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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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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August 16, 2021 • Field days provide the opportunity for growers to see and touch many of the new hybrids and varieties that have come out in the past year. Growers can learn about each one individually and compare it with what they are currently growing.
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March 2, 2021 • Brazil's first corn crop, which competes for area with soybeans, accounts for about 25 percent of total production and is harvested from January to May. It has failed in two southern states (Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina), but is in good shape elsewhere.
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Feb. 22, 2021 • In the 2020-21 crop, despite all the weather issues and late planting, Brazil expects to harvest 129.7 million tons, a 6.8 percent increase compared to 2020.
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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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Dec. 15, 2020 • Tell Seed Genetics what to test against to ensure research data provides the comparisons all farmers want! This program is free and farmers do not need to be a SGD customer to supply a corn or bean competitive check.
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Dec. 10, 2020 | SGD has specialty products to help prevent or manage weeds and diseases, micronutrients to boost growth, seed lubricants to promote seed flow, and more. For pricing…
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August 10, 2020 | Seed Genetics Direct will host its annual field days in Ohio and Indiana between August 25 and Sept. 16. Each event will occur from 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. with COVID-19 precautions.
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March 20, 2020 | The lowest warm germ test results came back in the 30s.
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Dec. 15, 2019 | Farmers can nominate competitive checks to ensure SGD is comparing against the competitive checks farmers want, as well as offering the best hybrids and varieties across the Corn Belt!
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Nov. 8, 2019 | The National FFA recently awarded Ross Black, intern at Seed Genetics Direct, an American FFA degree, an honor less than one percent of FFA members receive.
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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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June 17, 2019 | We don't enjoy returns, but sometimes it's what is best for customers. Deadlines for returns are June 20 for corn and July 1 for soybeans.
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