"It is bringing the next level of technology to the market," said  Galindez.

In a message dated 8/23/2011 3:56:20 A.M. Central Daylight  Time, 
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NOTE: Remember all the hype about reducing agrochemical use? All  the 
herbicides in Dow's new cocktail stand accused of causing serious  harm.

EXTRACT: The new soybean will be tolerant of a new Dow  AgroSciences 
herbicide that combines glyphosate, glufosinate and 2,4-D so  farmers can spray 
the weedkiller on fields without harming the  crop.

"This is our most important project ever," said Dow AgroSciences  CEO 
Antonio Galindez said in an interview with Reuters. "It is  big."
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Dow takes on Monsanto with new biotech soybean
Carey  Gillam
Reuters, August 22  2011
http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFN1E77L07V20110822?pageNumb
er=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true

*  New glyphosate-tolerant soybean submitted to regulators

* Aims to curb  spreading weed resistance

* Dow puts Enlist system at $1 billion  value

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Dow AgroSciences, a unit of  chemical 
conglomerate Dow Chemical (DOW.N: Quote) is launching a genetically  altered 
soybean seed aimed as a direct assault on the dominance of global seed  leader 
Monsanto Co (MON.N: Quote).

Dow submitted a regulatory package  on Friday seeking government approval 
for a glyphosate-tolerant soybean that  the company says would be the 
"first-ever, three-gene," herbicide-tolerant  soybean.

The new soybean will be tolerant of a new Dow AgroSciences  herbicide that 
combines glyphosate, glufosinate and 2,4-D so farmers can spray  the 
weedkiller on fields without harming the crop.

"This is our most  important project ever," said Dow AgroSciences CEO 
Antonio Galindez said in an  interview with Reuters. "It is big."

Dow is dubbing the system "Enlist"  and sees it as a replacement for 
Monsanto's wildly popular Roundup Ready  system that accounts for over 90 percent 
of U.S. soybean acreage and also has  a foothold over the vast majority of 
corn planted in the United  States.

After Monsanto introduced its first Roundup Ready soybean in  1996, farmers 
embraced the system because it made killing weeds easier. But  since then, 
glyphosate use over Roundup Ready soybeans, corn, cotton and other  crops 
has grown so heavy that several species of crop-choking weeds have  become 
resistant to glyphosate-based Roundup and those weeds are spreading  rapidly 
through North and South America.

Dow's Enlist system combines  glyphosate and two other herbicides in a way 
that Dow's research has shown  kills the weeds that no longer respond to 
glyphosate, while still knocking out  those that do.

Farmers would need to buy not only the new herbicide but  also the Dow 
seeds to gain the benefit.

"We call Enlist our Amazon  Kindle," said Galindez, referring to the 
electronic book reader released in  2007 that has helped spur a decline in sales 
of traditional books from  bookstores.

"It is bringing the next level of technology to the  market," said Galindez.

Pending regulatory approval the soybean trait  package is expected to be 
available by 2015.

Dow AgroSciences has been  quietly inviting farmers and seed companies to a 
"show farm" outside its  headquarters in Indianapolis to demonstrate the 
results of comparative testing  of Enlist versus Roundup.

Experts estimate glyphosate-resistant weeds  have infested close to 11 
million acres. It is common for weeds to develop  resistance to herbicides. At 
least 130 types of weeds have developed levels of  herbicide resistance in 
more than 40 U.S. states, more than found in any other  country, according to 
weed scientists.

Enlist follows Dow AgroSciences  launch in 2010 of SmartStax, an insect 
protection-trait and  herbicide-resistance technology for corn developed under 
a cross-licensing  agreement between Dow AgroSciences and Monsanto.

Galindez said Enlist  will build on SmartStax and hopefully help Dow 
AgroSciences gain significant  market share.

The release is part of an ongoing alliance between Dow  AgroSciences and 
M.S. Technologies, a trait and technology provider.  
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