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Garst Seed
Company offers twenty additional new corn hybrids and eight new
soybean varieties, available for 2006 planting season |
Slater, Iowa
February 24, 2006
Garst Seed Company
announces the introduction of 20 new Garst® brand hybrids and
eight new Garst brand soybean varieties for the 2006 planting
season. These latest products are in addition to the 31 new corn
hybrids and 18 new soybean varieties Garst introduced earlier
for 2006.
New Hybrids – New Technology
The latest Garst corn products include nine new hybrids with
Agrisure™ traits including two hybrids (Garst brand 8478 CB/LL
GT and Garst brand 8827 CB/LL GT) with stacked Agrisure traits
for effective weed and pest management control. These new
hybrids combine elite germplasm with the Agrisure CB trait for
corn borer resistance and the Agrisure GT trait for glyphosate
tolerance. In addition, growers will find YieldGard1, Roundup
Ready1, LibertyLink2 and CLEARFIELD3 traits in the lineup of new
hybrids. These new Garst hybrids cover a wide range of
maturities from 78 to 117 general relative maturity (GRM). All
Garst hybrids contain elite germplasm that delivers excellent
yields and exceptional plant health and standability.
“Garst is proud to offer growers even more hybrids with the
latest technology and the best genetics and agronomics that will
deliver in the field,” says Scott Hart, corn product manager for
Garst. “We’re especially excited to offer our Agrisure products
in the latest stacked trait technology. These new hybrids
provide growers with more tools and a choice for managing
multiple weeds and pests.”
Growers who plant elite hybrids with the Agrisure traits are
also eligible to participate in AgriEdge™ corn programs, a new
set of program offers that helps them manage risk, control costs
and maximize yields and profitability.
New Soybean Varieties Offered
Garst continues to offer new soybean varieties that have
multiple genes and traits with different resistance to protect
yield potential. The eight new Garst brand soybean varieties
include five varieties that have the Roundup Ready trait, with
two of those varieties that offer soybean cyst nematode (SCN)
resistance and one that offers SCN and STS4 resistance. There
are three new conventional varieties including one with SCN
resistance.
In addition, Garst also offers 18 new NK soybean varieties that
range from Group 00 through Group 7 maturities. Eleven of the
new NK soybean varieties offer the Roundup Ready trait with SCN
resistance. One of these varieties offers the Roundup Ready
trait with STS resistance.
“Garst offers growers the latest soybean varieties to achieve
high yields combined with resistance traits to help manage
insects and diseases,” says Mike Schaefer, soybean product
manager for Garst. “We are constantly striving to provide
varieties with more options and better protection to help meet
the needs of growers.”
Garst Seed Company, with headquarters in Slater, Iowa,
provides seed solutions for growers across North America with
high yielding corn, soybean, sorghum, alfalfa and sunflower
products. For more information about Garst products, contact
your local Garst ProSeller.
Garst Seed Company is affiliated with Syngenta, a world-leading
agribusiness committed to sustainable agriculture through
innovative research and technology. The company is a leader in
crop protection, and ranks third in the high-value commercial
seeds market. Sales in 2005 were approximately $8.1 billion.
Syngenta employs some 19,000 people in over 90 countries.
Syngenta is listed on the Swiss stock exchange (SYNN) and in New
York (SYT). Further information is available at
www.syngenta.com.
Garst® brand is a trademark of Garst Seed Company.
AgrisureTM and AgriEdgeTM are trademarks of a Syngenta Group
Company.
1 YieldGard and Roundup Ready are trademarks of Monsanto
Technology LLC.
2 LibertyLink is a registered trademark of Bayer.
3 CLEARFIELD is a trademark of BASF.
4 STS is a registered trademark of DuPont. |
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