Golden Harvest Offers New Corn and Soybean Varieties
Golden Harvest has 19 new soybean hybrids and nine new corn hybrids in store for 2026.
“We continue to offer trait choice so nine of those new products are going to be on the Enlist side and 10 of those products are going to be on the XtendFlex side,” said Soybean Product Manager Ryan Dunsbergen. “We’re bringing in these traits, we’re putting on our own proprietary genetics and we’re continuing to bring that to the market for the American farmer.”
Dunsbergen said new products will bring a great deal of versatility and can handle lots of stress. He said Golden Harvest is also proud of portfolio options that offer Peking soybean cyst nematode resistance.
FPS25 Interview with Ryan Dunsbergen, Golden Harvest (3:26)
In addition to the nine new corn hybrids in 2026, Corn Product Manager Rex Gray says looking further ahead, new Durastak corn trait technology that will be available in 2027 has shown a 50 percent increase in root node product and double the increase in root matter, leading to a 9.7 bushel advantage in areas with moderate to severe rootworm infestations.
“With that increased root protection, we’re really going to help growers protect that yield potential that each of those corn hybrids have,” said Gray.
Learn more in this interview from Farm Progress Show.
FPS25 Interview with Rex Gray, Golden Harvest (3:33)
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Precision Ag News 9/5
with the launch of eight new hay tools for 2026 — led by the all-new ZR-2200 self-propelled baler, a next-generation solution built for speed, precision and operator comfort. With a focus on productivity, operator comfort and bale quality, Vermeer is releasing these products to reflect their ongoing commitment to listening to customers and delivering solutions that make a difference in the field.
CruiserMaxx Vibrance Elite Seed Treatment
Syngenta is offering a new cereal seedcare package that should be available for the 2026 growing season. The new CruiserMaxx Vibrance Elite Seed Treatment premix includes five fungicides and an insecticide, bringing two modes of action to combat early season cereal diseases.
“What’s really neat about this is that this will be our first introduction of Vayantis® into the cereal seedcare market, which is an elite pythium product for high pressure pythium areas,” said Bryn Hightower with Syngenta Seedcare.
Hightower said it’s a complete offering for early season insect and disease control, and farmers are excited about the ease of use as it takes away the need for custom mixes and offers one solution in one jug.
Syngenta displayed the product at the 2025 Farm Progress Show.
Syngenta Seedcare product lead Bryn Hightower – Cruiser Maxx Vibrance Elite
FPS25 Interview with Bryn Hightower, Syngenta Seedcare (3:15)
Syngenta Victrato® Seed Treatment Coming Soon
Syngenta is expecting registration of Victrato®, its long-awaited seed treatment for nematode and Sudden Death Syndrome control any day now.
“We should receive registration in September and we intend to launch Victrado in 2026 after we receive registration,” said Syngenta Seedcare Technical Product Lead Dale Ireland at last week’s Farm Progress Show. “Victrato is powered by TYMIRIUM® technology and this is the 11th season that I’ve had this out in the field on soybeans and what Victrato is going to do is deliver the highest level of nematode, Sudden death syndrome, red crown rot, and early season soy foliar disease protection that’s ever been offered from a seed treatment.”
Ireland says Victrato is setting a new level of protection. “The leading competitor in the soybean SDS space, we beat it 91% of the time by nearly 5 bushels under moderate to heavy SDS. And Victrato also beats Saltoro, which is one of our products, 87% of the time by about half that amount. So about 2 1/2 bushels different.”
Victrato® seed treatment will be approved for both soybeans and cotton against nematodes and key yield-robbing diseases, like Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) and Cotton Root Rot (CRR) respectively, as well as provide early-season suppression of foliar soybean diseases.
Learn more in this interview with Ireland.
FPS25 Interview with Dale Ireland, Syngenta Seedcare (3:36)
Land O’Lakes and Local Retailers Join to Fast Track Ag Tech
Land O’Lakes, Inc. today unveiled its participation with local ag retailers in AgRogue Growth Partners, a new initiative aimed at using the cooperative model to fast-track breakthrough technologies for agriculture.
As the Land O’Lakes cooperative system has a long history of driving adoption of the latest ag technologies, Land O’Lakes and a coalition of its retailer-owners will invest up to $7 million in each of 10 to 15 companies focused on improving crop inputs, ag data, supply chain processes, business models and more.
“We believe the key to jumpstarting the adoption of modern ag technologies lives in the partnership and trust between retailers and growers. This platform represents a focused strategy that builds on the strength of Land O’Lakes’ co-op model and our retail owners to assist Radicle Growth in finding, funding and scaling new innovation to help ensure our system remains at the leading edge of ag tech, and U.S. agriculture remains competitive on a global stage,” said Jason Trusley, senior vice president and chief strategy officer at Land O’Lakes, Inc.
The new coalition plans to invest in and scale innovative technologies, business models and systems that drive on-farm impact, pool resources to access proprietary ag innovations beyond traditional channels, and accelerate early adoption by leveraging the trusted relationships between participating retailers and farmers.
“Right now, we’re seeing a wave of necessary innovation stall before it reaches the farm gate — often lacking the local trust and infrastructure needed to succeed,” said Brett Bruggeman, chief operating officer and executive vice president of ag business at Land O’Lakes, Inc. “As one of the largest farmer-and retailer-owned cooperatives in the U.S., we know our retail-owners are uniquely positioned to bridge that gap and get proven innovation into farmers’ hands faster.”
Retail partners include Keystone Cooperative (Indiana), Central Valley Ag (Nebraska), Farmers Cooperative – Dorchester (Nebraska), Farmward Cooperative (Minnesota), Alabama Farmers Cooperative (Alabama), and GreenPoint Ag (Alabama). The AgRogue Growth Partners will be managed by Radicle Growth, a leading ag tech investment firm, which will help identify and vet cutting-edge startups from around the world.
Animal Ag News 9/2
Syngenta R&D Delivers for Farmers
Syngenta remains focused on delivering solutions for farmers by delivering the choices they need in seed products, traits and solutions, according to Syngenta Commercial and Product Strategy Lead Steve Sterchi.
“That’s what’s fun right now,” said Sterchi at last week’s Farm Progress Show. “We’re talking about these new trait technologies that are both coming in soybeans and corn. We will be advancing products for corn with our new Durastak trait technology coming this fall, which again just expands the choice and the opportunities that exist out there for the North American farmer. And then on the soybean side, we’ve got a new trait that we’re launching here at the Farm Progress show right now.”
Listen to an interview with Sterchi below and check out all of the Syngenta and Golden Harvest interviews from Farm Progress Show on the virtual newsroom.
FPS25 Interview with Steve Sterchi, Syngenta (3:03)The NAMA Nexus Will Get You Talking
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