Group 0 and Group 1 soybean varieties bring Roundup® and Harmony® GT tolerance

Producers looking for superior soybean genetics and more options in weed control need to look no further. Dairyland Seed has announced the release of high-yielding Group 0 and early Group 1 stacked-trait Roundup Ready® soybean varieties that also have tolerance to Harmony® GT (an STS® herbicide).

“Our dedicated team of soybean researchers developed these soybean varieties with the best options: superior genetics combined with Roundup® and Harmony® GT tolerance,” explains Tom Strachota, CEO of Dairyland Seed. “This offering gives producers the ultimate flexibility in their weed control program. And best of all, this new technology has no extra cost.”

Producers already know that Roundup-tolerant soybeans can provide excellent weed control. With these new stacked-trait soybeans from Dairyland Seed, producers can now use a tank mix of Roundup with Harmony GT at a new expanded-use rate to help control wild buckwheat, lambsquarters, volunteer canola and more.

Dairyland Seed has spent more than 20 years in the Dakotas and northern Minnesota, growing and developing soybeans specifically for this unique growing region. With the largest independent plant breeding program in the industry, Dairyland Seed has 12 plant breeders working to develop high-yielding elite germplasm. Dairyland Seed’s research team brought to market the world’s first herbicide tolerant soybeans in 1993.

Dairyland Seed’s research program spans nearly three decades, and its locations are spread throughout the United States, Mexico and South America.

Dairyland researchers were some of the first to identify elite soybean germplasm suited to the Dakotas and northern Minnesota. The uniformly high pH levels of the soils, coupled with the long day, short growing season, presented unique challenges to researchers. These growing conditions are unique compared to anywhere else in the world, and that’s why Dairyland researchers spend a major portion of the growing season in the area, working on research plots scattered throughout the Dakotas and northern Minnesota. “To develop soybeans specific to this area, our breeding program needed to focus here,” says Bill Campbell, soybean breeder with Dairyland Seed.