Seed Technologies and your Farm
Corn producers today have more hybrid and technology options than ever before.
The opportunity to enhance yield potential through the use of seed treatments or
trait bearing hybrids has been a major breakthrough in agriculture. These
advances have not only improved potential yields, but more importantly, improved
yield stability over time. Knowing where and when to use these
technologies has become a major part of the hybrid selection process. Talk
to your Pride Seed Representative to determine which technologies make sense for
your farm.
Pride G3 hybrids Better Roots, Stronger
Plants and the Power to Yield
Pride G3 YieldGard VT Triple
hybrids featuring the Roundup Ready crop safety yield advantage and
Poncho 250 provide complete inside out protection from corn borer and
corn rootworm to unlock real yield gains under stress conditions,
including drought, due to a healthy root system. Trials to date
have shown a yield advantage with new YieldGard VT Triple when compared
to YieldGard Plus, which already had a 14 bushel per acre advantage over
conventional corn production systems.
 
ROUNDUP READY - Unlock Your Yield Potential
Pride Roundup Ready corn hybrids and soybean varieties combine the best in yield
potential with Roundup Ready technology. The combination provides not only
high end yield potential, but also high levels of crop safety and flexible
broad-spectrum weed control in a simple to use system. As with any crop
production system, to attain the maximum benefit from Roundup Ready technology
it is important to first plant Roundup Ready varieties and then treat with
Roundup at the appropriate crop and weed growth stages and with the flexibility
to manage around the weather.
Protecting Bt Technology is Everyone's Responsibility
In areas where corn borer infestation is moderate to high, the addition of a Bt
gene has helped growers achieve their maximum yield potential. Pride
offers a full range of hybrids with Bt protection to provide the insurance you
need against corn borer related yield losses.
Insect Resistance Management
To preserve the benefits of Bt corn and avoid the development of insect
resistance to currently available BT technology, all corn growers are required
and strongly urged to follow the steps listed below:
- Plant a minimum 20% of corn
acres with non-Bt corn and do not treat these acres with insecticides
registered to control European corn borer
- If the refuge is in the
same field as the Bt corn, it should be planted in blocks on field edges or
headlands or in strips of a minimum of 6 corn rows each. DO NOT mix Bt
and non-Bt seed as it increases the potential for resistance development.
- In all cases, all Bt corn
plants should be within 400 m (1/4 mile) of non-Bt corn (refuge).
- The corn hybrid used in the
non-Bt refuge area should be of similar maturity, growth and yield potential
as that of the Bt hybrid
- Scout Bt corn fields for
the presence of European corn borer feeding. Contact your local seed
supplier if higher than expected levels of corn borer feeding are observed.
LIBERTYLINK - Yield Potential and Exceptional Crop Safety
LibertyLink hybrids are bred to be tolerant to Liberty herbicide (glufosinate
ammonium). Liberty, a non-selective post-emergent herbicide provides fast,
broad spectrum control of broadleaf weeds and grasses. To take advantage
of the LibertyLink system, plan on using both Pride LibertyLink hybrids and
Liberty herbicide. Pride LibertyLink hybrids feature high yield and grain
quality potential. Use Pride LibertyLink hybrids either alone for their yield
potential or as refuge hybrids where Liberty/Bt hybrids are being used.
Seed Treatments for Corn and
Soybeans
Producers today have more options than ever before. The
opportunity to enhance yield potential through the use of seed
treatments or trait bearing hybrids has been a major breakthrough.
These advances have not only improved potential yields, but more
importantly, improved yield stability over time by reducing the impact
of environmental stresses.
PONCHO Protection Applied by Pride
Poncho is a revolutionary systemic insecticide seed treatment designed
to protect corn seed as well as germinating and young corn plants from
soil borne and surface feeding insects.
PONCHO 250
Research conducted by Pride Seeds has shown that a low rate Poncho 250
treatment provides excellent value to producers in most corn
production situations with trials results showing a 7 bu/acre average
yield benefit over the past two growing seasons.
PONCHO 1250
The high rate Poncho 1250 treatment provides excellent protection from
soil borne insects including corn rootworm. Use Poncho 1250 seed
treatment:
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When planting corn on corn and wanting seed treatment protection
from corn rootworm
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Under very heavy insect infestation situations (example: very high
chafer infestations on susceptible sandy soils)
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As a seed treatment for refuge corn acres planted beside Pride G3
hybrids that feature YieldGard VT Triple technology to provide
inside out protection against corn borer and corn rootworm.
Protecting Your Seed
Investment
Every unit of Pride seed corn is treated with a comprehensive fungicide
seed treatment package to protect
against seedling diseases.
Increase Soybean Potential with
PRIDEFX
Treatment Technologies
Increase your performance potential by enhancing Pride soybean varieties
with yield technologies labelled as PRIDEFX on your seed bag - FX
stands for fully loaded to increase your yield potential. PRIDEFX
seed soybeans are treated to outperform by using premier seed treatments
to control insects, seedling diseases, and to increase plant health and
nodulation through state of the art inoculant technologies. The
PRIDEFX line of soybean seed treatments includes: Cruiser Maxx or
Apron Maxx and HiStick N/T.
Marketing under Market Choices Program
Market Choices and the accompanying symbol is a program designed to support the
channelling of non-EU accepted corn to approved markets. For any
hybrids requiring grain channelling, we recommend that growers review their grain
marketing options before planting seed from these hybrids and ensure that a
grain channelling form is completed prior to delivery where required.
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