187.4 8 BECK 5422 53.0 25.4 184.3 9 BECK 5483Bt 1 55.0 24.6 180.5 10 BECK 7997CB 53.0 33.6 179.5 11 BECK 5366 54.0 26.2 179.1 12 Hoblit 520 55.0 25.0 171.5 13 BECK 5166 55.0 23.2 169.7 14 BECK 5339CBCL 53.0 25.0 167.4 15 BECK 5283Bt 1 55.0 22.4 153.2 AVERAGE 54.3 26.2 184.9 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids.

MATHEWS FARMS Leroy, IL CENTRAL IL McLean Co. Planted: April 23, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: September 25, 2003 Tillage: Field Cultivator Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Bicep II Magnum / Population: 30,000 seeds/a. Marksman Insecticide: Force 111 1 Pioneer 33P67** 59.0 22.3 213.6 2 BECK 5012 57.0 16.6 208.1 3 BECK 5166 57.0 16.2 207.2 4 Pfister 2750 56.0 19.4 196.8 5 BECK 5422 20.0 20.0 196.0 6 BECK 5275wx 61.0 18.6 195.7 7 BECK 5959 55.0 20.2 192.6 8 BECK 5727CB 57.0 20.0 192.4 9 BECK 5727 57.0 21.0 186.0 10 Pfister 2450 56.0 18.8 185.7 11 BECK 5727wx 58.0 22.4 179.6 12 BECK 5449 57.0 19.2 179.2 13 BECK 5366 55.0 19.9 178.1 14 BECK 5229wx 59.0 19.6 178.0 15 BECK 6197 56.0 23.0 158.9 AVERAGE 54.7 19.8 189.9 DAVID HOOD Paxton, IL EAST CENTRAL IL Champaign Co. Planted: April 19, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 2, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 36 rows Herbicide: Balance Pro / Population: 30,000 seeds/a. Harness Xtra Irrigated Plot Insecticide: Force Adjusted* 1 BECK 5727CB 58.0 18.5 197.9 2 BECK 5627 58.0 18.8 193.9 3 BECK 5959 54.0 18.5 188.9 4 BECK 5422RW 54.0 16.6 188.8 5 BECK 5727 58.0 18.2 188.0 6 Pioneer 34M95 57.0 20.4 186.6 7 BECK 5727RW 58.0 17.1 184.7 8 BECK 5322 54.0 15.6 182.2 9 BECK 5366 54.0 17.1 182.1 10 BECK 5422 54.0 17.4 180.8 11 Burrus 599 57.0 20.8 180.2 12 BECK 7997CB 54.0 21.2 179.7 13 BECK 5483Bt 1 55.0 16.0 179.6 14 BECK 5166RW 55.0 15.4 178.0 15 BECK 5322RW** 54.0 14.8 174.9 16 BECK 5283Bt 1 54.0 14.2 172.5 17 BECK 5339CBCL 56.0 17.5 170.8 18 BECK 5166 54.0 14.5 169.4 AVERAGE 55.4 17.2 181.8 BECK 5322RW checker average = 174.8 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 14.9%. *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. **Average of two checks

112 CURT SHIELDS Rantoul, IL EAST CENTRAL IL Champaign Co. Planted: April 24, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 6, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Steadfast / Aatrex / Population: 29,000 seeds/a. Callisto Insecticide: Aztec Adjusted* 1 BECK 5959 55.0 18.6 205.9 2 BECK EX 0272 56.0 16.6 202.2 3 BECK 5483Bt 1 56.0 17.4 201.3 4 Pioneer 33D31 58.0 21.9 201.2 5 BECK 5366 56.0 17.9 201.1 6 BECK 5422 55.0 18.2 199.4 7 BECK 5166 56.0 15.7 199.3 8 BECK 6197 55.0 20.3 198.4 9 BECK 5727CB 58.0 17.7 198.3 10 BECK 5322 56.0 15.2 198.3 11 BECK 5322RW 56.0 15.2 198.0 12 AgriGold 6395 55.0 15.4 198.0 13 BECK 5538 58.0 17.1 197.0 14 BECK 5727 59.0 17.4 195.6 15 BECK 5166RW 57.0 15.3 194.8 16 BECK 5283Bt 1 56.0 15.4 194.2 17 BECK 5454CL 55.0 17.6 194.0 18 BECK 5627 60.0 17.6 193.6 19 BECK 5727RW 59.0 17.7 191.0 20 Pioneer 34H31 60.0 19.8 190.8 21 BECK 5322RW 56.0 15.4 187.2 22 BECK 5339CBCL 57.0 17.8 186.6 23 Pioneer 33P67 59.0 20.4 182.8 AVERAGE 56.9 17.5 196.0 BECK 5727CB checker average = 193.4 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 17.5%. LES JENNINGS Bement, IL EAST CENTRAL IL Piatt Co. Planted: April 15, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 15, 2003 Tillage: Field Cultivator Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Bicep II Magnum / Spirit Population: 29,500 seeds/a. Insecticide: Force 1 BECK EX 0272 58.0 13.0 218.4 2 BECK 5538 60.0 13.2 217.2 3 BECK 5422 57.0 13.4 216.1 4 BECK 5827 60.0 14.2 215.7 5 BECK 5483Bt 1 57.0 13.8 215.4 6 BECK 5166 57.0 12.2 213.5 7 BECK 5366 56.0 13.0 213.4 8 BECK 5283Bt 1 57.0 11.0 211.7 9 BECK EX 0305 57.0 14.6 209.2 10 BECK 5727 60.0 13.8 208.1 11 BECK 6197 56.0 14.0 207.9 12 BECK 5959 56.0 14.2 207.1 13 BECK 7997 58.0 18.0 203.2 AVERAGE 57.6 13.7 212.1 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids.

WEBSTER FARMS Buckingham, IL EAST CENTRAL IL Ford Co. Planted: April 24, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 15, 2003 Tillage: To The Max Harrow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Degree Xtra / Atrazine Population: 30,000 seeds/a. Insecticide: Aztec 1 BECK EX 0304 56.0 16.2 180.3 2 BECK 5322CB 56.5 13.4 180.2 3 BECK 5322RW 56.5 12.0 177.7 4 BECK 5229 58.0 13.0 173.7 5 BECK 6197 55.5 18.6 172.0 6 BECK 5125CB 55.0 13.2 171.4 7 BECK 5483Bt 1 57.0 13.6 171.0 8 BECK 5827 60.0 16.2 170.5 9 Wyffels W7273Bt 56.5 15.6 169.6 10 BECK 5727RW 60.0 15.0 168.9 11 BECK 7997CB 56.0 21.0 168.5 12 BECK 5266 58.0 13.4 167.4 13 BECK 5454CL 55.0 14.4 166.4 14 BECK 5166 57.0 12.6 164.7 15 BECK EX 1260 56.0 13.4 164.0 16 BECK 5366 56.6 15.8 164.0 17 BECK EX 0302 57.5 12.0 163.1 18 BECK 5283Bt 1 56.0 11.8 162.4 19 BECK 5449 56.0 13.4 162.4 20 BECK 5538 56.0 14.2 162.4 21 BECK 5727CB 61.0 13.0 161.6 22 Wyffels W6570 55.0 12.4 161.5 23 BECK 5959 57.0 13.0 154.1 24 BECK 5737CL 59.0 14.2 152.0 25 Wyffels W7563Bt 58.0 15.2 146.0 AVERAGE 57.0 14.3 166.2 DEAN PIATT Armstrong, IL EAST CENTRAL IL Vermilion Co. Planted: April 24, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 11, 2003 Tillage: Conventional Till Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Degree Xtra / Hornet Population: 28,000 seeds/a. Insecticide: Force Adjusted* 1 BECK 5454CL 57.0 15.2 193.9 2 BECK 5737CL 59.0 15.2 184.9 3 BECK 5322 57.0 15.4 182.4 4 BECK 5125CB 55.0 16.0 179.8 5 BECK 5229RW 57.0 16.8 175.9 6 BECK 5727 59.0 16.6 175.4 7 BECK 5959 55.0 18.2 173.2 8 BECK 5322RW 57.0 16.0 173.0 9 BECK 5627 59.0 17.2 173.0 10 BECK 5339CBCL 57.0 15.7 168.6 11 BECK 6197 55.0 19.4 168.4 12 BECK 5727RW 59.0 17.2 168.2 AVERAGE 57.2 16.6 176.4 BECK 5366 checker average = 183.0 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 15.9%. *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. 113

