Monticello,
Indiana
July 27, 2005
A total of 37
new hybrids highlight the 2006 seed corn lineup from
Fielder’s Choice
Direct®, the nation’s 9th largest seed corn company and the
innovator of direct-to-the-farmer seed corn sales.
Fielder’s Choice will offer corn growers 121
hybrids for the 2006 growing season, according to Dennis
Schlott, vice president of sales and product management. “We’ve
increased our commitment to testing and expanded our hybrid
advancement program every year since 2000. This has resulted in
an expanding range of high performance hybrids and the latest
technology traits and seed applied treatments,” he says.
“We offer corn growers every technology trait on
the market today,” Schlott says. “Growers can
select from individual, stacked traits, or the new triple
stacked combinations of Roundup Ready®, YieldGard® Corn Borer,
YieldGard® Rootworm, or YieldGard® Plus. Also available in the
lineup are
CLEARFIELD®,
LibertyLink® and Herculex™ hybrids.”
Schlott adds
that Fielder’s Choice also offers 83 hybrids with Poncho®
seed-applied insecticide and 48 hybrids with Intellicoat® Early
Plant® seed coating, which enables growers to plant as much as
four weeks earlier without the risk of chilling injury.
The 2006
Fielder’s Choice lineup offers hybrids with maturity ranges of
80 to 119. Many of the new hybrids for 2006 are have stacked
trait technology: 10 new YieldGard Corn Borer/Roundup Ready
stacked hybrids, 4 new Rootworm/Roundup Ready stacked hybrids
and 4 new YieldGard Plus/Roundup Ready triple stacked hybrids,
with maturity ranges of 83 to 118.
For forage
producers, Fielder’s Choice offers six corn hybrids with
NutriDense®, as well as eight Harvestar® alfalfa varieties,
including a new msSunstra® hybrid alfalfa.
Letting Farmers “Grow Their Own Way”
"We've always been known for our great prices.
Even with our elite genetics and leading-edge technologies,
growers will find our direct-to-the-farmer distribution system
yields prices up to
35% less than those of traditional seed companies. We also know
our customers appreciate that we back up our lower prices with
customer-focused services and convenient payment plans. They
tell us all the time how much they appreciate our convenient
business hours, unbundled pricing, and fair and flexible payment
and financing options,” adds Schlott.
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, Harvestar, 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. msSunstra
is a registered trademark of Dairyland Seed Company, Inc., and
available for use only pursuant to a limited license patent. |