West Bend, Wisconsin
August 6, 2009
Dairyland Seed
recently unveiled its plan to bring six new SmartStax™ hybrids
to American farms in 2010 after SmartStax received registration
from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on July 20,
2009. Commercial introduction is on track for the 2010 U.S. crop
season.
SmartStax is the industry’s most advanced, all–in–one corn trait
platform that provides farmers the broadest spectrum of
above-ground and below-ground insect control. It combines
industry-leading corn traits from both Dow AgroSciences and
Monsanto.
In addition to improved insect control, using SmartStax will
allow producers to plant 5 percent refuge acres in most areas
compared with the normal 20 percent for insect resistance
management.
“We have heard many concerns about reduced yields on refuge
acres and SmartStax will allow producers to maximize their
yields by reducing those refuge acres by 75 percent,” said T.J.
Strachota, Marketing Specialist for Dairyland Seed.
Dairyland Sales Leader Gary Leeper added, “Our hybrids will
range from 86 to 110 day maturity. In addition to our Stealth
grain hybrids we will be producing one HiD.F. silage hybrid.”
The key to the success of SmartStax is the strength of the
genetics carrying the technologies.
“At Dairyland we had already expanded both our genetic offerings
and our trait offerings for the 2010 planting season – all with
a focus on yield improvement,” said Tom Strachota, General
Manager for Dairyland. “We’re excited to have SmartStax traits
into our most elite germplasm,”
SmartStax™ is the outcome of a cross-licensing agreement and
a research collaboration agreement signed in 2007 between Dow
AgroSciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical
Company and Monsanto Company.
Dairyland Seed began its seed business in 1907 and has built an
established dealer network throughout the Upper Midwest, with
international sales in more than 20 countries. The business
experienced great success under the leadership of Orville and
Marie Strachota, entering the field of plant breeding in 1977.
Now a seed affiliate of Dow AgroSciences, the family leadership
continues through son Tom and grandson T.J. Primary research
locations are located in Clinton, Wisconsin; Gibson City,
Illinois; Otterbein, Indiana; Gilbert, Iowa; and Sloughhouse,
California, with plant breeding programs in hybrid corn, hybrid
alfalfa and soybeans. Dairyland is headquartered in West Bend,
Wisconsin.
SmartStax ™ multi-event technology developed by Dow AgroSciences
and Monsanto.
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