Selected as Finalist in Four Other AGROW Awards Categories

Indianapolis - October 17, 2007

Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, has been recognized internationally for its innovation and stewardship. Dow AgroSciences was recognized as a winner in one category and as finalists in four other categories in the AGROW Awards competition, which honors corporate and individual excellence in the crop protection and production industry.

Winners, named October 16 at a dinner and presentation in Glasgow, UK, included Dow AgroSciences innovative EcoZome™ new century formulation technology as the 2007 Best Formulation Innovation. EcoZome technology is a system that delivers favorable attributes for active ingredients presently formulated as Emulsifiable Concentrates (EC) through reduction of undesirable organic chemical solvents. The EcoZome technology will provide superior physical stability and dilution properties when compared to other multi-phase formulations.

Other entries from Dow AgroSciences that were nominated in the following categories and named as finalists include:

• Product Stewardship and Risk Mitigation for ProFume^® Fumigant – Best Stewardship Program
• Aminopyralid-containing Herbicides – Best New Crop Protection Product
• Spinetoram – Most Innovative Chemistry
• Agricultural Science Outreach Tours – Best Public Program

“We are extremely pleased and honored to be a finalist in these categories,” said Daniel R. Kittle, Ph.D., vice president, Research and Development for Dow AgroSciences and Dow Core Biotechnology. “And we are even more thrilled to accept the AGROW Award for the innovative work we’ve done with EcoZome.”

This is the first year the awards were presented. Entries were judged by a panel of 13 industry professionals from around the world.

About Dow AgroSciences

Dow AgroSciences LLC, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, is a top-tier agricultural company providing innovative crop protection, pest and vegetation management, seed, and agricultural biotechnology solutions to serve the world's growing population.  Global sales for Dow AgroSciences, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, are $3.4 billion. Learn more at www.dowagro.com.

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Robyn Heine
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