114 SPECIALTY GRAINS Gibson City, IL EAST CENTRAL IL Ford Co. Planted: May 8, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 22, 2003 Tillage: Conventional-Till Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Balance Pro / Population: 30,000 seeds/a. Guardsman Max Insecticide: Force 1 BECK 5339CBCL 57.0 15.4 195.5 2 BECK 5366 56.0 17.6 191.9 3 BECK 5449 57.0 16.6 189.0 4 Dairyland 1507Bt 56.0 16.2 187.0 5 BECK 5166 56.0 14.9 186.5 6 BECK 5827 59.0 15.4 186.4 7 BECK 5538 57.0 15.0 186.1 8 Dairyland Stealth 1611 57.0 14.8 184.2 9 BECK 7997CB 56.0 20.4 184.2 10 BECK 5229 57.0 16.4 184.0 11 Dairyland Stealth 1514 56.0 16.8 183.9 12 BECK 5322 58.0 17.0 183.3 13 BECK 5727 59.0 15.4 182.4 14 BECK 5483Bt 1 56.0 17.1 182.2 15 BECK 5266 58.0 16.0 179.6 16 BECK 5422Bt 1 56.0 18.0 179.4 17 Dairyland Stealth 1515 60.0 15.6 179.2 18 BECK 5283Bt 1 56.0 15.6 177.2 19 Dairyland Stealth 1609 57.0 16.8 173.2 20 Pioneer 33P67 59.0 18.8 171.2 21 BECK 5959 55.0 20.2 170.7 AVERAGE 57.0 16.7 182.7 A & R FOX Saunemin, IL EAST CENTRAL IL Livingston Co. Planted: April 24, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 3, 2003 Tillage: Conventional-Till Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Balance Pro Population: 30,000 seeds/a. Insecticide: Force 1 BECK 5125CB 54.0 15.3 190.6 2 BECK 5283Bt 1 57.0 13.7 184.9 3 BECK EX 0368 55.0 16.5 184.8 4 BECK 5483Bt 1 57.0 17.3 184.5 5 BECK 5449 54.0 17.8 182.8 6 BECK 5827 57.0 18.1 182.0 7 BECK EX 0301 57.0 17.9 181.7 8 BECK 5959 55.0 17.7 181.1 9 BECK EX 0272 54.0 19.4 181.0 10 BECK 5266 57.0 16.3 179.4 11 BECK 5322CB 55.0 15.9 179.1 12 BECK 5422 54.0 19.7 178.4 13 BECK 5366** 54.7 16.8 175.1 14 BECK 5339CBCL 55.0 17.9 173.8 15 BECK EX 1272 56.0 13.7 170.8 16 BECK 5538 55.0 17.1 169.9 17 BECK EX 0227 57.0 14.6 165.4 18 BECK 5727 57.0 19.1 162.2 19 BECK 6197 53.0 24.2 161.9 20 BECK EX 0305 52.0 21.5 160.4 AVERAGE 55.3 17.5 176.5 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. **Average of three checks.

ROLLING PRAIRIE FARMS Mattoon, IL EAST CENTRAL IL Coles Co. Planted: April 15, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: September 11, 2003 Tillage: Field Cultivator Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Steadfast / Callisto Population: 32,000 seeds/a. Aatrex 1 BECK 5422Bt 1 56.0 25.3 220.5 2 BECK 5959 56.0 22.6 218.1 3 BECK 5727 58.0 24.8 216.2 4 BECK 5322 56.0 23.5 214.9 5 BECK 5483Bt 1 56.5 23.2 214.4 6 BECK 6197 56.0 27.5 213.2 7 BECK 5283Bt 1 56.0 20.3 213.0 8 BECK 5727 Cruiser Low Rate 58.0 25.3 212.2 9 BECK 5727CB 58.0 23.2 212.1 10 BECK 7538Bt 1 58.0 25.5 211.4 11 BECK 5422 56.0 26.0 211.4 12 BECK EX 0272 56.5 24.7 210.5 13 BECK 5727 Gaucho 58.0 25.8 210.2 14 BECK 6262CB 56.0 25.8 209.4 15 BECK 5827 58.0 25.5 207.4 16 BECK 5627 58.0 26.2 206.5 17 BECK 5366 56.5 24.0 195.3 AVERAGE 56.9 24.7 211.6 TIM SCHABLE Atwood, IL EAST CENTRAL IL Douglas Co. Planted: April 16, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 1, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Balance Pro / Aatrex Population: 29,500 seeds/a. Insecticide: Aztec Adjusted* 1 Pioneer 33P67 59.0 20.0 197.1 2 BECK 5959 55.0 20.0 196.8 3 BECK 5422 56.0 18.4 195.3 4 BECK EX 0296 55.0 22.4 194.7 5 BECK 5449 56.0 17.2 194.6 6 BECK 5627 59.0 17.8 193.6 7 BECK 5483Bt 1 57.0 17.2 193.2 8 Hoblit 513 57.0 17.0 191.8 9 BECK 5366 57.0 17.2 191.7 10 BECK 5322 56.0 16.8 189.9 11 BECK 5727wx 60.0 18.6 189.6 12 BECK 7997CB 57.0 22.0 189.3 13 BECK 5454CL 56.0 17.6 188.5 14 BECK 5827 58.0 18.8 187.4 15 BECK 6827 59.0 20.0 186.6 16 BECK 5229RW 57.0 17.2 186.6 17 BECK 5266 56.0 17.4 183.2 18 BECK 5229wx 57.0 17.2 181.8 19 BECK 5727 59.0 17.8 181.5 20 BECK 6197 55.0 20.8 181.0 21 BECK 5275wx 58.0 15.6 176.1 22 BECK 5727RW 60.0 18.2 173.3 AVERAGE 57.2 18.4 188.3 BECK 5483Bt 1 checker average = 191.8 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 17.6%. *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. 115

116 ALAN PROBST Wheeler, IL SOUTHERN IL Jasper Co. Planted: April 28, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: September 17, 2003 Tillage: Field Cultivator Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Guardsman Max Population: 27,700 seeds/a. 1 BECK 6599CBRR 54.0 23.3 244.1 2 BECK EX 0296 53.5 26.0 241.8 3 BECK 6827 58.0 23.5 235.6 4 BECK 7997CB 55.0 28.0 234.8 5 BECK 6197 57.0 22.1 219.4 6 BECK 5454CL 55.0 22.0 218.8 7 BECK 5959 55.0 21.8 218.1 8 BECK 5727 58.0 21.5 216.8 9 BECK 6499CBRR 55.0 23.1 215.7 10 BECK 7538Bt 1 57.0 24.0 213.6 11 BECK 5422RW 55.0 22.8 211.5 12 BECK 5727CB 57.5 22.1 208.8 13 BECK 5827 58.0 21.0 207.5 14 BECK 5727RW 58.0 23.8 205.1 15 BECK 5422CBCL 55.0 22.0 204.7 16 BECK EX 0303 54.0 28.0 204.5 17 BECK 5788RR 58.0 22.2 204.0 18 BECK 6262CB 57.0 22.4 202.6 19 BECK 6464CL 55.0 23.0 201.0 20 BECK 7997 55.0 28.2 197.9 21 BECK 5737CL 58.0 22.8 195.3 22 BECK EX 0306 56.0 22.5 185.2 AVERAGE 56.1 23.5 213.0 KEITH MATSON Newton, IL SOUTHERN IL Jasper Co. Planted: April 23, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 13, 2003 Tillage: Field Cultivator Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Keystone / Atrazine Population: 29,000 seeds/a. Insecticide: Pounce 1 BECK 5322 59.0 13.8 216.7 2 BECK 5422 59.0 13.8 210.8 3 BECK 6197 61.0 15.3 209.2 4 BECK 5454CL 57.0 15.7 209.0 5 BECK 5515 58.0 14.7 208.4 6 BECK 5727 Gaucho 61.5 15.9 200.0 7 BECK 5727 62.0 15.1 199.0 8 BECK 5366 60.0 13.5 193.0 9 BECK 5827 62.0 16.9 192.6 10 BECK 5727 Cruiser Low Rate 62.0 16.2 192.5 11 BECK 6464CL 58.0 18.5 192.0 12 BECK 7997 59.0 21.4 184.7 13 BECK 6262 59.0 16.5 184.6 AVERAGE 59.8 15.9 199.4 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids.

