Soybeans

To ensure a profitable soybean harvest, you need a soybean variety you can plant with confidence. At Southern States, we are constantly evaluating new seed technologies and looking for superior soybeans that meet our GrowMaster^® quality standards. Our premium proprietary Roundup Ready^® and Synchrony^® varieties have the herbicide tolerant technology for swift weed control, plus proven yield performance and disease resistance. Work with your GrowMaster Professional to choose the soybean variety best suited for your region and growing conditions. That way, you’ll feel more confident than ever about your soybean investment this season

Cleaner Fields, Higher Yields^®

Roundup PowerMAX^® herbicide begins to deliver a lethal dose of weed-killing power directly into the weed in minutes. And if you qualify for the Roundup Rewards^® Program, you get the added security of the new Roundup PowerMAX Warranty and the new 30-Minute Rainfast Warranty. If you have questions about this new Roundup^® herbicide, talk to your GrowMaster Professional or visit the Monsanto website at www.monsanto.com.

Management Tip: A healthy profit starts with healthy seed

A key part of a profitable soybean program is to select the right varieties for your maturity range and growing environment, keeping in mind your yield objectives and unique stress factors. For more details about Southern States soybean varieties and advanced crop management, talk with your GrowMaster Professional today!

Saving Soybean Seed for Replanting?

Seed Containing the Roundup Ready^® Gene Cannot be Saved for Replanting. Seeds containing the Roundup Ready trait and the Genuity^™ Roundup Ready 2 Yield^® trait are protected under numerous United States patents, including Patent No. RE39,247. It is unlawful to save Roundup Ready^® soybeans or Genuity^™ Roundup Ready 2 Yield^® soybeans for planting or transfer to others for use as a planting seed.

Soybean Numbering System
Uses Relative maturity classification, for example: First digit = maturity group RT 4777N = Group IV Second digit = relative position RT 4777N = LATE maturity in Group IV PVP vs. Patented. Under the Plant Variety Protection law, a farmer who purchases and plants a PVP soybean variety, can save enough seed of that variety to plant on his/her farm acreage, but may not be sold to other farmers outside the seed certification system. Southern States GrowMaster^® soybean varieties are U.S. Patented and cannot be saved for seed under any circumstances.

