GERMAN TECHNOLOGY

Christopher Bone & Evan Larsen

Key Topics

Brief History Seed Companies Chemical Companies Machine Technology

History

3 Major Factors The amendment in 1993 of Germany’s

genetic engineering law Brining Back Chemical and Pharmaceutical

Research Bio-Regio competition

Bio Regio Competition

Company

seed sales$ millions

1. Monsanto (US) $4,028

2. Dupont (US) $2,781

3. Syngenta (Switzerland) $1,743

4. Groupe Limagrain (France) $1,035

5. Land O' Lakes (US) $756

6. KWS AG (Germany) $615

7. Bayer Crop Science (Germany) $430

8. Delta & Pine Land (US) (acquisition by Monsanto pending)

$418

9. Sakata (Japan) $401

10. DLF-Trifolium (Denmark) $352

Seed Sales

Ranks among world leading plant breeding company

Leader in sales of Sugar Beet Seed

KWS - Expenditures on Research and Development.

KWS - Technologies in Plant Breeding

Seed

KWS Main Crops

Sugar beet + Corn + Oilseed rape + Wheat + Rye + Barley + Oats + Triticale + Sunflower + Pulses + Field crops

Bayer Crop Science

Carrot+Onion+Tomato+Leek+Melon+Cucumber+Watermelon+Lettuce

Seed Coating

SATEC Adhesives Fungicides Insecticides

Seed Coatings

ProductCOMBICOAT®

STICKER SATEC STICKER C

SATEC STICKER CCSF

 SATEC STICKER P

 basis-material,

consistencynatural resins, liquid natural resins, liquid

synthetic polymers/natural resins, liquid

powder, sticker of synthetic polymeres to be disolved in water

mixability, combinations

with ethanol, can be combined with seed treatments mixable in ethanol, e.g. Carbosulfan tech.

with water and ethanol, can be combined with most seed treatments stirrable in ethanol and water

with water, can be combined with most seed treatments

with aqueous systems, can be combined with most seed treatments

special features

water-insoluble, but water permeable, dust-free, re-drying of the seed not necessary

water-insoluble after treatment and drying, but water-permeable, forms an even, dust-free film around the seed

forms an even, dust-free film, high sticking properties at low application rate

forms an even, dust-free film, low transport costs

 use

e.g. for maize and rape seed in Combicoat® CBS, for water-non-sensitive seeds

e.g. in the SATEC-TMTD-maize-coating, in vegetable seeds, as e.g. leguminosae

suitable for all kind of seeds

very good for fine-grain vegetable seeds, and seeds which react sensitive on solvents in coatings, as e.g. allium

Bayer Seed

Nunhems is the brand name for their vegetable seed. Market more than 2,500 seed varieties in 28

species

Arize is Bayer’s brand name for rice seed. One of the leaders in Hybrid rice varieties.

BASF

Corn Poncho-Rootworm Protection Crop Star-Armyworms, salinity, heat, and cold

Sugar Beets Poncho-Millipedes, symphylids, springtails, and

foliar pests Montur- wireworm and 6 week protection from

aphids

Wheat/Barley Redigo-Funguses Raxil-Better Stand

Rape Seed Prosper-Flea beetle control and fungus control Elado-Aphids and root flies

Chemical Ingenuity

Bayer

# 2 in Fungicides

#3 in Global Herbicides

#1 in Conventional Herbicides

BASF

Research Dating Back to the 1800’s

Herbicide Programs in Corn

Potentially 50-500 weed seedling per a meter squared that compete with the corn crop

Fat hen, knotgrass, barnyard grass, hairy finger grass, bristle grasses, black nightshade, common amaranth, common chickweed, mayweeds, annual mercury, velvetleaf, gallant soldier, couch grass, and thorn apple

Fat Hen Gallant soldier

Chemical Programs

Bromoxynil-Buctril 2,4-D., Dicamba Metolachlor-Dual Pyridate Terbuthylazine

**Atrazine was banned in Germany in 1991

Rape Seed

Less than 2% contamination Less than .1% contamination from same

seed family Expect $50 an acre to control weeds

-Primary Chemical

Adopting New Technologies

Monsanto’s Roundup Ready

Bayer’s Liberty Link

**Saves Roughly $10 an/acre in corn and $14 an/acre in rapeseed

Mechanical Technology

Nearly 340,000 visitors came in 2007

Hannover Germany showcases some of the ingenuity of equipment ideas in all of Germany and the World.

Machinery Technology

Global Positioning System

30 Satellites More adopted by Eastern Germany U.S. Units are being made universal

Fertilizer and Seed Equipment

AMAZONE

-Iowa State University owns equipment from this company

-Largest planter is 12 rows.

Rauch Agriculture-Fertilizer Spreaders

-More than100 registered

and pending patents

Large Equipment

Fendt-Bought out by AGCO 1997

-Vario technology (IVT)

Claas-1936 developed one of the first combines

-1973 First self propelled chopper

Krone

-Innovation in hay equipment

Testing Equipment

DLG Test Center-Established in 1885 in Gross-Umstadt, Germany

-Backed by numerous companies including: John Deere, AGCO, Claas, CNH, and Kubota.

-Responsible for roughly 800 tests a year

Final Remarks

Technology Is Globalized

-Germany Is Adding to the Globalization