JEFF CARR Hidalgo, IL SOUTHERN IL Jasper Co. Planted: April 15, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: September 25, 2003 Tillage: Field Cultivator Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Keystone / Hornet Population: 27,500 seeds/a. Insecticide: Warrior 1 BECK 5827 61.0 18.5 214.5 2 BECK 5627 61.0 18.5 214.1 3 BECK 5727CB 61.0 17.5 213.4 4 BECK 5727 Cruiser Low Rate 61.0 18.5 213.3 5 BECK 5959 58.0 19.0 212.0 6 BECK 6197 58.0 19.5 211.0 7 BECK 5422 57.5 17.7 209.7 8 BECK 5483Bt 1 58.0 17.7 209.6 9 BECK 5283Bt 1 58.0 16.7 209.3 10 BECK EX 0272 59.0 17.5 209.0 11 BECK 5727 Gaucho 61.0 18.7 208.4 12 BECK 5727 61.0 18.8 205.2 13 BECK 5322 57.5 17.0 198.1 14 BECK 5515 57.0 18.4 193.2 15 BECK 5422Bt 1** 57.3 18.1 191.5 16 BECK 7538Bt 1 58.0 19.8 184.6 17 BECK 5266 57.0 17.3 162.3 18 BECK 5366 58.5 18.5 161.2 AVERAGE 58.9 18.2 201.1 TOM UTHELL Teutopolis, IL SOUTHERN IL Effingham Co. Planted: April 16, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: October 1, 2003 Tillage: Field Cultivator Rows: 36 rows Herbicide: Guardsman Max Population: 28,700 seeds/a. 1 BECK 5959 57.0 17.2 195.4 2 BECK 5727 60.0 17.5 183.1 3 BECK 7997CB 57.0 21.8 182.7 4 BECK 6197 57.0 17.4 177.6 5 BECK 5483Bt 1 58.0 15.3 176.6 6 BECK 5422 57.0 16.7 168.6 7 BECK 5515 57.0 15.3 168.5 8 Trisler 5244 58.0 16.2 164.2 9 BECK 5366 57.0 17.1 163.7 10 Mycogen 6888 59.0 16.3 162.1 11 BECK 5454CL 57.0 16.3 160.8 12 Burrus 442 59.0 17.7 153.1 13 BECK 6262 57.5 15.8 151.6 14 Garst 8464IT 57.0 17.4 147.6 AVERAGE 57.7 17.0 168.3 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. **Average of two checks. 117

118 LARRY LAUE Shumway, IL SOUTHERN IL Effingham Co. Planted: April 18, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: September 24, 2003 Tillage: Field Cultivator Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Bicep II Magnum Population: 28,800 seeds/a. 1 BECK EX 0296 53.5 24.2 200.2 2 BECK 5322 56.0 17.5 195.3 3 BECK 5959 56.0 19.4 194.8 4 BECK 6599CBRR 53.5 22.5 194.0 5 BECK 5422 56.0 19.7 193.7 6 BECK 5422CBCL 54.0 21.0 193.2 7 BECK 5515 56.0 19.1 189.0 8 BECK 7997CL 56.0 26.0 185.2 9 BECK 7997CB 56.0 26.3 180.8 10 BECK EX 0307 54.0 25.0 179.1 11 BECK EX 0303 54.0 23.4 178.0 12 BECK 6499CBRR 54.0 22.5 177.9 13 BECK EX 0306 55.5 20.8 177.3 14 BECK 5727 58.0 19.0 174.5 15 BECK 5737CL 58.0 20.5 170.4 16 BECK 5454CL 54.0 20.8 170.4 17 BECK 6464CL 54.0 22.4 167.4 18 BECK 5366 56.0 19.7 162.5 AVERAGE 55.3 21.7 182.4 BUD RAY Lewisport, KY WESTERN KY Hancock Co. Planted: April 14, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: September 15, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Atrazine Population: 28,000 seeds/a. 1 BECK 6499CBRR 57.0 18.0 191.6 2 BECK 5454CL 58.0 16.2 183.1 3 BECK 6599CBRR 57.0 18.2 181.2 4 BECK 5422Bt 1 57.0 18.6 181.1 5 BECK 5727CB 60.0 15.6 180.3 6 Pioneer 34B27 61.0 17.4 177.2 7 BECK 6262CB 60.0 16.6 176.8 8 BECK 5737CL 61.0 16.8 174.4 9 Pioneer 33P67 60.0 19.0 171.9 10 BECK 7997CB 59.0 19.6 164.9 AVERAGE 59.0 17.6 178.3 *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids.

THOMPSON FARMS Owensboro, KY WESTERN KY Daviess Co. Planted: May 28, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 15, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Bicep II Magnum / Population: 27,800 seeds/a. Gramoxone Insecticide: Regent 1 Pioneer 31N27 54.5 29.2 178.0 2 BECK 7997CL 52.5 30.5 177.6 3 BECK EX 0303 52.5 30.0 172.5 4 BECK EX 0296 51.5 30.1 170.4 5 BECK EX 1357 53.5 29.1 170.2 6 BECK 5422 52.5 26.8 169.3 7 BECK 6464CL 52.0 30.1 165.1 8 BECK 5422Bt 1 53.0 29.0 164.8 9 BECK 6197 52.5 30.0 161.8 10 BECK 5422CBCL 55.0 27.6 158.8 11 BECK 6262CB 54.5 28.4 157.8 12 BECK 5483Bt 1 53.5 24.5 151.2 13 BECK 5727CB 54.0 27.5 149.0 14 BECK 5737CL** 53.8 27.3 147.7 15 BECK 7538Bt 1 55.0 26.3 145.1 16 BECK 5454CL 53.0 28.6 137.9 AVERAGE 53.3 28.4 161.1 ELLIOTT FARMS Henderson, KY WESTERN KY Henderson Co. Planted: April 15, 2003 Previous Crop: Soybeans Harvested: September 15, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Harness Xtra / Population: 26,600 seeds/a. Atrazine Insecticide: Mustang Adjusted* 1 BECK 5422CBCL 55.0 17.5 152.6 2 BECK EX 0296 55.0 19.0 148.3 3 BECK 5483Bt 1 55.0 16.0 147.3 4 BECK 5405Bt 1 55.0 16.2 140.8 5 BECK 5454CL 55.0 16.5 140.6 6 BECK 7997CB 56.0 18.0 139.3 7 BECK 6464CL 53.0 16.6 136.6 8 BECK 7538Bt 1 56.0 18.2 135.6 9 BECK 5727CB 57.0 14.5 132.6 10 BECK 6262CB 57.0 17.0 132.1 11 Pioneer 33P67 57.5 18.6 132.0 12 BECK 7997CL 55.0 19.2 117.4 13 BECK 5737CL 57.0 17.2 113.5 AVERAGE 55.7 17.3 136.1 BECK 5422Bt 1 checker average = 140.4 Bu./A. at an average moisture of 17.0%. *Bushels per acre corrected to 15.5% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. **Average of two checks. 119

120 Side By Side Soybean Strip Checks 2003 Name County & State Variety Bushels Per Acre Virgil Bowerman Branch Co., MI BECK 283RR 14.2 52.2 Dyna Grow 3200RR 13.1 45.9 Pat Carmickle Calhoun Co., MI BECK 323RR 12.8 38.1 BECK 336NRR 12.8 38.0 Dairyland 321RR 12.8 38.0 BECK 283RR 13.4 37.9 Bill Beard Champaign Co., IL BECK 367NRR 10.2 54.5 Pioneer 93B67 10.2 52.2 John Seubert Dearborn Co., IN BECK 367NRR 14.0 42.5 BECK 355RR 12.3 39.8 H C Farms Delaware Co., IN BECK 367NRR 12.7 47.0 Asgrow 3302RR 12.4 43.5 Kevin Vajen Henry Co., OH BECK 323RR 11.4 50.1 BECK 283RR 11.4 48.4 Pioneer 93B68 11.2 46.6 Asgrow 3302 11.4 42.8 Denver Hackman Jackson Co., IN BECK 367NRR 10.6 54.7 Pioneer 34B13 10.6 51.3 Michael Muhlenkamp Jay Co., IN BECK 355RR 13.7 50.6 Pioneer 93B67 13.7 52.1 Neef Farms Piatt Co., IL BECK 295NRR 12.2 42.8 LG Seeds 9284 10.4 38.4 Prairie View Farms White Co., IN BECK 367NRR 19.0 47.8 BECK 323RR 11.7 42.3 BECK 336NRR 10.8 41.8 BECK 355RR 11.6 39.8 Joe Cain White Co., IN BECK 323RR 14.7 50.7 Purple Ribbon 273RR 14.8 44.6 Diener 2900RR 13.2 43.5 Verne Wilson White Co., IN BECK 367NRR 12.9 43.0 BECK 336NRR 12.7 35.7

