Farming Non-GMO

Non-GMO Corn & the Bottom Line

By Mac Ehrhardt, Co-owner

What you’re not losing with Viking Conventional Non-GMO: Maximum yields, weed control programs, and profits. What you are losing: Trait license fees.

Many farmers have realized their farm operations no longer depend on traited seed for corn and soybean management.

These farmers are making the switch to conventional, non- GMO, but they aren’t leaving high yields and performance behind.

Roundup-Resistant Weeds Roundup herbicide once was the “easy button”, but resistant weeds are making it hard to justify the additional costs of the Roundup-Ready seed traits. Now GMO farmers need even more herbicides in the tank. However, an effective weed control program is achievable without Roundup and the associated trait fees.

BT and Rootworm Pressure Rootworms and cornborers have evolved around some of the Bt traits. This has driven an arms race of BT stacked corn traits— and a never-ending increase in trait fees.

On some farms, rootworms are either not an issue due to crop rotation or they are managed with correct insecticide placement. The ideal solution is to add a hay crop or small grain to your rotation to break the lifecycle of rootworm and other yield-robbing insect and disease pests (which also gives you more on-farm feed or potentially another cash crop).

The Promise of Yields

The most expensive trait-stacked genetics are not a guarantee for high yields. In fact, stacked corn hybrids are usually bred as conventional, non-GMO inbreds. The traits are bred in later.

Yield potential is determined by genetics, not by traits.

Traits can protect yield, but they do not increase the yield potential of the genetics. When weeds and insects are controlled, the ‘good breeding’ genetics in Viking conventional corn means yield!

Our focus is simple. Viking brand Corn & Soybeans is 100% committed to bringing you the very best conventional, non- GMO hybrids and soybean varieties.

We know that, at the end of the day, it’s not how much money you spend on seed: it’s how much money you have in the bank after harvest that counts.

We appreciate your business, and thank you for farming.

Mac Ehrhardt President, Co-Owner

VIKING CONVENTIONAL NON-GMO CORN & SOYBEANS YIELD !

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