1. Deadwood SD June 22, 2011 2011 Summer Seminar

2. Product Trends

3. NuSun Oil Domestic/Export Usage

4. High Oleic Oil Domestic/Export Usage

5. In-Shell Domestic/Export Usage

6. Kernel Domestic/Export Usage

7. Birdfood Usage

8. Acreage/Yield Trends

9. Oil-Type yields

10. Confection yields

11. U.S. Planted Oil-Type Acres

12. U.S. Planted Confection Acres

13. Wet Cycle • Diseases • Sclerotinia • Phomopsis • Rust • Verticillium • Corn and Soybean Technology • Blackbirds Why Are We Losing Acres?

15. Grand Forks County ND

16. Polk County MN

17. Improved yields • Years with great crops • High oil content • Excellent in-shell seed size • Large carryover stocks • Imports • Weather/planting conditions How Have We Met Market Demand?

18. Oil-Type Sunflower Total Supply

19. Confection Sunflower Total Supply

20. Work Toward Raising Yields by 25% • Oils • Five Year Average 1420 lbs/acre • 1775 lbs/acre • Confections • Five Year Average - 1390 lbs/acre • 1740 lbs/acre Yield Goals

21. Herbicides • Five new labels since 2005 • Spartan, Beyond, Express, Dual Magnum, Select • Fungicides • Quadris, Folicur, Headline • None labeled in 2005 • Seed Treatments • Three product choices since 2005 • Cruiser Max, Idol, Bayer Cropscience • Desiccants • Two new labels since 2005 • Glyphosate and Sharpen Advances in Crop Protection

22. Average Yields: Hungary and US

23. South Dakota Oil Yields

24. Product trends are promising Acres are trending downward Yields are improving gradually Need to secure more product to meet demand How do we achieve this? Summary