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Alexander, Iowa
July 27, 2009
Latham Hi-Tech Seeds
today announces the addition of four new corn hybrids, featuring
agriculture's most advanced all-in-one corn trait platform, in
its 2010 corn hybrid lineup. Genuity™ SmartStax™ combines
industry-leading corn traits to provide farmers with the
broadest spectrum of above- and below-ground protection
available against insects and weeds versus any product in the
market today.
"We're very excited to offer four new Genuity SmartStax hybrids
with relative maturities ranging from 102 to 110 days. These
same genetic packages have been proven to work in our marketing
area, so we're expecting even better results now that they're
available with the SmartStax trait platform," said John Latham,
president of Latham Hi-Tech Seeds. "This technology is the most
advanced technology on the market. With eight traits, SmartStax
will provide higher yield potential due to improved pest
protection and reduced refuge requirements."
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reduced
refuge requirements from 20 percent to only 5 percent for
SmartStax hybrids grown in the U.S. Corn Belt due to the unique
combination of insect control traits in SmartStax. SmartStax
combines the industry's leading above- and below-ground insect
protection and herbicide- tolerant traits for the most yield
protection available to farmers:
- Above-ground insect
control for protection against corn earworm, European corn
borer, southwestern corn borer, sugar cane borer, fall
armyworm, western bean cutworm and black cutworm: with Dow
AgroSciences' HERCULEX® I Insect Protection technology and
Monsanto's VT PRO™, a second-generation, two-gene
lepidopteran control product contained in Genuity™ Triple
PRO™.
- Below-ground insect
control for protection against Western, Northern and Mexican
corn rootworms: integrating Monsanto's YieldGard VT
Rootworm/RR2 technology with Dow AgroSciences' HERCULEX® RW
Insect Protection technology.
- Broad spectrum weed and
grass control bringing together Monsanto's Roundup Ready® 2
technology with Bayer CropScience's Liberty Link® herbicide
tolerance.
"Our customers like to be on the
cutting edge of new technology, and it doesn't get any bigger
than SmartStax," said Latham.
Latham Hi-Tech Seeds is an independent seed company committed
to bringing world-class technology home™ to rural communities in
Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin and South Dakota. It is
owned by third-generation seedsman John Latham and his wife,
Shannon, and John's brother, Chris Latham. For more than 60
years, the Latham name has stood for the latest genetics and
highest quality.
Latham® and "bringing world-class technology home" are
trademarks of Latham Hi-Tech Hybrids, Inc. SmartStax™
multi-event technology developed by Dow AgroSciences and
Monsanto. SmartStax, the SmartStax Logo, Genuity, YieldGard VT
PRO, YieldGard VT Rootworm/RR2, VT Triple PRO and Roundup Ready
are trademarks of Monsanto Technology LLC.
®HERCULEX is a registered trademark of Dow AgroSciences LLC
®Liberty Link is a registered trademark of Bayer CropScience. |
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