August 14, 2023 • “Growers will see 48 corn hybrids and 32 soybean offerings. They can peel back husks and count the number of kernels to estimate yield potential. They can check stalks and roots…”
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August 1, 2023 • “Neonicotinoid soybean seed treatments provide negligible benefits to US farmers,” per Scientific Reports. “Data suggests that this approach provides little to zero net benefit in most cases…”
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Sept. 14, 2022 • While there may not be the record yields across Ohio as was last year, growers can still plan to protect plants and yield as much as possible. Use the push or pinch test to test lodging in corn…
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August 19, 2022 • Seed Genetics Direct field days provide the opportunity to tour corn and soybean fields to compare how corn hybrids, soybean varieties and treatments performed during the growing season.
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Feb. 19, 2021 • Every year, we learn new things. Read seven corn and soybean lessons learned in 2020.
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Feb. 5, 2021 • As the largest Ohio-based independent seed company and the fastest growing independent seed company in the Eastern Corn Belt, Seed Genetics Direct is seeking multiple Seedsmen/women.
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Jan. 25, 2021 • Despite ups and downs all season — largely related to the environment — when the final yield was tallied, the Corn Watch ’20 field was impressive. The 37-acre field averaged just over 221 bushels per acre of dry corn.
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June 12, 2020 | Many variables should be considered when applying nitrogen to corn such as location, soil, plant height and timing.
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March 20, 2020 | The lowest warm germ test results came back in the 30s.
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Feb. 15, 2020 | Seed Genetics Direct is offering free carry-over germination testing to farmers through March 15.
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August 7, 2019 | Walking through dark green corn with tassels and silks coming out, Dave Nanda, SGD director of genetics, determined that this year’s Corn Watch ’19 field in central Indiana looked like good corn
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July 15, 2019 | Seed Genetics Direct recently released the 2020 Seed Guide, a document containing detailed descriptions of corn, soybean, wheat and alfalfa offerings, as well as financing options and early-pay discounts.
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