INDIANAPOLIS — Feb. 8, 2011 — MYCOGEN® brand SILAGE-SPECIFIC™ corn hybrids won several awards in the second annual World Ag Expo Forage Challenge. Entries were judged in three categories: standard corn silage, BMR corn silage and alfalfa hay. Winners were announced at the 2011 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 the same hybrid — MYCOGEN F2F797. First place and a $3,000 cash prize went to Tony Borba Jr. of Tony Borba Dairy, Escalon, Calif. Jared Silveira of Barreto & Silveira of Hanford, Calif., won the $2,000 second-place prize and John Martin of Rynsburger Dairy, Strathmore, Calif., won third place and $1,000.

 

The 2011 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 be a part of this 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.