Full Field Soybean Checks 2003 121 Name County & State Variety Acres Bushels Dan Buchan Adams Co., IN BECK 367NRR 17.0 58.4 Rinehart Family Farms Carroll Co., IN BECK 323RR 22.0 51.0 Rinehart Family Farms Carroll Co., IN BECK 323RR 34.0 50.0 Rinehart Family Farms Carroll Co., IN BECK 367NRR 80.0 48.0 Karl Friedrich Clinton Co., IN BECK 336NRR 57.0 49.6 Karl Friedrich Clinton Co., IN BECK 323RR 37.0 48.7 Darrell Meese Crawford Co., IL BECK 336NRR 48.0 49.3 Hunter Robbins Decatur Co., IN BECK 367NRR 91.6 55.4 Hunter Robbins Decatur Co., IN BECK 417NRR 98.4 50.0 Hunter Robbins Decatur Co., IN BECK 355RR 95.7 47.3 Hunter Robbins Decatur Co., IN BECK 437NRR 60.7 45.5 Hirsch Family Farms Gibson Co., IN BECK 367NRR* 40.0 58.1 Hirsch Family Farms Gibson Co., IN BECK 387NRR* 44.5 56.5 Curt & Fred Clouser Grant Co., IN BECK 323RR 229.0 49.4 Curt & Fred Clouser Grant Co., IN BECK 367NRR 148.9 49.6 David Morgan Grant Co., IN BECK 336NRR 76.0 50.4 David Morgan Grant Co., IN BECK 295NRR 62.0 48.7 Wayne McComb Grundy Co., IL BECK 295NRR 18.0 53.0 Rulon Enterprises Hamilton Co., IN BECK 323RR 800.6 47.4 Rulon Enterprises Hamilton Co., IN BECK 299N 124.0 47.1 Rulon Enterprises Hamilton Co., IN BECK 417NRR 397.1 46.0 Rulon Enterprises Hamilton Co., IN BECK 336NRR 308.1 45.8 Rulon Enterprises Hamilton Co., IN BECK 387NRR 277.6 43.0 B & B Kirkpatrick Farms Howard Co., IN BECK 367NRR 278.2 46.0 B & B Kirkpatrick Farms Howard Co., IN BECK 336NRR 477.8 45.3 B & B Kirkpatrick Farms Howard Co., IN BECK 323RR 409.1 44.6 B & B Kirkpatrick Farms Howard Co., IN BECK 292RR 143.8 40.5 Ron Eppard Huntington Co., IN BECK 323RR 35.0 53.0 Denver Hackman Jackson Co., IN BECK 417NRR 49.0 51.9 Bob Pence Johnson Co., IN BECK 417NRR 32.0 55.0 Frank Corrigan LaSalle Co., IL BECK 306NRR 30.0 50.0 Ken McComb LaSalle Co., IL BECK 295NRR 78.0 47.0 Ken McComb LaSalle Co., IL BECK 323RR 40.0 45.0 Pat Prindiville Livingston Co., IL BECK 295NRR 30.0 37.0 RiverView Farms, Inc. Orange Co. IN BECK 355RR 70.0 73.0 RiverView Farms, Inc. Orange Co. IN BECK 387NRR 122.0 51.6 Forrest Johnson Tippecanoe Co., IN BECK 367NRR 40.0 45.8 Don Haupert Wabash Co., IN BECK 336NRR 55.0 53.0 * Double Crop

122 DENNY COBB Kentland, IN NORTHWEST IN Newton Co. Planted: May 24, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 5, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Roundup WeatherMax Population: 150,000 seeds/a. Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 375NRR 48.7 2 BECK 417NRR 48.6 3 BECK 405NRR 46.3 4 BECK 323RR** 46.1 5 BECK EX 7202 43.0 6 BECK EX 7205 39.6 7 BECK 295NRR 39.4 8 BECK EX 6299 38.2 9 BECK 283RR 37.6 10 BECK EX 7201 37.5 11 BECK 365CRR 36.6 12 BECK 336NRR** 35.4 13 BECK 292RR 35.4 14 BECK 355RR 34.6 15 BECK EX 6252 32.2 AVERAGE 39.9 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by Denny Cobb. **Average of two checks. RON GICK Fowler, IN NORTHWEST IN Benton Co. Planted: May 23, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 9, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 7.5 rows Herbicide: Glypho Max Population: 190,000 seeds/a. Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 375NRR 48.8 2 BECK 405NRR 46.0 3 BECK 323RR** 44.3 4 BECK EX 7207 43.4 5 BECK 417NRR 43.3 6 BECK EX 7206 42.5 7 BECK 306NRR 40.4 8 BECK EX 7202 39.6 9 BECK EX 6299 39.4 10 BECK EX 6252 38.9 11 BECK EX 7205 38.7 12 BECK 295NRR 38.4 13 BECK 283RR 38.4 14 BECK 336NRR** 38.3 15 BECK 355RR 37.5 16 BECK 292RR 35.2 17 BECK EX 7201 34.4 AVERAGE 40.4 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. **Average of two checks.

RICH SCHLIPF Milford, IN NORTH CENTRAL IN Kosciusko Co. Planted: May 24, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 10, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 15 rows Herbicide: Buccaneer / Axiom / Population: 180,000 seeds/a. Sencor / Canopy XL / First Rate / Poast Plus Rank Adjusted* Brand-Variety 1 BECK 323RR 57.9 2 BECK 336NRR 55.8 3 BECK 349 55.4 4 BECK 299N 55.2 5 BECK EX 6252 55.0 6 BECK 295NRR 54.6 7 BECK 283RR 54.2 8 BECK 292RR 53.6 9 BECK 306NRR 52.9 123 10 BECK EX 7201 51.9 11 BECK EX 6299 50.6 12 BECK 288 49.4 13 BECK 355RR 48.9 14 BECK 266NRR 48.6 15 BECK EX 7202 48.6 16 BECK 367NRR 47.9 17 BECK EX 7205 47.3 18 BECK 264RR 44.3 AVERAGE 51.8 BECK 336NRR checker average = 52.9 Bu./A. *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. RICHARD SCHMIDT Bremen, IN NORTH CENTRAL IN Marshall Co. Planted: May 29, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 20, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Roundup Ultra Population: 155,000 seeds/a. Rank Brand-Variety Adjusted* 1 BECK 323RR** 53.7 2 BECK 283RR 48.7 3 BECK 336NRR** 48.4 4 BECK EX 6299 44.2 5 BECK 295NRR 42.7 6 BECK 266NRR 42.3 7 BECK 292RR 42.2 8 BECK 245RR 41.9 9 BECK 264RR 37.1 10 BECK 306NRR 36.2 11 Asgrow 2905 34.5 AVERAGE 42.9 BECK 264RR checker average = 37.7 Bu./A. *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. **Average of two checks.

124 LEE SHELLHAMER Wabash, IN NORTH CENTRAL IN Wabash Co. Planted: May 2, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 1, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 7.5 rows Herbicide: Roundup Ultra on RR Population: 220,000 seeds/a. Raptor on Conventional Rank Brand-Variety Adjusted* 1 BECK 367NRR 65.5 2 BECK 355RR 60.5 3 BECK EX 6252 60.0 4 BECK 375NRR 59.9 5 BECK EX 6299 59.9 6 BECK 292RR 58.5 7 BECK EX 7202 57.4 8 BECK 349 57.3 9 BECK 283RR 57.0 10 BECK 359 56.1 11 BECK 336NRR 55.7 12 BECK EX 7201 55.7 13 BECK 337STS 53.5 14 BECK 264RR 53.2 15 BECK 299N 53.2 16 BECK 323RR 52.7 17 BECK 288 52.5 18 BECK 295NRR 52.3 19 BECK 266NRR 51.1 20 BECK EX 7205 50.4 21 BECK 306NRR 48.4 AVERAGE 55.8 BECK 323RR checker average = 59.3 Bu./A. *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. HAYNES DAIRY FARM Garrett, IN NORTHEAST IN Dekalb Co. Planted: May 24, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 13, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 8 rows Herbicide: Canopy / Population: 220,000 seeds/a. Roundup Ultra Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 323RR** 51.7 2 BECK EX 6252 50.2 3 BECK 336NRR*** 49.8 4 BECK 355RR 49.5 5 BECK 283RR 48.9 6 BECK EX 7201 48.3 7 BECK EX 7205 45.5 AVERAGE 49.1 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. **Average of two checks. ***Average of three checks.

