THE PLANTING SQUADIMPLEMENTING MULTIHYBRID TECHNOLOGY TAKES A TEAM APPROACH.

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For decades, Lynn Fahrmeier maximized yield by planting the hybrid that would perform the best, on average, across an entire field, despite the soil variations within that field. "My fields range in size from 3 to 70 acres," says the Wellington, Missouri, farmer. "One small field can go from prairie soils up on the ridge to eroded timber soils on the hillside to a bottom-type soil down by the creek. I was always playing defense when I chose a hybrid."By picking a workhorse hybrid, Fahrmeier knew that in a normal year he might be giving up yield on his better ground because he was being conservative with his seed selection. "Yet, I was willing to sacrifice that top-end yield for the guarantee that I was going to at least have a yield on my tougher ground," he explains.