A Midwest seed company is seeing a modest uptick in
conventional corn interest.
Wyffels Hybrids agronomist Brent Tharp says non-GMO sales are up about one to two percent this year.
“It’s not a wholesale change, I think there’s guys looking at it (and) experimenting with it.”
He tells Brownfield there has been a greater shift towards fewer traits.
“Your above and below ground traited products such as a SmartStax hybrid, they’re switching to just an above ground only in areas where the rootworm population seems to be kind of in a decline.”
Wyffels is based in Illinois and Tharp says the company also covers surrounding states as well as parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and South Dakota.
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