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Start strong with Stine®: Maximizing your 2026 potential

January 2026 

As a family-led, independently run operation, Stine® Seed Company has the flexibility to focus on what matters most to farmers. With our grower customers top of mind, our commitment centers on breeding innovation, family values and proven results. With Stine, customers gain confidence, clarity and season-long support that creates more opportunities to maximize profits.

Start strong with Stine®: Maximizing your 2026 potential

“As we embark on a new crop season, our goal is to deliver these values through every interaction with our grower customers. We’re strengthening our commitment to help growers secure yield potential and successful outcomes in the year ahead.”

Myron Stine, Stine Seed Company president

With Stine corn hybrids and soybean varieties, paired with expert insights from our agronomic and sales professionals, there’s potential built into every product we bring to growers’ fields. Below are just a few ways we’re ready to provide value to your operation in 2026.

It starts with genetics

As company founder Harry Stine always says, “breeding is a numbers game,” so Stine prioritizes volume in our breeding programs to find the highest-yielding germplasm. Simply put, when it comes to genetics, nobody does it better than Stine. That’s why we have the world’s largest proprietary soybean and corn breeding programs that prioritize yield first. When we operate under this mindset, the more material we look at and the better our chances of finding the very best for our grower customers.

Selecting what’s right for your field

In addition to our industry-leading breeding focus, Stine’s Elite Yield Trials and extensive plot programs equip our sales team, agronomists and dealer network with accurate, reliable data to place the right products on the right acres. We remain committed to delivering corn and soybean genetics that perform consistently year after year. Through years of research and field testing, we’re able to pinpoint which products excel in specific environments, helping ensure a strong start to the crop season with corn hybrids and soybean varieties tailored to your field conditions and backed by proven performance data.

Delivering the strongest corn hybrids yet

In 2026, we are working with growers across the country to deliver value through our corn portfolio, including MX Series Corn by Stine. Built using our most elite Stine genetics and proven across various field environments, these hybrids are bred for strong emergence, agronomic balance and the yield potential that’s synonymous with the Stine name.  

Offering more choice for your soybean fields

Stine and soybeans go hand in hand. Having access to the industry’s largest breeding program and the flexibility of operating independently ensures we’re consistently first to market with high-performing varieties in every maturity range with the traits growers want. And with soybeans, we’re always innovating. From our extensive lineup of Enlist E3® soybeans to blend options, Stine exclusive lines and high-oil performance soybean varieties, we’re offering growers everything from tried and true to new and improved for the 2026 planting season. We’re also pleased to provide Stine XP® seed treatments and Syngenta’s Victrato® soybean seed treatment for use with Stine soybeans through our seed treatment network in the year ahead.

Agronomic expertise when it matters most

Through the years, we have prioritized investing in strong agronomic resources that allow us to do more than place the right products in growers’ fields. Our team also delivers timely in-season advice and best practices to help ensure each selection reaches its full potential, even in the toughest environments and weather conditions. From our seasoned agronomists to the insights we’ve gleaned through the years to secure top-end yields, we have the people and tools growers need to build an effective plan for their operation and maximize crop performance in 2026. 

As you prepare for the upcoming planting season, we invite you to put your trust in Stine to help you start strong. We don’t simply deliver a product to the field and walk away. We stand behind every offering, ensuring it earns its place on your farm. From planting through harvest, we work in lockstep with you, providing reliable, season-long support you can count on all year long.

Reach out to your local Stine representative with questions on our 2026 lineup or how Stine can bring value to your operation in the year ahead.