Quotes From The Industry

"The Biotech Yield EndorsementSM saved me between 15 percent and 17 percent this season. I would recommend enrolling in this program. With insurance prices going up along with everything else, this is a great way to save money."

- Shane Hanna, corn grower, Delphi, Indiana.

 

"I definitely recommend that growers take advantage of the BYESM program. Our savings were about $4.10 per acre. Any time you can save $4 an acre, it all adds to the bottom line."

- Jeff Reints, corn grower, Shell Rock, Iowa.

 

" It's coming from an insurance company, from the government and reflected in the marketplace where there are tangible market benefits for using biotech products, the traits of biotech. They clearly reduce risk for farmers."

- Rick Tolman, CEO, National Corn Growers Association.

 

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About Pilot Biotechnology Endorsement

Monsanto's advanced Triple Stack Corn technologies was the first-ever approved technology to qualify you for a crop insurance premium discount.

The Pilot Biotech Yield EndorsementSM program was an innovative crop insurance product that delivers lower premium rates and acknowledges the reduced risk of benefits of Monsanto’s advanced triple stacked corn technologies and has now become part of the Pilot Biotechnology Endorsement (BE).

  • Concerning Monsanto's advanced triple stack corn technology, the Pilot BE is available in MN, SD, NE, KS, MO, IA, WI, IL, IN, MI and OH. Qualifying insured non-irrigated corn for grain acres are eligible in all approved states. Qualifying insured irrigated corn for grain acres are eligible in only KS and NE.
  • To be eligible for the Pilot BE utilizing only MONSANTO's advanced triple stack technology farmers must plant, including any replanted acreage, at least 75% of their total insured corn acreage in the unit to non-irrigated (and/or irrigated in Nebraska and Kansas) corn for grain planted to YieldGard VT Triple®, Genuity™ VT Triple PRO™, or YieldGard® Plus with Roundup Ready® Corn 2 Hybrids. The insured must also purchase a qualifying type of insurance policy (APH, CRC or RA).
    *Acreage designated as high risk land does not qualify for the Pilot BE premium rate reduction and is not included when determining the 75% planting requirement.

    • Insurable units are not always the same as total corn acres. Most farmers have the option of dividing corn acres into multiple insurable units (basic or optional); therefore, they could take advantage of the Pilot BE on a selected portion of their total insured corn acres.

  • The Pilot BE is available to be offered by all approved insurance providers.

More About Monsanto's advanced Triple Stack Corn technologies

For more information, view our FAQ’s or Contact Us.


Participation in the Pilot BE in no way changes the importance of following IRM refuge requirements for this technology.

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