LEHMAN FEED MILL Berne, IN NORTHEAST IN Adams Co. Planted: April 23, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 2, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 7.5 rows Herbicide: Roundup Original Population: 220,000 seeds/a. Rank Adjusted* Brand-Variety 1 BECK 375NRR 49.2 2 BECK 367NRR 48.7 3 Stewart SB3999R 48.1 4 BECK 387NRR 46.2 5 BECK 336NRR 46.0 6 BECK EX 7205 43.9 7 BECK 352RR 43.4 8 BECK 355RR 42.5 125 9 Stewart SB3659R 42.3 10 BECK 295NRR 42.1 11 BECK 323RR 41.8 12 BECK EX 7201 41.3 13 BECK 292RR 39.7 14 Stewart SB2859R 39.3 15 BECK EX 6299 35.8 16 BECK 283RR 35.7 AVERAGE 42.9 BECK 295NRR checker average = 42.7 Bu./A. *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. RON HOSTETLER Topeka, IN NORTHEAST IN Lagrange Co. Planted: May 19, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 25, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 7.5 rows Herbicide: Roundup Ultra Population: 220,000 seeds/a. Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 336NRR 52.6 2 BECK 323RR 50.9 3 BECK EX 6252 49.3 4 BECK 283RR 49.2 5 BECK 306NRR 48.6 6 BECK 295NRR 48.2 7 BECK EX 7201 46.6 8 BECK EX 7202 46.6 9 BECK EX 6299 46.3 10 BECK 355RR 45.4 11 BECK EX 7205 43.0 12 BECK 292RR 42.1 AVERAGE 47.4 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids.

126 ROBERT LEE Marion, IN NORTHEAST IN Wells Co. Planted: June 2, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 12, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 7.5 rows Herbicide: Roundup Original Population: 200,000 seeds/a. Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 375NRR 51.0 2 BECK 367NRR 49.0 3 BECK 323RR 48.0 4 Trisler 3717RR 48.0 5 BECK 336NRR 47.0 6 BECK 355RR 47.0 7 Trisler 3507RR 47.0 8 BECK 387NRR 46.0 9 BECK EX 7205 46.0 10 BECK 295NRR 45.0 11 Trisler 3222RR 45.0 12 BECK EX 6252 44.0 13 Trisler 3427RR 44.0 14 BECK 405NRR 43.0 15 BECK 352RR 42.0 16 Trisler 3407RR 40.0 17 BECK 365CRR 39.0 18 BECK 292RR 39.0 19 Trisler 3113RR 38.0 20 BECK EX 7201 37.0 21 Trisler 2907RR 36.0 AVERAGE 43.9 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by Robert Lee. DUANE FRANZ Monroeville, IN NORTHEAST IN Allen Co. Planted: May 23, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 7, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 8 rows Herbicide: Roundup WeatherMax Population: 200,000 seeds/a. Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 367NRR 64.6 2 BECK EX 6299 62.3 3 BECK 323RR** 61.1 4 BECK 283RR 60.3 5 BECK 292RR 56.5 6 BECK 336NRR** 54.4 7 BECK 295NRR 51.9 8 BECK EX 7201 51.3 9 BECK EX 7205 51.1 10 BECK EX 6252 49.8 11 BECK 355RR 49.5 12 BECK 306NRR 48.8 AVERAGE 55.1 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. **Average of two checks.

TODD WELCH Lafayette, IN WEST CENTRAL IN Tippecanoe Co. Planted: April 30, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 2, 2003 Tillage: Field Cultivator Rows: 15 rows Herbicide: Roundup Ultra Max Population: 180,000 seeds/a. Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 295NRR 47.7 2 BECK 323RR 46.1 3 BECK 367NRR 46.1 4 BECK 292RR 43.9 5 Pioneer 93B09 43.0 6 BECK 355RR 42.6 7 BECK 283RR 42.1 8 BECK EX 6299 41.4 9 BECK EX 7201 41.4 10 BECK EX 6252 41.2 11 BECK 336NRR 40.9 12 BECK EX 7205 40.8 13 BECK 266NRR 40.3 14 BECK 306NRR 38.8 AVERAGE 42.6 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. 127 GABLE BROTHERS Colfax, IN WEST CENTRAL IN Montgomery Co. Planted: May 28, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 9, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 15 rows Herbicide: Glyphos Extra Population: 175,000 seeds/a. Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 367NRR 49.7 2 BECK EX 7207 49.4 3 BECK 323RR** 48.7 4 BECK EX 7202 47.4 5 BECK 417NRR 46.7 6 BECK 375NRR 46.7 7 BECK 355RR 46.0 8 BECK EX 7201 44.5 9 BECK 336NRR 44.4 10 BECK 405NRR 43.7 11 BECK EX 6252 42.8 12 BECK EX 7206 41.6 13 BECK 387NRR 40.6 14 BECK EX 7205 38.2 AVERAGE 45.0 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. **Average of two checks.

128 P. & C. RAMSEY CENTRAL IN Shelbyville, IN Shelby Co. Planted: May 22, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 9, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 15 rows Herbicide: Roundup WeatherMax Population: 180,000 seeds/a. Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 417NRR 51.2 2 BECK 405NRR 50.0 3 BECK 387NRR 47.9 4 BECK 375NRR 47.9 5 BECK 336NRR 46.3 6 BECK EX 7207 46.3 7 BECK 323RR 46.1 8 BECK 355RR 46.0 9 BECK EX 7202 45.7 10 BECK 365CRR 45.6 11 BECK EX 6252 45.0 12 BECK EX 7206 44.9 AVERAGE 46.9 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. BILL RAWLINGS Danville, IN CENTRAL IN Hendricks Co. Planted: May 26, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 13, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 15 rows Herbicide: Roundup Ultra / Population: 150,000 seeds/a. Touchdown Rank Adjusted* Brand-Variety 1 BECK 323RR 49.2 2 BECK EX 6252 48.9 3 BECK 375NRR 48.7 4 BECK 417NRR 47.8 5 Dairyland 375RR 47.7 6 BECK 336NRR 47.2 7 BECK 405NRR 47.2 8 Dairyland 345RR 47.2 9 BECK 367NRR 44.3 10 Dairyland 385RR 44.2 11 Dairyland 3222 43.6 12 BECK EX 7206 43.0 13 Dairyland 326RR 42.6 14 BECK EX 7202 42.3 15 BECK 283RR 41.6 16 BECK 365CRR 41.2 17 BECK EX 7207 41.1 18 Dairyland 263RR 39.4 19 BECK 245RR 33.3 AVERAGE 44.2 BECK 355RR checker average = 43.8 Bu./A. *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids.

DENNIS REYNOLDS Noblesville, IN CENTRAL IN Hamilton Co. Planted: May 27, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 10, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 7.5 rows Herbicide: Roundup Ultra Population: 220,000 seeds/a. Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK EX 6252 56.4 2 BECK 375NRR 54.7 3 BECK EX 7202 54.7 4 BECK 405NRR 54.7 5 BECK 417NRR 54.2 6 BECK 355RR 52.7 7 BECK 336NRR 51.8 8 BECK 323RR 51.2 9 BECK EX 7201 50.7 10 BECK EX 7207 50.2 11 BECK EX 7205 49.3 12 BECK EX 7206 45.8 13 BECK 367NRR 43.5 AVERAGE 51.5 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. 129 T. RUNYAN & SONS CENTRAL IN Elwood, IN Madison Co. Planted: May 30, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 21, 2003 Tillage: Field Cultivator Rows: 10 rows Herbicide: Clear Out 41 Plus Population: 190,000 seeds/a. Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 336NRR 52.7 2 BECK 405NRR 51.7 3 BECK EX 6252 51.5 4 BECK 417NRR 51.3 5 BECK EX 7201 51.2 6 BECK 375NRR 49.6 7 BECK 355RR 49.3 8 BECK 295NRR 49.1 9 BECK EX 7202 49.0 10 BECK 323RR 48.2 11 BECK EX 7205 46.4 12 BECK EX 6299 46.2 13 BECK EX 7207 44.6 14 BECK 365CRR 43.7 15 BECK EX 7206 43.4 16 BECK 283RR 42.2 17 BECK 292RR 36.4 AVERAGE 47.4 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids.

