Products Share Soybean Champ Spotlight

Cindy Zimmerman

The world record soybean yield champion credits his winning 154.7 bushel yield to good genetics and crop protection. “I run very extensive on-farm research every year on different genetics from all kinds of companies and then I pick the best ones to plant on my farm,” said Kip Cullers of Purdy, MO. The best one this year was Pioneer® 94M80 …

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The Winner and Still Champion

Cindy Zimmerman

Missouri soybean grower Kip Cullers beat his own world record by 15 bushels this season to once again claim the title of soybean champion. Cullers produced an outstanding 154.7 bushels per acre on his southwestern Missouri operation, compared to last year’s 139.9 bushels and he believes he could do even better. “200, 250 – it’s totally possible. The genetics are …

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Monsanto Suit Fails to Keep Syngenta Away from Agrisure

Laura McNamara

Syngenta will continue to use and sell Agrisure(R) GT (GA21 corn), despite the Monsanto Company‘s effort to block Syngenta’s right to sell the product. Monsanto took its plea of patent violation to the US Federal Courts, but couldn’t convince judges of any patent violation. The US Federal Appeals Court today ruled unanimously in favor of Syngenta Seeds, Inc., with respect …

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Syngenta Maximizes

Laura McNamara

Merging the latest in seed technology with resistance management is the key Syngenta wants to give to farmers so they can fully maximize their productivity. I grabbed Craig Abell with Syngenta Crop Protection and Syngenta Brands NK Seeds Steve Pig to talk about how the two sects work together to give farmers the most out each bushel and acre. Listen …

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Wielding The Golden ZimmComm Microphone

Chuck Zimmerman

I think this will be the last post from last week’s Syngenta Learning Centers field day. Hey, the agriblogger doesn’t always have his picture taken. Thanks to Tom Steever, Brownfield Network. Actually I had to post a picture of the Golden ZimmComm Microphone. It’s very popular these days. In fact, Cindy has to borrow it to take to an event …

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Getting To Know Syngenta

Chuck Zimmerman

It’s going to be a green week on AgWired as I cover the John Deere product launch in Cincinnati, OH. That coverage should start on Wednesday. With some nice rain falling here in central Missouri maybe it’ll be a green week at home too since we’ve been dry. On this week’s program you can hear Farm Industry News editor Karen …

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Syngenta Learning Centers Wrapup

Chuck Zimmerman

If you haven’t ever attended a Syngenta Learning Centers field day then I hope my coverage this week helps you make up for that fact. In fact, I hope it encourages you to attend one in the future. I’ve received a number of comments on the coverage and appreciate all of them. For example, it was noted that since I …

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Learning About Agrisure

Chuck Zimmerman

One of the people I met before leaving the Syngenta Learning Centers field day in Milford, IA was Tracy Mader, District Sales Manager for Syngenta Crop Protection. Tracy provided an update on Syngenta’s Agrisure corn traits. He first of all explains that AgriSure is a family of traits for corn. Besides some of the current products under the Agrisure brand …

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Yield Barrier Breaker

Chuck Zimmerman

When it comes to breaking the yield barrier Virgil Sparks, Soybean Product Development, Syngenta Seeds is the man. His talk at the Syngenta Learning Centers event in Iowa this week was titled, “Breaking the Yield Barrier With Genetics and Technology.” He says that one of the main things he wants people to know is that Syngenta is very serious about …

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Remember The 6 Inch Rule

Chuck Zimmerman

When it comes to growing corn Mike Leetch, Technical Services Representative, Syngenta says remember the soda can rule. That is that you don’t want your corn to be full of weeds when it gets to about 6 inches high. He also says you can use a beer can too. The reason for this is that studies show that yield will …

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