Atwater Farms of Barker, N.Y., was named Grand Champion First Time Entrant for its MYCOGEN F2F569 BMR corn silage entry. The sample received a final score of 93 with 63.7 percent digestibility and 3,691 pounds of milk per ton.

 

“We are pleased that our customers did so well at this year’s World Forage Analysis Superbowl,” says Greg Cannon, portfolio marketing leader, Mycogen Seeds. “Winning three of the champion awards is a great reminder that MYCOGEN hybrids continue to produce top-quality silage.”

 

MYCOGEN® brand hybrids swept the competition in the BMR Dairy Corn Silage rankings, taking all eight places. In addition to the Grand Champion in this category, other BMR hybrid winners included: Rich Ro North, St. Johns, Mich., second place; Trierweiler Dairy, Portland, Mich., third place; Merrill Farms Inc., Wolcott, N.Y., fourth place; Clark Dairy Farm, Mount Pleasant, Mich., fifth place; Easterday Dairy Farm, Camden, Mich., sixth place; Champion Farms LLC, Clinton, N.Y., seventh place; and Pine Tree Dairy, Rittman, Ohio, eighth place.  

 

In the Standard Dairy Corn Silage (non-BMR) category, MYCOGEN brand hybrids performed very well, earning five of the top 10 awards. Winning entries using MYCOGEN hybrids included: Steinhaus Ponderosa, LeRoy, Mich., second place; Emmons Dairy Farm, Chesterfield, Ohio, fourth place; Sand Creek Dairy, Hastings, Mich., sixth place; Miller Farms, Marlette, Mich., ninth place; and Rathmourne Dairy, Marlette, Mich., 10th  place. 

 

Merrell Farms, Inc., Walcott, N.Y. was Corn Silage Quality Counts winner. This award is based on a different quality measurement each year and this year was given for total tract digestibility. Merrell Farms entered the BMR corn silage category with a MYCOGEN F2F482 hybrid.

 

In the Dairy Haylage category, two Mycogen Seeds customers were recognized as finalists. Hickory Gables Farms in Hickory Corners, Mich. earned fourth place with MYCOGN 4A415 and Leroy Bazuin of Tustin, Mich. came in the fifth place spot with MYCOGEN 4A421. And R&R Swiss Farms of Lakeville, Ohio earned third place in the Baleage category, also with MYCOGEN alfalfa variety 4A421.

 

The organizing partners of the World Forage Analysis Superbowl are

AgSource Cooperative Services, AgSource Laboratories, DairyBusiness Communications, Hay & Forage Grower, U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison 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. Mycogen Seeds is 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.

 

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Eric Sitzman      

Dow AgroSciences      

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