INDIANAPOLIS, IN – September 29, 2010

 

MYCOGEN® brand SILAGE-SPECIFIC™ corn hybrids produced two Grand Champion entries and the Quality Counts winner at the World’s Forage Analysis Superbowl. Winners were announced at World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis., today. The awards highlighted a highly successful overall showing for Mycogen Seeds.

 

“We are very excited about the outstanding showing by our customers at the 2010 World’s Forage Analysis Superbowl,” says Greg Cannon, forage products marketing specialist, Mycogen Seeds. “The results show that MYCOGEN hybrids continue to produce top-quality silage."

 

Frazee Farms of Fabius, N.Y., was named the Grand Champion in the BMR Corn Silage category with corn silage made from MYCOGEN BMR hybrid F2F485. In the non-BMR category, Lightland Farms of Stanley, N.Y., took home the Grand Champion prize with its MYCOGEN hybrid TMF94 entry.

 

In addition, Yippee! Farms of Mount Joy, Pa., earned the Quality Counts award. This year’s rotating silage analysis award was based on crude protein (CP). With a CP content of 9.5 percent on a dry matter basis, Yippee! Farms’ mixed sample of MYCOGEN brand hybrids F2F700 and F2F797 claimed the top spot.

 

 

MYCOGEN® brand hybrids swept the competition in the BMR Dairy Corn Silage rankings, taking all nine placings. In addition to the Grand Champion in this category, other BMR hybrid winners included Champion Farms, Clinton, N.Y.; Crist Dairy Farm, Homeworth, Ohio; Dallman Farms Inc., Brillion, Wis.; Whiteleather Farms, Minerva, Ohio; Rising Sun Dairy, London, Ohio; Dayview Farm, Rubicon, Wis.; Walter Taylor, Lancaster, Wis.; Virgil Gasser, Creston, Ohio; and Kevin Knapp, Larchwood, Iowa.

 

 

MYCOGEN brand hybrids also performed very well in the Standard Dairy Corn Silage (non-BMR) category, earning five awards to complement the Grand Champion and Quality Counts winners. Award-winning entries in this division are: Greg Koster of Falmouth, Mich., with TMF2N494; Vander Made Dairy LLC of Sherwood, Ohio, with TMF2W726; Stardust Dairy of South Solon, Ohio, with TMF2Q716; Kevin Marshik of Pierz, Minn., with TMF94; and Jon Merrel of Walcott, N.Y., with 2W587.

 

All corn silage winners were selected based on forage analysis, visual analysis and milk per ton.

 

“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.”

 

 

Several MYCOGEN alfalfa customers also placed well in the Dairy Haylage division at the World’s Forage Analysis Superbowl.

Finalists in the Dairy Haylage class included: Maple Downs Farms II, Middleburgh, N.Y.; Bastaan Dejong, Hickory Corners, Mich.; Steven Benthem, McBain, Mich.; and McNallan Farms, Kellogg, Minn.

 

“We offer top-performing alfalfas that provide superb yield potential, high-quality forage, and disease and pest resistance,” Cannon explains.

The haylage finalist samples were judged according to forage analysis, visual analysis and milk per ton.

 

The organizing partners of the World’s Forage Analysis Superbowl are AgSource Cooperative Services, DairyBusiness Communications, Hay and Forage Grower, USDA Forage Research Center, University of Wisconsin-College of Agriculture & Life Sciences and World Dairy Expo. Mycogen Seeds is a Platinum Sponsor of the awards program.

 

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.