2013 Seed

There is lots of talk out in the country side about the seed supply for 2013. 

There are rumours of some picked seed corn fields in the midwest coming in at 30 bus/ac.  A thirty bus corn crop compared to a 150 bus corn crop have very different seed sizes.  In the drought stressed field, you end up with a lot of large rounds, and a lot of cull seeds so you may be down to 15 usable bus/ac.

Now for the good news - well over half of Pioneer's North American seed production is irrigated.  Seed fields in southwest Ontario are variable but over all caught more rain than we did here.  Pioneer is also ramping up winter production in South America to maintain supply.

So for most hybrids, supply will be ok.  Of course there are going to be a few hybrids that due to the location the seed is produced, parental lines or seed size, there may be lower supply available.  If there is a variety that you really want for next year, my advice would be to speak for it early.  Keep in touch with your Pioneer rep.