PRESCRIPTION SEEDINGJUST AS A DOCTOR PRESCRIBES MEDICINE, SEED COMPANIES NOW WRITE PRESCRIPTIONS FOR SEEDS. HERE'S WHAT TO KNOW

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Back in 2010, Josh Van Kooten planted a hybrid in one of his fields that busted the bins with a 240-bushel-per-acre yield. "It was great," says Van Kooten, who farms near Pella, Iowa. "I planted more of it the next year." Things changed, though. The next year's excessively wet lowed by the drought year of 2012 revealed something else about the hybrid. "It didn't handle stress very well," says Van Kooten. "From then on, I stayed away from it."