130 HITE FARMS Kokomo, IN CENTRAL IN Howard Co. Planted: April 29, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: September 20, 2003 Tillage: Moldboard Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Extreme / Population: 132,000 seeds/a. Roundup Ultra Rank Brand-Variety Adjusted* 1 BECK EX 7202 57.7 2 BECK EX 7201 56.2 3 BECK 355RR 56.0 4 BECK 323RR 55.8 5 BECK EX 7205 55.8 6 BECK 336NRR 55.4 7 BECK EX 6252 54.0 8 Stewart SB2840RR 53.0 9 Stewart SB3119RR 52.5 10 BECK 295NRR 52.0 11 BECK 306NRR 51.8 12 BECK 292RR 51.5 13 Stewart SB3360RR 51.3 AVERAGE 54.1 BECK 323RR checker average = 55.2 Bu./A. KAY & DAVE MARTIN CENTRAL IN Delphi, IN Carroll Co. Planted: May 25, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 8, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Roundup WeatherMax Population: 140,000 seeds/a. Rank Brand-Variety Adjusted* 1 BECK 367NRR 49.1 2 BECK EX 7202 47.3 3 BECK 336NRR** 45.5 4 BECK 365CRR 45.3 5 BECK 306NRR** 41.8 6 BECK 295NRR 40.4 AVERAGE 44.9 BECK 336NRR checker average = 43.9 Bu./A. *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. **Average of two checks. We used Beck s for the first time this year and were very impressed. The 55 acres of 336NRR were the highest yielding, most uniform soybeans on our farm this year. Dan Haupert North Manchester, IN

JIM GEISE Rushville, IN EAST CENTRAL IN Rush Co. Planted: May 25, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 9, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 19 rows Herbicide: Extreme / 2,4-D / Population: 185,000 seeds/a. Roundup WeatherMax Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 367NRR** 56.2 2 Pioneer 93B68 55.8 3 BECK 323RR 55.5 4 BECK 355RR 51.2 5 Pioneer 93B72 50.7 AVERAGE 53.9 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. **Average of two checks. JERRY NEFF Union City, IN EAST CENTRAL IN Randolph Co. Planted: May 24, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 11, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 7.5 rows Herbicide: Roundup Population: 225,000 seeds/a. Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 323RR 49.2 2 BECK 367NRR 45.3 3 Pioneer 93B68 45.0 4 Ebberts 1372RR 42.2 5 BECK 352RR 41.3 6 BECK 355RR 40.7 AVERAGE 44.0 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by Shockney Seed. LUTHER UPCHURCH New Castle, IN EAST CENTRAL IN Henry Co. Planted: May 26, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 9, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 7.5 rows Herbicide: Roundup Ultra Population: 210,000 seeds/a. Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK EX 6252 58.8 2 BECK 375NRR 57.1 3 BECK 405NRR 57.0 4 BECK 417NRR 56.7 5 BECK 323RR 54.7 6 BECK 336NRR 53.7 7 BECK EX 7206 53.5 8 BECK 355RR 52.1 9 BECK 365CRR 51.4 10 BECK EX 7202 49.1 AVERAGE 54.4 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. 131

132 PAUL RUSSELL Eaton, IN EAST CENTRAL IN Delaware Co. Planted: May 22, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 23, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 15 rows Herbicide: Gangster / Population: 185,000 seeds/a. Roundup WeatherMax Adjusted* Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 323RR 65.0 2 BECK 417NRR 63.6 3 BECK 405NRR 61.3 4 BECK EX 7206 60.0 5 Pioneer 93B68 59.8 6 BECK 375NRR 59.0 7 BECK 387NRR 58.5 8 BECK 367NRR 58.4 9 BECK 352RR 58.2 10 BECK 336NRR 58.0 11 BECK EX 6252 58.0 12 BECK EX 7201 57.7 13 BECK 306NRR 56.0 14 BECK 295NRR 55.9 15 BECK 355RR 55.0 16 BECK 292RR 55.0 17 BECK 365NRR 52.4 18 BECK EX 7207 50.7 AVERAGE 57.9 BECK 355RR checker average = 54.2 Bu./A. *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. TERRY HOFFMAN Jasper, IN SOUTHWEST IN Dubois Co. Planted: June 26, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 24, 2003 Tillage: Disc Rows: 15 rows Herbicide: Roundup Ultra Population: 182,000 seeds/a. Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 476NRR 74.3 2 BECK 405NRR 60.1 3 BECK 355RR 59.4 4 BECK 417NRR 58.1 5 BECK 387NRR 56.5 6 BECK EX 7206 55.9 7 BECK 437NRR 55.4 8 BECK 375NRR 55.2 9 BECK EX 7207 54.9 AVERAGE 58.9 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids.

HIRSCH FAMILY FARMS SOUTHWEST IN Ft. Branch, IN Gibson Co. Planted: May 16, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 2, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 15 rows Herbicide: Roundup Ultra Population: 140,000 seeds/a. Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 405NRR 72.2 2 BECK 375NRR 72.0 3 BECK 437NRR 71.3 4 BECK 367NRR 70.7 5 BECK 476NRR 70.4 6 BECK EX 6252 68.8 7 BECK EX 7207 68.4 8 BECK 355RR 67.8 9 BECK 387NRR 67.3 10 BECK 417NRR 66.5 11 BECK EX 7202 65.9 12 BECK 323RR** 65.8 13 BECK 336NRR 65.4 14 BECK EX 7206 61.9 15 BECK 365CRR 60.8 AVERAGE 67.7 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. **Average of two checks. JIM KUNZ Greensburg, IN SOUTHEAST IN Decatur Co. Planted: May 27, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 9, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 15 rows Herbicide: Touchdown-on RR Beans Population: 160,000 seeds/a. Dual II-on Conv. Beans Amplify-on Conv. Beans Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK EX 7202 56.7 2 BECK 367NRR 56.0 3 BECK 379N 55.8 4 BECK 419 55.4 5 BECK 405NRR 55.0 6 BECK EX 6252 54.6 7 BECK 365CRR 54.1 8 BECK EX 7207 54.1 9 BECK 417NRR** 53.8 10 BECK 355RR 53.4 11 BECK 375NRR 52.9 12 Asgrow 3903 50.6 13 BECK EX 7206 50.1 14 Pioneer 93B67 49.7 15 BECK 359 47.4 AVERAGE 53.3 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. **Average of two checks. 133

134 GARY COOPER Orleans, IN SOUTHEAST IN Orange Co. Planted: May 27, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 31, 2003 Tillage: Disc Rows: 7.5 rows Herbicide: Roundup Ultra Max Population: 200,000 seeds/a. Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 387NRR 56.6 2 BECK 405NRR 56.6 3 BECK 417NRR 56.1 4 BECK 367NRR 55.9 5 BECK 355RR 54.8 6 BECK 323RR 54.6 7 BECK EX 6252 53.7 8 BECK 365CRR 53.7 9 BECK EX 7207 51.4 10 BECK 375NRR 51.2 11 BECK EX 7206 50.2 AVERAGE 54.1 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. RICK ZINK Campbellsburg, IN SOUTHEAST IN Washington Co. Planted: May 4, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 3, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 7.5 rows Herbicide: Roundup Ultra Population: 200,000 seeds/a. Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK EX 7202 62.1 2 BECK 405NRR 60.0 3 BECK 417NRR 58.4 4 BECK 367NRR 57.4 5 BECK 375NRR 54.4 6 Asgrow 3702 53.4 7 BECK 387NRR 51.5 8 BECK 355RR 49.6 9 BECK EX 6252 49.2 10 BECK EX 7207 47.9 AVERAGE 54.4 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Year in and year out, good or bad, Beck s products continue to prove their value on our farm. Consistency in poor years and yieldability in good years is what I want in my corn and soybean fields. Aaron Johnson Orleans, IN

VERSAILLES FFA Versailles, OH WEST CENTRAL OH Darke Co. Planted: May 26, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 10, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 8.25 rows Herbicide: Roundup WeatherMax / Population: 220,000 seeds/a. Canopy Adjusted* Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 417NRR 50.3 2 BECK 355RR 48.2 3 BECK 405NRR 46.4 4 BECK 375NRR 44.7 5 Golden Harvest 3631RR 43.3 6 Golden Harvest H-3945RR 43.2 7 BECK 323RR 42.2 8 Croplan Genetics RC3636 42.2 9 Pioneer 93B68 42.2 10 BECK 336NRR 42.0 11 BECK EX 7206 41.7 12 Golden Harvest 3520RR 39.8 13 BECK EX 7202 39.7 14 Golden Harvest X23336 39.7 15 Golden Harvest 3243RR 39.6 16 Mycogen 5368 39.4 17 Pioneer 93B36 39.1 18 BECK EX 7207 38.1 19 Seed Consultants 9362RR 37.7 20 BECK 367NRR 37.3 21 Seed Consultants 9391RR 37.3 22 BECK EX 6252 35.7 23 BECK 365CRR 35.4 24 Golden Harvest 3994RR 35.2 25 BECK 387NRR 34.7 26 Croplan Genetics RT3595 34.2 27 Croplan Genetics RT3992 34.0 28 Croplan Genetics RC3212 33.2 29 TopCrop 3997 32.8 30 TopCrop 3900 31.4 31 Golden Harvest 2940RR 28.4 AVERAGE 39.0 BECK 375NRR checker average = 40.5 Bu./A. *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids and Pioneer. J. & S. FISHER WEST CENTRAL OH Wapakoneta, OH Auglaize Co. Planted: April 19, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 9, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 7.5 rows Herbicide: Roundup Ultra Population: 225,000 seeds/a. Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK EX 6299 62.9 2 BECK 292RR 62.6 3 BECK 323RR 62.4 4 BECK 283RR 60.0 5 BECK 336NRR 58.1 6 BECK 295NRR 57.8 7 BECK EX 7201 55.6 AVERAGE 59.9 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. 135

