West Bend, Wisconsin
February 4, 2008
Dairyland Seed, a
family-owned seed company, located in West Bend, Wisconsin
announces they have available the approved biotech traits for
use in newly released Biotech Yield Endorsement (BYE) program
released by Risk Management Agency (RMA) earlier this month.
Farmers from Minnesota, Iowa, Indiana and Illinois can now use
specific Dairyland Seed products to help reduce their crop
insurance premiums.
In a report on December 13, 2007 RMA states, "Producers with an
individual yield or revenue insurance plan (APH, RA, or CRC) at
a buy-up level of Federal crop insurance coverage will be
eligible for the discount on any unit in which they plant at
least 75 percent of their non-irrigated corn for grain acres to
a qualifying corn hybrid. RMA will release the BYE, containing
the eligibility criteria, and instructions to approved insurance
providers in the near future. This endorsement does not waive or
otherwise affect the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA)
existing refuge requirements. Producers will be expected to be
in full compliance with all EPA requirements."
The only qualifying corn hybrids approved for this program are
YieldGard® Plus with Roundup Ready® Corn 2 and YieldGard VT
Triple. Dairyland Seed offers farmers over 28 different corn
products to meet RMA and the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) requirements in this new program.
Tom Strachota , CEO of Dairyland Seed adds, "The continued
unprecedented investment in research has resulted in advances
made in both plant breeding and in Biotechnology. As a result we
are seeing not only higher yields, but also more consistency and
stability to yields.” Growers from these states are encouraged
to contact their local Dairyland Seed Dealer, District Sales
Manager, or Dairyland Seed's main office at 800-236-0163 to
learn more about how many of Dairyland’s products can assist
them in meeting the BYE program requirements and reducing their
crop insurance premiums.
Dairyland Seed is a family-owned and operated seed company
that serves farmers throughout the Midwest with its Dealer
network and across the U.S. and internationally with its
Distributor and Licensing efforts. Dairyland features the
industry’s largest plant breeding team and is the only family
business with plant breeding in hybrid corn, hybrid alfalfa and
soybeans. It ranks in the top fifteen U.S. seed corn companies. |
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