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Dr. Arnel R. Hallauer Wins Verdant Partners 2001 Crop Genetics Award.

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MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 2001

For his international contributions to the advancement of corn breeding and quantitative genetics for the past 43 years, Dr. Arnel R. Hallauer has been named winner of the Verdant Partners Crop Genetics Award for the

year 2001. The announcement was made at the American Seed Trade Association mid-winter meeting in Chicago. A $10,000 agricultural scholarship in Dr. Hallauer's name has been donated to the Corn Breeding Project at Iowa State University.

Dr. Hallauer has influenced the research of numerous plant breeders through his teachings, extensive publications, and corn breeding accomplishments. His book "Quantitative Genetics in Maize Breeding" is considered the standard textbook for maize breeders all over the world. Dr. Hallauer was also elected to the U.S. National Academy of Science in 1989 and to the USDA-ARS Science Hall of Fame in 1992. He is known as an exemplary ambassador for agriculture and a role model for all plant breeders.

The Verdant Partners judges who selected Dr. Haullauer as this year's winner include Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, the Nobel Laureate of the Green Revolution; Dr. Ray A. Goldberg, Moffett Professor of Agriculture and Business, Emeritus, Harvard Business School; and Dr. Owen J. Newlin, retired Senior Vice President and Director, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.

Verdant Partners is an international crop genetics investment banking and consulting group with offices in California, Illinois and Wisconsin.

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