A total of 26 new hybrids
highlight the 2005 seed corn lineup from
Fielder’s
Choice Direct®, the nation’s premier
direct-to-the-farmer seed company.
In all, Fielder’s Choice will
offer corn growers 116 hybrids for the 2005 growing season,
according to Dennis Schlott, vice president of sales and
product management.
“With the addition of these 26
new products, 81 of our hybrids - that’s 70 percent of our
lineup - will have been released during the last three
years,” Schlott notes. “This infusion of superior new
products is a direct result of our increased investment and
expanded development, testing and hybrid advancement program
that began in 2000.”
Fielder’s Choice also has
broadened the array of available technology traits, he says.
“We offer corn growers the option of
every technology trait on the market today,” Schlott says.
“Growers can select from hybrids with individual or stacked
traits, including Roundup Ready,
YieldGard Corn Borer, YieldGard
Rootworm, YieldGard Plus, Clearfield,
LibertyLink and
Herculex.”
Schlott adds that 72
Fielder’s Choice hybrids are available with Poncho
seed-applied insecticide and another 49 hybrids can be
coated with Intellicoat Early
Plant, which
enables growers to plant as much as four weeks earlier
without the risk of chilling injury.
The relative maturities (RM)
of the Fielder’s Choice lineup range from 80 to 118 RM. Many
of the new hybrids for 2005 are concentrated in two
important maturity groups: nine new products are in the
94-105 RM group, while 14 are in the fuller-season 108-117
RM.
For forage producers,
Fielder’s Choice offers five corn hybrids with NutriDense,
as well as seven alfalfa varieties.
The “New” Fielder’s Choice
Direct
Schlott also notes that, in
addition to new genetics and technology, Fielder’s Choice
Direct has enhanced its service offering - including on-farm
agronomic calls and multiple payment and financing options.
"We've always been known for
our great prices, and the one thing we haven’t changed is
our pricing system,” he adds. “Even with our elite genetics
and leading-edge technologies, growers will find our
direct-to-the-farmer distribution system yields prices up to
35 percent less than those of traditional seed companies.
“But we also believe our
customers will appreciate that the new Fielder's Choice
Direct is a great deal more than simply price,” Schlott
says.
Based in Monticello, Indiana,
Fielder’s Choice Direct is the leading direct marketer of
seed corn and other crop inputs to American farmers.
Fielder's Choice Direct and Intellicoat are members of the
Landec Ag group of
companies, subsidiaries of Landec Corporation, which is
traded on NASDAQ as LNDC.
Fielder’s Choice Direct,
Intellicoat and Early Plant are registered trademarks of
Landec Corporation.
Roundup Ready, YieldGard Corn Borer, YieldGard Rootworm and
YieldGard Plus are registered trademarks of and used under
license from Monsanto Company.
Clearfield is a registered trademark of BASF.
LibertyLink is a registered trademark of Bayer CropScience.
Herculex Insect Protection Technology is a trademark of Dow
AgroSciences and Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.