InVigor Health hybrid specialty canola line launched

July 12, 2007

Calgary, Alberta (July 12, 2007) InVigor ® Health is set to take specialty canola oil genetics to a new platform. For the first time, canola growers in western Canada will have the opportunity to grow a specialty oil canola from the high-performing, market-leading LibertyLink ® InVigor hybrids.

InVigor Health is a new line of hybrids produced by Bayer CropScience specifically for the specialty canola oil market. InVigor Health produces oil content and quality similar to other specialty oil canola hybrids. “InVigor Health hybrids deliver strong vigor, even maturity and consistently high yields that are a result of the proprietary breeding process used to develop all InVigor hybrids,” says Garth Hodges, Global Business Manager for Canola with Bayer CropScience. “The premium performance of InVigor coupled with higher value features offered for specialty canola oil contracts is great news for canola growers.”

The InVigor Health line promises to be an excellent choice for Canadian growers who choose to contract with Cargill. The first InVigor Health hybrid yielded 120 percent of the checks in the 2006 WCC/RRC registration trials. This new hybrid, as with all InVigor hybrids, offers the LibertyLink herbicide tolerance system.

“Oil from this new hybrid has been rigorously tested in frying applications to ensure that it meets the taste and functional needs of food companies,” said Alan Willits, president of Cargill Specialty Canola Oils. “And Cargill is excited to be able to provide Canadian canola growers with access to a specialty canola hybrid that contains LibertyLink technology and the strong agronomic characteristics they have come to expect from InVigor hybrids.”

Details on obtaining a specialty canola oil contract and purchasing InVigor Health hybrids will be available from Cargill in the fall of 2007.

About Bayer CropScience AG:
Bayer CropScience AG, a subsidiary of Bayer AG with annual sales of about EUR 5.7 billion (2006), is one of the world’s leading innovative crop science companies in the areas of crop protection, non-agricultural pest control, seeds and plant biotechnology. The company offers an outstanding range of products and extensive service backup for modern, sustainable agriculture and for non-agricultural applications. Bayer CropScience has a global workforce of about 17,900 and is represented in more than 120 countries. Further information is available at: www.bayercropscience.ca

About Cargill Specialty Canola Oils:
Cargill Specialty Canola Oils develops, produces and markets high-performance canola oils and solid shortenings that deliver zero trans and low saturate solutions to the food industry. It is a business unit of Cargill, an international provider of food, agricultural and risk management products and services. With 124,000 employees in 59 countries, the company is committed to using its knowledge and experience to collaborate with customers to help them succeed. For more information, visit http://www.clearvalleyoils.com/ or http://www.cargill.com/.

Derrick Rozdeba
Manager, Integrated Communications
Bayer CropScience
Telephone: (403) 723-7432
derrick.rozdeba@bayercropscience.com

Robert Meijer
Director, Public Affairs
Cargill Limited
Telephone: (204) 947-6370
robert_meijer@cargill.com