Posted by LA in WI on February 19, 2019 at 19:48:17 from (162.245.177.81):
In Reply to: Re: seed posted by Leroy on February 19, 2019 at 05:59:22:
Leroy, the firm I worked for (Pioneer Hi-Bred Int'l in the 1970s -1990s) started their seed harvest of the earliest maturing hybrids in late Sept in central Illinois, finishing harvest by late Oct. Drying was finished by early December. Treating, bagging, germ testing done by Christmas. The big seed companies have a lot of high capacity dryers to enable them to get things done in a timely manner.
In northern Illinois and central Iowa the schedule was about 2 weeks behind that.
Shipping started early January, completion to dealers early March.
Ready to sell: We started selling in early August, well before any harvest machinery moved.
There were some smaller companies that bragged about waiting to sell until after harvest. By the time they got their act together they were too late to have their sales grow higher and today they are mostly out of the business.
The most aggressive and larger farmers always wanted us to call on them by late summer so they could order the best and newest hybrids before the expected supply was sold out for the next Spring.
Now, I am not inferring that larger farmers are better or smarter than other farmers, but they were often an aggressive type of person.
Like a lot of businesses, (machinery, tractors, herbicides, etc.) seed sales are a "dog eat dog" business and is not for the faint of heart nor the slow movers. I was pretty good in sales in my day, had a sales increase every year, but I sure do not miss that part of it today! Would interfere with my fishing and going to tractor shows! LA in WI
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