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Farmers Try Latest DEKALB® Corn Technology; Share Initial Observations on Facebook
28.04.2010 11:43 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
This season, farmers across the Corn Belt will be anxiously watching the performance of the latest corn technology: DEKALB® brand Genuity™ SmartStax™. Four early adopters who are among the first to plant this new technology will also chronicle their progress on Facebook so that others can monitor their progress.
DEKALB corn products come from the industry’s largest germplasm pool, resulting in improved yield potential, faster drydown and more stress and disease tolerance. Farmers who plant DEKALB with Genuity™ SmartStax technology are planting the most advanced, all-in-one corn technology trait that controls an unprecedented spectrum of insects and provides increased herbicide tolerance to control weeds. In addition, the technology has been approved for the first-ever refuge reduction from 20 percent to 5 percent in the Corn Belt enabling the highest whole-farm yield potential on the market. This revolutionary corn trait innovation helps provide farmers with the highest level of whole-farm yield potential.
Farmers and agriculture enthusiasts can track Bill Schroeder, Reynolds, Ind.; John and Dean Werries, Chapin, Ill.; Scott Rahn, Bingham Lake, Minn.; and Chris Weydert, Bode, Iowa, on Facebook. The DEKALB Facebook page will feature videos of their farming operations at key points throughout the season, along with observations and comments from the four farmers, their seed dealers and local agronomists.
«We are excited to follow these farmers as they see how DEKALB Genuity™ SmartStax performs on their farms, under their unique growing conditions,» says Jenny Boyd, DEKALB Marketing Manager. «These innovative farmers will share their observations good and bad on the DEKALB Facebook page. It’s a great way for farmers to watch the new technology all season long and see the performance for themselves.»
Rahn, who has been a strong DEKALB user for ten years, says, «DEKALB offers us products that we can make more money with. It gives us high yields, good drydown and good standability, along with a trait selection that yields. I suggest that others try DEKALB Genuity™ SmartStax technology on their own farms and see how the trait package pays back.»
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