The Benefits of New Seed
When you purchase and plant Roundup Ready® 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)
LIMITED WARRANTY BENEFITS
- Expert agronomic information and support from your Gold Country Seed DSM and Product Lead
- Risk management benefits of Roundup Rewards®
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.
See your dealer for a copy of the Roundup Rewards® brochure for qualification criteria, program requirements and full benefits. Roundup Rewards® applies only to Roundup® branded and other agricultural herbicides specified by Monsanto. Roundup® and Roundup Rewards® are registered trademarks of Monsanto Technology LLC. © 2009 Monsanto Company
