Stewardship preserves benefits for future generations
To preserve the effectiveness of insect protection technologies in our products, Latham Hi-Tech Seeds insists on an Insect Resistance Management (IRM) plan be part of short-term and long-term production strategies.
IRM plans help deliver high-yield results today, while preserving the effectiveness of insect protection technologies well into the future. Imprudent use of these technologies could create insect resistance that reduces effectiveness and profitability.
Your Latham district sales manager will help you create and execute a plan that helps ensure these high-tech products retain maximum effectiveness in your fields and throughout the region.
Benefits of New Seeds
Convenience
> Highest-quality and highest-yielding product vs. bin-run
> Meets quality standards of seed company
– Professionally handled and rigorously tested
• Dramatically reduces splits and foreign matter
• Ensures varietal purity
– Germination tests to ensure peace of mind
– Weed-free
> Reliable seed supply in many maturities
> Access to the most elite germplasm
Economics of New Seed vs. Bin-Run
> Income lost by not selling as commodity grain (e.g., 1 bushel of bin-run seed multiplied by the price of a soybean bushel)
> Average loss of 10% – 15% cleanout at harvest for bin-run seed
> Handling and transportation costs for bin-run (approximately $.35 – $.75/bushel)
> Bin-run planting rates are generally 15% higher than new certified seed
> New seed yields an average of 1.8 bushel/acre more than bin-run (University yield trials range from 1.2 – 5.9 bushel/acre)
Limited Warranty Benefits
> Dealer agronomic support before and after the sale
> Risk management benefits of Roundup Rewards® (over
$600 million paid to growers since 1997)
New Innovations
> Royalties provide research and development of new traits and higher-yielding germplasm
> Monsanto invests over $800 million per year on research and development
> Monsanto is 100% committed to agriculture
> New trait introductions
• 7 – 9 years for commercialization
• $50 – $100 million in total costs for a new biotech trait
> Latham Seeds and Monsanto are committed to our customers’ success
See your dealer for a copy of the Roundup Rewards brochure for qualification criteria, program requirements and full benefits. Roundup Rewards applies only to Roundup branded and other agricultural herbicides specified by Monsanto. Roundup and Roundup Rewards are registered trademarks of Monsanto Technology LLC. © Monsanto Company.
YieldGard®, Herculex I® and Agrisure™ Corn Borer IRM Requirements
YieldGard® Plus, YieldGard VT3® and Herculex® XTRA IRM Requirements
LATHAM HI-TECH SEEDS STEWARDSHIP POLICY Latham strongly urges customer compliance with all applicable contracts and agreements, including Grower License Agreements, and will cooperate with verifications and investigations of suspected agreement violations. These contracts and agreements include, but are not limited to:
• Grain marketing requirements, including channeling requirements.
• Insect Resistance Management (IRM) requirements, including required crop refuge.
• Seed piracy requirements, including violations of saved seed provisions.
• Dealer agreements concerning licensed seed products.
SEED PIRACY STATEMENT Seeds containing the Roundup Ready® trait or the Roundup Ready 2 Yield™ trait are protected under numerous patents, including Patent No. RE39,247. It is unlawful to save Roundup Ready®Soybeans or Genuity™ Roundup Ready 2 Yield™ Soybeans for planting or transfer to others for use as a planting seed. ©2009 Monsanto Company.
