ABSTRACT
What parameters do you use for selecting the right seed for your farm? Obviously we want to use high germination and high cold test to be assured of the best quality seed available. Then we would determine the different maturity levels we need to match our harvest capacity and time frame. Those are the easy questions; with all the new transengenic varieties (i.e. RoundUp Ready, Bt and Stacked) the decision process becomes more complicated. Of course in the past few years availability has made these decisions for us. The following is a breakdown of how I determine whether to use transengenic or conventional varieties:
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