August 14, 2023 • “Growers will see 48 corn hybrids and 32 soybean offerings. They can peel back husks and count the number of kernels to estimate yield potential. They can check stalks and roots…”
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August 1, 2023 • “Neonicotinoid soybean seed treatments provide negligible benefits to US farmers,” per Scientific Reports. “Data suggests that this approach provides little to zero net benefit in most cases…”
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May 16, 2023 • These corn plants are trying to branch out and grow down, but it appears they’re following tiny cracks in the hard soil layers as they try to grow. Soil compaction is limiting rooting…
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Nov. 28, 2022 • “It was an up-and-down season, but it turned out well,” said Dave Nanda, director of genetics for Seed Genetics Direct. What was that yield? At 15.5 percent moisture, the grower reported an average yield of 2…”
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Oct. 7, 2022 • If ears remain upright and husks are tight, ears tend to hold more moisture, and it provides a more favorable environment for ear molds to develop.
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Oct. 4, 2022 • If your corn is still in the field, it’s worth checking to see how much of it might be infected with ear mold so you can mark the worst fields for early harvest.
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Dec. 17, 2021 • Free and open to all farmers, Herbicide and Seed Days provide the opportunity for farmers to talk with a seedsman about their needs while taking advantage of early-order and early-pay discounts.
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August 16, 2021 • Field days provide the opportunity for growers to see and touch many of the new hybrids and varieties that have come out in the past year. Growers can learn about each one individually and compare it with what they are currently growing.
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May 23, 2021 • Consider sacrificing a few plants to see how root systems are developing. If root systems aren’t as robust as you’d like, now is the time to determine why.
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May 10, 2021 • Seed Genetics Direct is currently seeking multiple Seedsmen/women in Ohio (north west, north east, north central), Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan in two capacities:
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June 1, 2020 | Ten consecutive rows in one planter pass of a 24-row planter were included in the Corn Watch ’20 emergence test.
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May 26, 2020 | How much delay in emergence does it take to end up with corn plants that don’t produce as big of an ear, or no ear at all? Dave Nanda, Ph.D., director of genetics, will attempt to answer that question by monitoring the Corn Watch ’20 field.
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May 26, 2020 | “As long as the growing point below ground didn’t freeze, we knew plants would recover,” Dave Nanda, SGD director of genetics, said. “The growing point is the key.”
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March 20, 2020 | The lowest warm germ test results came back in the 30s.
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Feb. 10, 2020 | SGD is sponsoring a free showing of "Silo", an independent film based on a real-life grain entrapment tragedy, at 7 p.m. on March 7 at the Pike County Fairgrounds Multi Purpose Building, 311 Mill St., 45661.
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Nov. 8, 2019 | The National FFA recently awarded Ross Black, intern at Seed Genetics Direct, an American FFA degree, an honor less than one percent of FFA members receive.
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