Bill,
I have not seen statistics on this, but the story I hear in the industry is
that saving and replanting wheat is quite common, especially in arid regions
where disease transmission is not a problem. Soybeans are a mixed bag. It
is feasible to use bin-run seed in the midwest, but physiological seed
quality (seed vigor) is easily lost if not handled properly. Since
commercial soybean seed is not very expensive, many farmers prefer to let
seedsmen manage the seed production.
Dale
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Liebhardt [mailto:wcliebhardt@ucdavis.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 6:39 PM
> To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
> Subject: saving seed
>
>
> At a seminar yesterday on the terminator technology it was
> stated that most
> midwestern farmers do not save much seed anymore. I am
> curious if this is
> the fact with soybeans, small grain and other crops which are
> not hybrids.
>
> Bill
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