Brad's February Update

Winter has finally arrived with some much needed snow. We have not had to fight the bitter cold that normally comes this time of year. We are quickly approaching spring so I would like to discuss your seed orders.

This past fall/winter we assisted many of you in making your seed decisions for the 2012 growing season.  Orders were developed based on which variety would work best for your ground, to give you the highest yield possible. Now would be a good time to sit down with your local SFG agronomist and review your orders and placement of the variety.  With today’s commodity prices we can’t afford to misplace a hybrid and leave maximum yield potential in the field.

In the past few weeks several truckloads of seed have been delivered to SFG. We do not anticipate any inventory issues since a majority of our customers booked seed early this year to help ensure they would receive the best varieties for their acres.  We will soon start sorting the seed so it will be ready when you are.

DeKalb and Garst, may not be the cheapest seed companies, but they are very dependable and customers are rarely disappointed when sitting in the combine come fall. We still have access to some seed for side by side trials if anyone is interested.  A side by side is a great opportunity to try one or two hybrids from either company against one of our competitors’ hybrids. We ask in return to be given the opportunity to experience the yield difference with you by bringing a weigh wagon or riding with you in the combine to observe your yield monitor.  Another way to see what DeKalb or Garst seed can do in your operation is to put in a test plot.  We will help put the plot in and assist with taking it out. Hopefully we can bring customers to the test plot with us a couple of times during the growing season to see the differences in each hybrid.

With spring fast approaching taking the time to sit down with your SFG agronomist would be very beneficial to you.