According to Monsanto, the production potential of this variety was fifty bags per hectare, but producers report yields of as low as thirty bags per hectare and even less in some cases, while conventional soy produced sixty bags per hectare in bordering land parcels.
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Brazil: Another transgenic soy yield failure
Brazil, Apr 3, 2006 http://www.monsantowatch.org
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Monsanto's transgenic soybeans reveal hidden defects during climatic stress.

Producers from the Northeast states of Maranhao and Piaui who had followed Monsanto's recommendation to plant its transgenic soy variety 8787 that was supposed to be adapted to the region's climatic conditions have suffered major losses.

This another example where defects in Monsanto's transgenic variety was revealed during climatic stress such as drought conditions. It confirms that transgenic varieties are not substantially equivalent to natural varieties.

According to Ana Claudia Barneche from Embrapa Soy, "The flowering of this early variety has been perturbated by the drought that occured in the month of January, which in turn affected the yield of the plant."

According to Monsanto, the production potential of this variety was fifty bags per hectare, but producers report yields of as low as thirty bags per hectare and even less in some cases, while conventional soy produced sixty bags per hectare in bordering land parcels.

It is estimated that 20% of the total soy in the state Maranhao is transgenic. Monsanto intends to commercialize several other "drought resistant varieties" in the next harvest season.