FEATURE STORY Preserving Your Corn's Identity By Greg Stewart Seed corn and waxy corn growers have been segregating and preserving the identity of their corn crops for years. Concerns over the marketing of genetically enhanced (GE) corn has sparked increasing levels of interest in identity preservation systems in commercial corn. This fall we are in the midst of segregating out those hybrids that contain GE events which are not approved in the European Union. What are the principal questions and/or concerns in regards to identity preservation of corn this fall and beyond? What are you planting? Late April of this year was marked by a whirlwind of confusion regarding genetic events, European non-approved hybrids and marketing options for these hybrids. In the future, hybrid selection will need to be based carefully on genetic traits because of their agronomic importance to your farm operation and because of the marketing implications. It won’t be enough to select Bt versus non-Bt; you will need to keep track of specific hybrids that contain Bt events that do not restrict your markets. (Full Story)
Features in the October 1999 Ontario Corn Producer
Corn...In Your Home? Silage Wars Corn Storage and Grain Drying Research Expected to Save Farmers Big Money Ethanol Takes the Spotlight in Year 2000

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