Biotech Yield Endorsement is Good for America's Corn Growers.

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- Western Agricultural Insurance Company and its affiliate, Crop1 Insurance Direct, Inc., are among the first in the nation to offer farmers the new Biotech Yield Endorsement (BYE).

"The Biotech Yield Endorsement is really about innovation and doing what's right for America's farmers," said Bruce Trost, executive vice president of Western Agricultural Insurance Company. "BYE can help protect America's corn farmers against increasingly complex production risks, as well as reward them with a reduced crop insurance premium and higher yield. The BYE product is a significant improvement in crop insurance for corn growers because, given market conditions, there is unprecedented demand for higher and more stable corn production."

BYE is a pilot program available in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Minnesota. Those four states account for more than 50 percent of the corn acres harvested for grain in the United States.

Approved by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation and administered by the Risk Management Agency, BYE provides eligible farmers an opportunity to pay lower crop insurance premiums when they plant at least 75 percent of their insured acres within each insured unit to non-irrigated corn for grain qualifying hybrids that contain YieldGard VT Triple(TM) and/or YieldGard Plus[R] with Roundup Ready[R] Corn 2. Research, backed by three years of comprehensive data from thousands of field trials, confirms that Monsanto's YieldGard[R] Triple Technology reduces annual production risk and increases yield. Only YieldGard VT Triple(TM) and YieldGard Plus[R] with Roundup Ready[R] Corn 2 are eligible for a crop insurance premium discount offered to qualified producers who purchase the Biotech Yield Endorsement.

For most qualifying corn producers, the insurance premium can average a 14 percent reduction in the yield risk component or more than $2 per acre for each qualifying unit on crop insurance premium, depending on coverage level and other variables, such as a grower's Actual Production History (APH).

Farmers can also benefit from Profit Profiler[R], an innovative software program used in Western Ag's sales channels, which helps them determine which qualifying federal crop insurance product is right for each operation by demonstrating how the factors of premium, risk level and maximum profit potential work together.

For more information about BYE, go to BYEforMe.com.

This endorsement only applies to corn planted in IA, IL, IN and MN. Products offered through Western Agricultural Insurance Company, West Des Moines, IA. Western Agricultural Insurance Company is an equal opportunity provider.