At Stine, we believe that any seed company can test and evaluate products. While we do test and evaluate many products for performance each year, we are also heavily involved in the proprietary research and development of newer and higher yielding products. In fact, our proprietary breeding program is the largest in the world, bringing more new and higher-yielding products to the marketing place each year than any other seed company.

Testing vs. Research & Development: Which Is Better?

TESTING PROGRAMS

• Crop evaluation based solely on test plots
• Company has no breeding program, pays royalty fees to acquire licensed seedstock
• Company is not involved in the development of newer, higher-yielding genetics, only the sale of seed based on currently existing genetics

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

• Extensive testing and evaluation based on research and test plots

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• Use of conventional breeding methods and biotechnology to develop newly-created proprietary genetics

The industry's best seed starts with the world's most advanced breeding programs

As you can see, Stine Seed Company is very focused on developing improved varieties through research and development. Stine's philosophy is simple: yield is what counts, yield is what pays the bills. After all, have you ever had the elevator offer you more per bushel just because your crop contained a gene for herbicide or disease resistance?

As a result, every trait, every feature of every new hybrid or variety released has at its core outstanding yield potential, because yield is what counts.

Stine Seed Company has the largest proprietary soybean and corn breeding programs in the United States, testing and evaluating more genetically different lines than any other seed company. That's why Stine varieties consistently outperform competitive products in yield trials, year after year and throughout the U.S.

Stine brand products are developed using the highest-yielding germplasm in the seed industry today. That's why they are the highest-yielding products on the market, and why half of all soybeans planted in the Midwest are developed by Stine.

Before you buy seed, consider the source. Go with the company with the best track record of delivering products that yield year in and year out. The company with the most successful breeding program is your best bet, and the company with the world's most successful breeding program is Stine.