Monsanto Launches App to Help Growers and Applicators Successfully Apply XtendiMax® Herbicide

RRXtend Spray App Gives Users Precise Weather Forecasts, Digital
Record Keeping And Additional Resources

ST. LOUIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Monsanto Company is launching a free mobile app to help growers and
applicators successfully apply XtendiMax® Herbicide with VaporGrip®
Technology, the Company announced today. The RRXtend Spray App is a
grower- and applicator-focused digital tool that provides
location-specific weather forecasts, digital record keeping capabilities
and educational resources related to the Roundup Ready® Xtend Crop
System. Growers can download the app for free on the Apple App Store®
and on Google Play®.

“Providing relevant weather information and forecasting through the
RRXtend Spray App is another way we are working to ensure that growers
and applicators have the training, education and resources to have a
successful 2018 season,” said Ryan Rubischko, Monsanto’s North America
dicamba portfolio lead. “We believe this app will help applicators
conveniently see forecasts for their fields for important
weather-related label requirements as they apply XtendiMax herbicide.
Combined with outstanding yields, excellent weed control and seamless
customer support, this app is just one more tool for the Roundup Ready
Xtend Crop System.”

The app includes three main features, all to help users achieve
successful, on-target applications of XtendiMaxherbicide:

• The weather forecast tool helps growers and applicators plan
  their applications by predicting weather conditions and inversion risk
  for their fields. It provides field-level location specific hourly
  forecasts of temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction,
  and inversion risk. The inversion-risk forecast shows the probability
  (in percent) of an inversion occurring at a specific location. The
  weather forecasts leverage both publicly available weather data from
  the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and unique
  models by Climate Corporation weather scientists. Growers must confirm
  compliant conditions according to the label before spraying.
• The record-keeping feature gives applicators an easy way
  to comply with mandatory dicamba record keeping requirements when
  applying XtendiMax with VaporGrip Technology. App users can save and
  export multiple field records and store them on a mobile device.
• The educational resource section connects growers to key
  resources including training information, materials on approved tank
  mixes and nozzles, and educational videos featuring insights on
  methods used in the forecast tool.

The app is one additional element of Monsanto’s commitments to provide
our customers with the training, resources and tools to have a
successful season with the Roundup Ready Xtend Crop System. In addition
to the mobile tool, Monsanto is providing hundreds of free, in-person
training sessions to help reinforce proper use of low-volatility dicamba
formulations to control weeds. Under the new federal Restricted Use
Pesticide label, training is mandatory for all applicators prior to
using low-volatility dicamba formulations, including XtendiMax with
VaporGrip Technology.

Growers are encouraged to visit http://www.roundupreadyxtend.com/training
to review training dates and locations and to register to attend. New
training dates are being added to the site regularly.

For more information on the Roundup Ready Xtend Crop System, visit http://www.roundupreadyxtend.com.

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