136 ROD SCHAURER Covington, OH WEST CENTRAL OH Miami Co. Planted: May 10, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 6, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 10 rows Herbicide: Honcho / FirstRate / Population: 204,500 seeds/a. Harmony Extra / Select Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 283RR 58.6 2 BECK 323RR 54.1 3 Pioneer 93B82 53.6 4 BECK 306NRR 49.0 5 BECK EX 6252 48.2 6 Pioneer 93B36 47.8 7 Ebberts 1362 47.1 8 Dekalb B31-51 47.0 9 BECK 367NRR 45.3 10 BECK EX 7201 45.1 11 Ebberts 1324 44.4 12 BECK EX 7202 42.6 13 BECK EX 7205 42.6 14 BECK 336NRR 40.8 15 BECK 355RR 40.0 16 BECK 337STS 35.5 17 BECK EX 7997 30.2 AVERAGE 45.4 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. DAVE MCNEILAN Celina, OH WEST CENTRAL OH Mercer Co. Planted: May 29, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 9, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 15 rows Herbicide: Roundup WeatherMax Population: 170,000 seeds/a. Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 417NRR 49.9 2 BECK EX 6252 47.9 3 Countrymark RC3335 47.7 4 Countrymark RT3595 47.3 5 BECK 323RR 47.0 6 Countrymark RT3432 46.7 7 BECK 336NRR 46.6 8 BECK 355RR 46.3 9 BECK 367NRR 46.1 10 BECK EX 7202 45.0 11 BECK 375NRR 43.9 12 Countrymark RC3212 42.8 13 BECK 352RR 42.1 14 Countrymark RT2732 41.2 15 BECK 306NRR 40.8 16 BECK 292RR 37.6 17 BECK 295NRR 33.5 AVERAGE 44.3 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids.

BRUCE LLOYD Gomer, OH NORTHWEST OH Allen Co. Planted: May 28, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 8, 2003 Tillage: Conventional-Till Rows: 15 rows Herbicide: Honcho Plus Population: 175,000 seeds/a. Adjusted* Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 355RR 61.3 2 BECK EX 7202 56.8 3 BECK 336NRR 56.5 4 BECK 367NRR 55.7 5 BECK EX 6252 54.2 6 BECK 292RR 53.9 7 BECK EX 6299 52.3 8 BECK 295NRR 49.3 AVERAGE 55.0 BECK 323RR checker average = 49.9 Bu./A. *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. 137 JIM GRUBAUGH & SON Haviland, OH NORTHWEST OH Paulding Co. Planted: May 27, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 8, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 7.5 rows Herbicide: Roundup Ultra Max Population: 210,000 seeds/a. Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 283RR 42.5 2 BECK 323RR 41.1 3 BECK 295NRR 40.3 4 BECK 336NRR 40.2 5 BECK EX 6269 39.6 6 BECK 292RR 38.9 7 BECK EX 7205 38.9 8 BECK EX 7201 37.5 AVERAGE 39.9 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. MIKE LEICHTY West Unity, OH NORTHWEST OH Williams Co. Planted: May 22, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 10, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 7.5 rows Herbicide: Glyphomax Plus Population: 200,000 seeds/a. Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 336NRR 45.1 2 BECK 283RR 43.8 3 BECK 264RR 42.6 4 BECK 355RR 42.4 5 BECK 323RR 41.5 6 BECK 295NRR 40.0 AVERAGE 42.6 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids.

138 AGRI SERVICES Archbold, OH NORTHWEST OH Fulton Co. Planted: May 12, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 21, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 7.5 rows Herbicide: Roundup Ultra Population: 210,000 seeds/a. Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 352RR 48.7 2 Asgrow 3302 47.9 3 BECK 323RR 47.8 4 Corn Belt 344 46.7 5 Asgrow 3401 45.7 6 Dekalb B31-52 44.7 7 Dekalb B25-51 44.5 8 BECK 283RR 43.9 9 Corn Belt 322 42.0 10 BECK 295NRR 41.9 11 Dekalb B31-51 41.0 12 Asgrow 2705 40.9 13 Asgrow 2405 39.3 14 Asgrow 3201 38.7 AVERAGE 43.8 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. NOFZIGER & SONS Wauseon, OH NORTHWEST OH Fulton Co. Planted: May 22, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 8, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Population: 220,000 seeds/a. Herbicide: Roundup WeatherMax Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK EX 7202 49.9 2 BECK 295NRR 49.9 3 BECK 323RR 49.3 4 Garst 2612RRN 45.2 5 BECK 336NRR 44.9 6 Garst 3212RRN 44.1 7 BECK EX 6299 42.7 8 BECK 355RR 42.6 9 BECK EX 6252 41.4 10 BECK 264RR 41.1 11 Garst 2834RR 40.9 12 Garst 2502RR 40.6 13 Garst 3083RR 40.5 14 Garst 3135RR 40.4 15 BECK 292RR 40.0 16 Garst 294RRN 39.9 17 Garst 2603RR 37.4 18 Garst D 355RR 36.3 19 BECK 306NRR 35.0 20 BECK 283RR 34.8 AVERAGE 41.8 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by Garst.

TROYER FARMS Hicksville, OH NORTHWEST OH Defiance Co. Planted: April 26, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 8, 2003 Tillage: To The Max Harrow Rows: 7.5 rows Herbicide: Roundup Ultra Max Population: 220,000 seeds/a. Rank Adjusted* Brand-Variety 1 BECK 292RR 58.4 2 Asgrow 3201 57.9 3 BECK 283RR 57.2 4 BECK 336NRR 54.4 5 BECK 264RR 54.0 6 BECK 355RR 53.9 7 BECK 295NRR 53.7 8 Dekalb B31-51 52.9 9 BECK EX 7205 52.2 10 BECK 367NRR 50.4 11 BECK EX 6299 47.5 12 BECK EX 7201 41.3 AVERAGE 52.8 BECK 323RR checker average = 57.0 Bu./A. *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. 139 ALAN SEIFKE Burlington, MI SOUTHERN MI Calhoun Co. Planted: May 22, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 11, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 15 rows Herbicide: Roundup Ultra Max Population: 165,000 seeds/a. Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 323RR 34.9 2 Pioneer 92M80 34.6 3 BECK 283RR 34.2 4 Pioneer 92M70 34.2 5 BECK 336NRR 32.9 6 Stine 2736-4 32.5 7 Pioneer 93B36 32.3 8 BECK EX 6252 31.7 9 BECK 375NRR 31.0 10 Pioneer 92B13 29.9 11 BECK 302RR 29.7 12 BECK 306NRR 29.6 13 BECK 264RR 28.7 14 BECK 355RR 28.7 15 BECK EX 7205 28.7 16 BECK 222RR 28.4 17 BECK 245RR 27.9 18 BECK EX 7201 27.6 19 BECK EX 6299 25.8 20 BECK 292RR 24.6 AVERAGE 30.4 BECK 295NRR checker average = 31.7 Bu./A. *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. Adjusted*

140 DUANE GOETZ Blissfield, MI SOUTHERN MI Lenawee Co. Planted: May 1, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 23, 2003 Tillage: Chisel Plow Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Roundup Ultra Max Population: 175,000 seeds/a. Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 323RR 40.0 2 BECK EX 6299 38.9 3 BECK 264RR 37.4 4 BECK 295NRR 37.3 5 BECK 245RR 37.1 6 BECK 283RR 36.9 7 BECK 336NRR 36.0 8 BECK 292RR 35.7 9 BECK 306NRR 35.0 10 BECK 266NRR 33.4 AVERAGE 36.8 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. KEN & BECKY MCCOMB NORTHEAST IL Ransom, IL LaSalle Co. Planted: May 13, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 5, 2003 Tillage: Conventional-Till Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Roundup WeatherMax Population: 150,000 seeds/a. Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 323RR 54.8 2 BECK 336NRR 53.5 3 BECK EX 7205 52.8 4 BECK EX 7201 50.8 5 BECK 295NRR 50.4 6 BECK 266NRR 50.4 7 BECK EX 6299 47.8 8 BECK 306NRR 47.6 9 BECK 292RR 43.2 10 BECK 283RR 41.1 11 BECK 264RR 40.2 AVERAGE 48.4 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by Ken & Becky McComb. I have been very impressed with the quality of the grading and treatment application of Beck s soybeans. We use Sure Gro treated beans to help prevent loss of population in cold early planting conditions. After getting seed rained on this year, we really appreciate the moisture resistant Beck s bags. Beck s has the best bags of any seed company. Mike & Dick Beagle Blissfield, MI

