Conventional Soybean Seed

Conventional soybean varieties retain a percentage of the planted acre base due to their lower seeding cost and premiums paid for them. Our conventionals are of current breeding and perform as well if not better than the currently available glyposate tolerant soybeans. Many elevators are offering non-GMO premiums for these varieties. Our WS and MCIA variety have been lab tested for freedom from GMO.  If planting our varieties for the premium you can be certain they are clean and fully suitable. Seed sizes are smaller than normal this year due to dry growing conditions but germ quality is excellent.

MCIA 2308N
	This is a 2.3 maturity conventional soybean variety with resistance to R3, R14 nematode and good phytopthora tolerance. A taller semi-bush plant with brown pods on a grey stalk and a buff hilum. Highly rated for cold weather/no till planting. 2,569 seeds/lb. Sold in units of 50 lbs .

WS 2702 Conventional

A good mid group II variety that can also be followed with wheat. Moderate resistance to BSR and white mold. A medium height bush type plant, with phytopthora tolerance to all races. This was our highest yielding variety in '05, scaling 72½ bu/acre, and our best in '09 at 64½ bu. Normally a good standing plant. Excellent emergence rating, tan pods at harvest. 3006 seeds/lb. Sold in units of 50 lbs.

BIO GENE ROUNDUP READY SOYBEAN SEED Bio Gene Roundup Ready varieties are sold in pricing units of 140,000 seeds per unit. The seed is packaged in 1 unit bags and 40 unit bulk bags. Like seed corn at 80,000 per unit, your seeding cost per acre will remain the same whether the seed is 2,000 or 4,000 seeds per pound. For 30" row planting, one unit per acre is a good population goal. For drilling at 190,000 seeds per acre, 1.36 units per acre is required.

BG 7250RR
	New in '10, a 2.5 maturity Roundup Ready soybean of medium height on a semi-bush type plant. Brown pods on a tawny stalk. No rating for cyst, but very highly rated for brown stem rot, cold soils, and no-till adaptability. This was our best yielding RR bean in '09 and '10. Sold in units of 140,000 seeds.

BG 7270 RR2
	New for 2012. The 7270 is a Roundup Ready 2 soybean with excellent defensive traits. 2.7 relative maturity. Contains the rps1C phytopthora gene for multi-strain resistance and the race 3,14 cyst nematode gene. A taller, medium bush plant with brown pods and grey pubesence. Full resistance to brown stem rot and rated 9.5/10 for stress tolerance. 140,000 seeds/unit.

BG 2905 NRR
	This is a 2.9 RM soybean, brown pods with grey pubescence, SCN resistance and the Rps1C phytopthora gene. Full bush type plant with a very high emergence rating. Our best yielding bean in '07 at 64 bu/acre. Pops out of the ground easily without a struggle. Highly recommended for 30" rows and for earlier canopy closing on row and drilled soybeans. Sold in units of 140,000 seeds.

Liberty Link® Soybeans

MCIA 2409 LL

New in 2011 and our first Liberty Link variety, this soybean was the first place yielder in the 2009 Central Michigan yield trials and was 3rd place in 2010 out of 15 entries. It has the Rsp1k phytopthora gene, a 1.1 emergence rating, a 1.0 shatter rating (perfect), a 1.9 SDS rating and a 1.8 lodging score. Brown pods on a 36" tall plant. This was the best yielding LL bean available to us and we were quite pleased with it's performance. 2,596 seeds/lb. Sold in units of 50 lbs.

Seed Treatment
	We can treat your seed with Captan, ApronMax, CruiserMaxxPak, and Optimize by request. Please see the separate Treatment page. Please order treated seed by March 10, 2012. Treated seed is not returnable, so be sure of the quantity needed when ordering.