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Roundup Ready Stewardship

Roundup Ready Technology has proven to add value to the farm when implemented properly. In order to continue to enjoy the benefits of technology in agriculture, proper steps must be taken to insure continuation of research and development and protection of the efficacy of the technology. Do your part to protect Roundup Ready Technology. Buy new seed each year, apply the recommended rate of Roundup WeatherMax herbicide and sell your crop to the mill. Planting Progeny Ag Products Brand Roundup Ready Soybeans is “Simply the most profitable way to grow soybeans.”

Professionally Grown Seed supports seed stewardship

When you plant professionally grown, handled and processed seed, you get the benefits of rigorous quality control. Progeny brand seed delivers high germination rates and varietal purity. You also practice sound stewardship when you choose new seed and help protect future soybean seed technology. The result is greater yield potential and better profitability. Universities and private companies have documented a yield advantage with certified soybean seed versus bin-run seed. A 19 year study by the Illinois Crop Improvement Association found new seed out yielded bin-run seed by 2.73 bushels per acre. Choose professionally grown soybean seed to maximize your crop’s potential.

The Roundup Ready Soybean System continues to provide the most value to soybean growers.
The system provides unprecedented flexibility and convenience with unsurpassed weed control. In annual surveys, 95% of growers said that they were either satisfied or highly satisfied with the performance of the Roundup Ready Soybean System. Growers reported that, on average, the added value of the system is more than $9.30 an acre over conventional soybean systems.*

The system consists of three easy steps:

Determining Actual Seeding Rate
Seed vary in size according to varieties and the year grown; therefore, the number of seed per row foot is a better guide for calibrating the planter than using pounds of seed per acre. Although there are numerous ways to calibrate a planter, one method is to determine the actual seeding rate by counting the number of seed in 10 feet of row and dividing by 10 to obtain an estimate of the average number of seed per row foot. Planter units should also be checked for consistency when changing varieties or when the seed lot changes within a variety. Planting too many or too few seed per acre can be costly in terms of yield, lodging, seed cost and harvest efficiency. Travel speed and field roughness may also affect planting rate.

Determining Planting Seed Requirements

The following equations illustrate this plan in practice:
Seeds per Foot x Row Width Factor x 1,000 ÷ Variety Seed Size =
Lbs. Of Seed/Acre by Variety

Lbs. Of Seed/Acre x # of Acres Planted ÷ Lbs. Of Seed in Bag =
# of Bags

*2003 Marketing Horizons Roundup Ready Soybean Satisfaction Study of 853 growers who planted Roundup Ready Soybeans in 2003.