SPECIALTY GRAINS EAST CENTRAL IL Gibson City, IL Ford Co. Planted: May 27, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 20, 2003 Tillage: Conventional-Till Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Roundup WeatherMax / Population: 150,000 seeds/a. Domain Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 375NRR 40.5 2 BECK 367NRR 39.9 3 BECK 323RR 39.7 4 BECK 379N 38.4 5 Dairyland 375RR 38.1 6 BECK 336NRR 37.4 7 Dairyland 401RR 37.1 8 BECK 337STS 37.0 9 Dairyland 289STS 36.8 10 Dairyland 340RR 36.1 11 Dairyland 363RR 35.7 12 Dairyland 345RR 35.6 13 BECK 295NRR 35.3 14 BECK EX 7202 35.2 15 BECK 349 35.0 16 BECK EX 6252 34.2 17 Dairyland 327RR 33.9 18 Dairyland 357RR 32.3 19 BECK 355RR 31.8 20 BECK 359 31.4 21 Dairyland 320RR 31.3 AVERAGE 35.8 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. 141 JON MCGEE Longview, IL EAST CENTRAL IL Douglas Co. Planted: May 14, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 8, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 15 rows Herbicide: Glyphosate / Population: 185,000 seeds/a. Roundup WeatherMax Rank Adjusted* Brand-Variety 1 BECK 323RR 52.6 2 BECK 417NRR 51.8 3 BECK EX 7201 50.3 4 BECK EX 7205 49.1 5 BECK 295NRR 48.7 6 BECK 375NRR 48.5 7 BECK 367NRR 47.5 8 BECK EX 7202 47.3 9 BECK 336NRR 46.6 10 BECK 283RR 46.3 11 BECK 292RR 43.2 12 BECK EX 6299 42.2 AVERAGE 47.8 BECK 323RR checker average = 50.0 Bu./A. *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids.

142 PONTIAC NTNL. BANK Cabery, IL EAST CENTRAL IL Livingston Co. Planted: May 5, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 5, 2003 Tillage: Conventional-Till Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Roundup WeatherMax Population: 160,000 seeds/a. Adjusted* Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 323RR 44.4 2 Pioneer 34M60 43.4 3 Lewis 3566 43.1 4 BECK 367NRR 42.4 5 Pioneer 93B67 42.4 6 Lewis 2822 42.2 7 Asgrow 3201 41.9 8 Dekalb B31-52 41.4 9 BECK 336NRR 41.3 10 Wilken 3421 41.0 11 Asgrow 3401 40.3 12 Diener 3310 39.8 13 Wilken 2678 39.5 14 Wilken 3419 39.5 15 BECK 306NRR 39.5 16 Pioneer 93M41 39.2 17 Dekalb B26-52 39.0 18 Diener 3211 39.0 19 BECK 365CRR 38.5 20 Wilken 2663 38.0 21 Wilken 2671 38.0 22 Asgrow 3201 38.0 23 Asgrow 2705 37.0 24 Diener 2911 36.8 25 BECK 292RR 36.6 26 Asgrow 2405 36.0 27 Lewis 3268 35.3 28 Pioneer 92M70 35.0 29 Lewis 2953 34.4 30 Lewis 2898 30.4 AVERAGE 39.1 Dekalb B31-51 checker average = 41.1 Bu./A. *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by Pontiac National Bank. ROLLING PRAIRIE FARMS Mattoon, IL EAST CENTRAL IL Coles Co. Planted: May 3, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 1, 2003 Tillage: No-Till Rows: 15 rows Herbicide: Roundup Ultra Population: 175,000 seeds/a. Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 405NRR 61.0 2 BECK 417NRR 56.9 3 BECK 375NRR 56.9 4 BECK 367NRR** 51.4 5 BECK EX 7207 50.8 6 BECK 336NRR 49.9 7 BECK 323RR 49.1 8 BECK 387NRR 48.7 9 BECK EX 6252 47.9 10 BECK EX 7201 46.8 11 BECK EX 7205 45.9 12 BECK 355RR 45.4 AVERAGE 50.9 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. **Average of two checks.

LARRY LAUE Shumway, IL SOUTHERN IL Effingham Co. Planted: June 2, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 13, 2003 Tillage: Field Cultivator Rows: 15 rows Herbicide: Roundup Ultra Max Population: 195,000 seeds/a. Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 417NRR 61.1 2 BECK 336NRR 60.6 3 BECK 375NRR 59.3 4 BECK 405NRR 58.5 5 BECK 355RR 57.8 6 BECK EX 7207 52.1 7 BECK 387NRR 51.0 8 BECK 365CRR 50.2 9 BECK 437NRR 50.1 10 BECK 367NRR 47.2 11 BECK EX 7206 45.7 AVERAGE 54.0 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. 143 ALAN PROBST Wheeler, IL SOUTHERN IL Jasper Co. Planted: June 5, 2003 Previous Crop: Corn Harvested: October 6, 2003 Tillage: Field Cultivator Rows: 30 rows Herbicide: Roundup Ultra Max Population: 151,000 seeds/a. Rank Brand-Variety 1 BECK 405NRR 59.7 2 BECK 417NRR 55.8 3 BECK EX 7202 52.7 4 BECK 375NRR 52.1 5 BECK EX 7206 49.2 6 BECK 355RR 48.2 7 BECK 365CRR 47.5 8 BECK EX 7207 47.1 9 BECK EX 6252 45.4 10 BECK 336NRR 43.7 AVERAGE 50.1 *Bushels per acre corrected to 13% moisture. Plot weighed by BECK S Hybrids. If we did not use Sure Gro on our soybeans, I know we would have to plant a lot higher seeding rate to get the population we want. We have pretty heavy clay soil and we get good soybean stands when others are having to replant. Sure Gro is the main difference. Steve Cormany Columbia City, IN

45 Multi-Year Comparisons (Includes farmer plots, Beck s research, and other independent and public test results) 101 102 108 110 Yrs. Plots Brand-Variety Wt. Bu/A. 5 29 BECK 101 56.8 82.9 Hopewell 57.2 78.8 5 15 BECK 101 54.2 77.5 Stewart 520 57.2 75.7 3 8 BECK 102 53.5 72.2 Pioneer 25R75 55.3 72.0 2 7 BECK 102 52.4 72.1 Croplan 514W 49.4 68.2 3 7 BECK 108 60.3 70.2 Pioneer 25R44 60.6 67.8 5 36 BECK 108 58.3 83.8 Hopewell 56.9 80.3 2 8 BECK 110 55.7 71.9 Croplan 547W 54.1 68.4 2 8 BECK 110 61.0 70.9 AgriPro Patton 59.6 72.2 Plant Wheat After Hessian Fly-Free Date in your area New Wheat Numbering System Starting in the fall of 2003, we will expand our numbering system for Beck wheat varieties. Our historical three-digit numbering system utilized the last digit as the variant to differentiate varieties based on maturity. Example: 101= Early 108= Full season. The new system will broaden the system by utilizing the second digit as the variant to identify maturity. This will allow the third digit to further differentiate varieties that may be of a similar maturity. For example, the new Beck 117 variety for 2004, is between Beck 101 and Beck 102 in maturity, but closer to 102. New Beck 161 is about two days earlier than 108. 2003 Nitrogen Rate Results Planted: October 2, 2002 Harvested: July 14, 2003 Seeding Rate: 1.5 million seeds / acre Total N applied Wt. Bu/A. 80#N 57.0 79.3 110#N 57.0 84.1 140#N 57.0 85.9 22 Varieties averaged for each N rate September 22 September 24 September 26 September 28 September 30 October 1 October 2 October 3 October 4 October 6 October 7 October 8 Three Year Summary 48 Comparisons Bushels BECK Brand BECK 102 57.7 74.8 BECK 110 58.8 74.5 BECK 108 59.5 73.8 BECK 101 56.9 69.9