The Benefits of New Seed
When you purchase and plant Genuity® Roundup Ready 2 Yield® soybean seed from Gold Country Seed®, you are getting a professionally grown, professionally handled, and rigorously tested product with consistent quality and high yield potential. It is Gold Country Seed’s policy that no seed with a patented trait will be saved from one season for planting in the next by a Gold Country Seed grower.
CONVENIENCE
- Highest quality and highest yielding product vs. bin-run
- Meets quality standards of seed company
- Professionally handled and rigorously tested
- Dramatically reduces splits and foreign matter
- Ensures varietal purity
- Germination tests to ensure peace of mind
- Weed-free
- Reliable seed supply in many maturities
- Access to elite germplasm
ECONOMICS OF NEW SEED VS. BIN-RUN
- Income lost by not selling as commodity grain (e.g. 1 bushel of bin-run seed multiplied by the price of a soybean bushel)
- Average loss of ~ 10-15% cleanout at harvest for bin-run seed
- Handling and transportation costs for bin-run (approx. $.35-$.75/bushel)
- Bin-run planting rates are generally 15% higher than new certified seed
- New seed yields an average of 1.8 bushel/acre more than bin-run (University yield trials range from 1.2-5.9 bushel/acre)
SUPPORT
- Expert agronomic information and support from your Gold Country Seed DSM and Product Lead
NEW INNOVATIONS
- Investment in new seed allows for the continued development of new germplasm and trait technologies that can increase production efficiency, lower input costs, and promote environmentally sustainable agriculture.