RT 3871N (LATE Group III) Very strong performance! Roundup Ready variety High yield potential Medium-bushy plant shape Cyst resistant Cyst nematode resistant	RT 3971N (LATE Group III) Very good stability PLUS cyst nematode resistance! Roundup Ready variety Very good emergence Medium-tall plant height	RT 4370N (EARLY Group IV) Tall in stature and large in yield! Strong disease package Broadly adapted, consistent Medium-tall plant height Semi-bushy plant	RT 4451N (MID Group IV) High yield with strong disease package! Roundup Ready variety Excellent resistance to Sudden Death Syndrome, cyst nematode and Phytophthora Medium-tall plant height conditions
RT 4470N-STS (MID Group IV) Very good standability for ease of harvest! Medium maturing, short, bushy variety Responds well to high management practices Has both Roundup and herbicide tolerance	RT 4760N (MID-LATE Group IV) Performs well under stress across soil types! Good disease package Excellent stress tolerance Good stress tolerance	RT 4777N (MID-LATE Group IV) Very good early vigor for no-till and early planting! Outstanding disease package Very good stress tolerance Tall, performs well across soil types	RT 5160N-STS (EARLY Group V) Excellent choice for planting behind barley or wheat! Roundup Ready variety Resistant to Sudden Death Syndrome and cyst nematode Bushy plant shape
RT 5450N-STS (MID Group V) High yield potential with very good standability! Roundup Ready and Synchrony tolerant Cyst nematode resistant Stem canker resistance Medium-bushy plant shape	RT 5471N-STS (MID Group V) Improved version of 5450 with brown pubescence! Broad spectrum disease package Target productive soils, but will also perform on tough land Medium-tall, bushy plant	RT 5760N (MID Group IV) Cyst nematode resistance PLUS very good field tolerance to Phytophthora! Roundup Ready variety Very good standability for ease of harvest Tall, narrow plant shape	RT 5930N (LATE Group V) High yielding with good standability and adjusts to row width! Resistant to cyst nematode and frog eye Above average ratings on aerial blight and cercospora Medium-tall plant height
RT 5951N (LATE Group IV) Widely adapted across soil types with a strong disease package! Resistant to cyst nematode and frog eye Good Sudden Death Syndrome tolerance Tall, bushy plant shape	RT 5960N (LATE Group V) Handles disease environments better than most! Cyst nematode resistant Good Phytophthora resistance Tall, bushy plant	RT 6207N (EARLY Group VI) Handles disease environments better than most! Cyst nematode resistant Field tolerance to root knot nematode Tall, bushy plant	RT 6451N (EARLY Group VI) Very strong disease package! Cyst nematode resistant Good Sudden Death Syndrome tolerance Medium-tall, bushy plant shape
RT 6988N (LATE Group VI) Cyst nematode resistance! Very good emergence and standability Moderate resistance to stem canker Medium-tall plant height	RT 7270N (EARLY Group VII) Very good standability! Cyst nematode resistance Moderate resistance to stem canker Tall plant	RT 7999N (EARLY Group VII) Superior stress tolerance always results in a good crop! Great full season determinate Excellent disease package Tall, bushy plant	RT 4808N-STS (LATE Group IV) Performs across all environments! Roundup Ready and Synchrony^® tolerant Very good Phytophthora tolerance Tall, narrow plant
RT 4996N-STS (LATE Group IV) High yield with strong disease package! Excellent performance over all regions! Good stress tolerance Has STS^® gene Tall semi-bushy plant	SS 3820N R2 (LATE Group III) Excellent stress tolerant variety! Good disease package Performs well in most soil types Medium-tall, medium-bushy plant type	SS 385N (MID-LATE Group III) Excellent variety for double cropping! Very good standability Medium plant shape	SS 435N (MID Group IV) Excellent variety for double cropping! Good standability, resists shattering Good Phytophthora tolerance Thin plant shape
SS 5200-STS (EARLY Group V) Excellent variety for double cropping! Good standability, resists shattering Good Phytophthora tolerance Thin plant shape

Soybean Varieties Comparisons by Relative Maturity and Characteristics

This is Genuity^™

This is Monsanto’s new trait innovation brand for corn, soybean, cotton and specialty crops. Now the traits that farmers already count on - and those yet to be developed - are Genuity traits.

The Genuity brand is Monsanto’s first brand uniting a family of traits under a single, easily-recognizable name that allows us to simplify our message and differentiate our traits from competitors.

This is big news for farmers, because Genuity traits enable farmers to make their best decisions, quickly and easily. And, that’s what the Genuity brand is all about...helping farmers do what they do best, even better.

Benefits of Using New Soybean Seed

Convenience

High quality and high yield potential product versus bin-run
Access to the most elite germplasm

Economics of New Seed Versus Bin-Run

Income lost by not selling as commodity grain
(i.e. 1 bushel of bin-run seed multiplied by the price of a soybean bushel)
Average loss of 10 to 15% cleanout at harvest for bin-run seed

Limited Warranty Benefits

Dealer agronomic support before and after the sale
Risk management benefits of Roundup Rewards®
(over $600 million paid to growers since 1977)

New Innovations

Royalties provide research and development of new traits and higher yielding germplasm
Monsanto invests over $700 million per year on research and development

STS^® Herbicide Tolerant Biotechnology

Incorporating an enhanced sulfonylurea tolerance trait developed by DuPont, these innovative Southern States soybean varieties allow post-emergent broadleaf weed control with sulfonylurea-based herbicides such as Synchrony.

The above varieties designated with RT and STS have both Roundup^® herbicide tolerance, plus the added feature of allowing the application of Synchrony herbicide post-applied for control of broadleaf weeds.

Synchrony^® and STS^® are registered trademarks of E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Inc.

Crop Resource Manual 2010