Indianapolis, IN - February 08, 2010

 

MYCOGEN® brand SILAGE-SPECIFIC™ corn hybrids won four of six corn silage awards in the first-ever World Ag Expo Forage Challenge. Entries from seven Western states were judged in three categories – standard corn silage, BMR corn silage and alfalfa hay. Winners were announced at the 2010 World Ag Expo show held in Tulare, Calif., with finalist entries on display for the duration of the show.

 

All winners in the BMR corn silage category were made with MYCOGEN Brand BMR hybrids. First place went to Nelson Faria of Faria Dairy in Royal City, Wash., with corn silage made from MYCOGEN Brand BMR F2F635. Ray Robinson of Moo Mtn. Milk in Burley, Idaho, received the second place prize with his MYCOGEN Brand BMR F2F297 entry, and third place was earned by Greg Fernandes of Fern Oak Dairy in Tulare, Calif., with MYCOGEN Brand BMR F2F797.

 

In the category of standard corn silage, Mycogen Seeds customer David Evers of Ever May Farms, Inc., in Forest Grove, Ore., took home the second-place prize with MYCOGEN Brand TMF 2L414.

 

The 2010 World Ag Expo Forage Challenge was open to farmers and ranchers from 11 Western states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. Cash prizes were awarded based on forage lab analyses, along with a visual evaluation of the entries by experts in dairy nutrition and forage production.

 

Mycogen Seeds was the presenting sponsor of the event, and Lallemand Animal Nutrition sponsored the cash prizes.

 

"Mycogen Seeds was pleased to have the opportunity to help establish this exciting new event at World Ag Expo and focus attention on the production of high-quality forages in the West," says Greg Cannon, Mycogen Seeds silage marketing specialist. "And we are excited about the outstanding results our customers achieved."

 

"Our line of MYCOGEN brand SILAGE-SPECIFIC corn hybrids are bred for nutritional quality and offer the most digestible nutrients for optimal animal performance," Cannon explains. "The diverse lineup allows growers to select the proper hybrid for their geography and management practices."

 

Mycogen Seeds is a retail seed company of Dow AgroSciences LLC and a developer and marketer of leading corn hybrids, the market leader in SILAGE-SPECIFIC corn hybrids and sunflower hybrids, as well as an industry leader in canola, alfalfa, soybeans and sorghum. For more information about MYCOGEN® brand products, visit www.mycogen.com.

 

Dow AgroSciences LLC, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, is a top-tier agricultural company providing innovative agrochemical and biotechnology solutions globally. The company, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, has sales of $4.5 billion.  Learn more at www.dowagro.com.

 

Karen Potratz
Bader Rutter & Associates
262-938-5457
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Casey Mattke
Mycogen Seeds
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