Hot Selling Season Follows Equally Hot Summer: Representatives of the tern industry seem ontimistU about 2003 and 2004

摘要

Despite hot and dry weather in many parts of the Midwest this year, 2003 corn seed production is expected to be up. Thanks to irrigation and good weather during pollination, some companies expect that their yields should even be up by 10 percent over2002 harvest. This should more than satisfy 2004 demand, which is expected to heat up as more farmers could switch from soybean to corn acres. Most seed companies report that corn seed quality is very good and that they are optimistic about sales of YieldGard Corn Rootworm and Herculex I Insect Protection hybrids and the use of seed treatments, such as Poncho 2,50 and Poncho 1250, as well as Cruiser for corn.