Sheffield, Iowa
October 16, 2006
Latham Hi-Tech Hybrids’
triple-stack hybrid LH5617 has topped the Farmers Independent
Research of Seed Technologies (F.I.R.S.T.) in LeMars with a
yield of 171.6 bushels per acre (bu/A) as compared to the plot
average of 105.8 bu/A.
The F.I.R.S.T. seed-testing program was established in 1997 by
Agronomic Seed Consulting, Inc., to generate independent seed
product data. Each hybrid is tested equally in three
replications.
“Our dealers and customers have been achieving tremendous yield
results with our triple-stack hybrids, so we’re especially
pleased to be able to back up their testimonials with this
real-world, independent yield information,” says John Latham,
president, Latham Hi-Tech Hybrids. “Latham Hi-Tech Hybrids
5617RRBTRW has tremendous yield potential, and data from the
F.I.R.S.T. trials helps prove it is a great choice for farmers
in this maturity.”
Latham Hi-Tech Hybrids’ LH5617RRBTRW has a relative maturity of
106 days. With a combination of YieldGard® Plus – offering
in-plant protection against rootworm, corn borers and a host of
secondary pests – and the Roundup Ready® Corn 2 System, this
hybrid offers excellent root strength and drydown. Latham says
5617RRBTRW performed especially well in northwest Iowa where
many fields – including the F.I.R.S.T. plot – experienced
moisture stress.
“Hybrids with YieldGard Plus have larger root systems that are
able to absorb more moisture than their conventional
counterparts,” says Latham. “The difference is especially
noticeable in dry conditions because hybrids with YieldGard Plus
maximize subsoil moisture.”
The University of Nebraska observed in 2005 that hybrids with
YieldGard Plus absorbed three more inches of moisture than their
conventional counterparts. Under drought conditions last season
in Illinois, hybrids with YieldGard Plus averaged 16.6 bu/A more
than conventional hybrids with soil insecticides. Across the
U.S. Corn Belt in 2006, YieldGard Plus hybrids had a 10.9 bu/A
advantage over conventional hybrids with soil insecticides.
“It’s no coincidence that nine of the top 10 hybrids in the
F.I.R.S.T. plot in LeMars are stacks with YieldGard Rootworm
technology, and the top 16 hybrids have YieldGard Corn Borer
and/or YieldGard Rootworm technology,” says Latham. “The
popularity of hybrids with YieldGard technology increases each
year as farmers reap the benefits, and we expect demand to be
even greater for stacked hybrids in 2007.”
Eighty percent of Latham Hi-Tech Hybrids sold in 2006 were
double- and triple-stack hybrids with a combination of YieldGard
Corn Borer and YieldGard® Plus with the Roundup Ready® Corn 2
System.
Latham Hybrids, LLC is an
independent, family-owned seed corn company that brings
world-class technology homeTM to rural communities through local
dealers in Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin and South
Dakota. The company was founded in 2004 by third-generation
seedsman John Latham and his wife, Shannon, and John’s brother,
Chris Latham. Latham Hybrids’ founders draw on more than 60
years of Latham family involvement in the seed business. With
its headquarters in Sheffield, Iowa, Latham Hi-Tech Hybrids is
located in the heart of the nation’s most productive
agricultural ground. Latham Hi-Tech Hybrids partners with global
seed technology companies to give thousands of independent,
family farmers access to the latest advancement in seed corn
genetics.
*YieldGard Corn Borer YieldGard Rootworm, YieldGard Plus and
the Roundup Ready Corn 2 System are registered trademarks of
Monsanto Technology, LLC.
*YieldGard VT is a trademark of Monsanto Technology, LLC |