InVigor canola hybrids dominate the PCVT results for seventh year running

November 24, 2009

Once again, InVigor® hybrid canola developed and marketed by Bayer CropScience clearly demonstrates that nothing outperforms it.

For the seventh consecutive year, the independent Prairie Canola Variety Trials (PCVT) has placed InVigor hybrids on the leader board, maintaining an unbroken record of top yielders since the trials began in 2003. InVigor hybrids are the most popular canola seeded in Canada, accounting for almost half of the canola acreage seeded this year.

The trials, which are managed by the Canola Council of Canada, are replicated weed free trials that provide information on the genetic capabilities of all canola types entered into the trial. The check varieties used are InVigor 5020 and Pioneer® Hi-Bred 45H21.

“The PCVT results clearly confirm what thousands of canola growers across the Prairie Provinces have experienced over the last 13 years,” says Brad Ewankiw, Portfolio Manager InVigor Seed for Bayer CropScience Canada. “Without question, InVigor canola hybrids consistently provide the highest yields of any variety on the market today.”

Compared with the checks, InVigor 5770 topped the charts with an overall average of 113%. Close behind were InVigor 5440 at 112%, InVigor 5030 at 108%, InVigor 8440 at 105%, InVigor 9590 at 104% and InVigor 5020 at 102%.

“This is especially good news for canola growers because they know that with InVigor growing in their fields, they can depend on superior yields in all types of conditions, year after year,” says Ewankiw.

About Bayer CropScience

Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, nutrition and high-tech materials. Bayer CropScience AG, a subsidiary of Bayer AG with annual sales of about EUR 6.4 billion (2008), is one of the world’s leading innovative crop science companies in the areas of crop protection, non-agricultural pest control, seeds and plant biotechnology. The company offers an outstanding range of products and extensive service backup for modern, sustainable agriculture and for non-agricultural applications. Bayer Crop¬Science has a global workforce of about 18,000 and is represented in more than 120 countries.

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For further information, contact:

Derrick Rozdeba
Manager, Integrated Communications
Bayer CropScience
Phone: (403) 723-7432
derrick.rozdeba@bayercropscience.com

Brad Ewankiw
Portfolio Manager InVigor Seed
Bayer CropScience
Phone: (403) 723-7403
brad.ewankiw@bayercropscience.com

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