Agricultural advances like the NK® Brand Agrisure™ CB trait, herbicide-tolerant hybrids and seed treatment provide growers with more yield and better choices. To address this, NK Brand Seeds has implemented two new systems for the 2006 growing season.

With easy-to-read color-coded bag tag labels and simplified seed sizes, NK Brand Seeds provides growers added convenience and information while ordering, planting and managing their seed inventory.

“Many growers plant a combination of hybrids to address a wide range of needs, production challenges and refuge requirements. However, that can make managing crops a challenge,” said John Harker, NK Brand Seeds Technical Information Manager. “Our new bag tag labeling system provides clear, concise details for simplified handling and management. It minimizes the risk of mixing up seed and prevents planting and herbicide spraying errors, resulting in more efficient use of our products.”

NK Brand offers hybrids with the popular Agrisure CB (European corn borer resistant) trait, as well as several options for herbicide flexibility in corn, including Agrisure GT (glyphosate tolerance), LibertyLink® technology (Liberty® herbicide resistance) and the CLEARFIELD® System.

Now, each of these NK Brand hybrid choices are clearly identified with color-coded bag tags for easier handling:

• Yellow – tolerance to glyphosate-based herbicides

• Blue – Liberty herbicide resistance

• Orange – tolerance to imidazalinone, CLEARFIELD Production System

• Multi-color – hybrids with tolerance to more than one type of herbicide will feature a multi-color tag as appropriate.

Every bag of NK Brand hybrids with Agrisure GT, LibertyLink technology or the CLEARFIELD System is clearly labeled with a large, bold “Herbicide Tolerant” band on the NK Brand bag, plus an imprinted tear strip. In addition, information for treated hybrids is also plainly marked on each bag and tag. Tags for Agrisure CB hybrids also note insect resistance information.

“To make ordering and planting even more convenient, NK Brand has also simplified its seed size system,” Harker added. “The updated system continues to grade flats and rounds with a consistent kernel count in each bag, but eliminates very heavy bag weights, double bags of large seed and extremely small seed. To ensure optimum planting accuracy, planter setting recommendations are provided on every bag.

“We want our customers to have better choices and an efficient way to manage those choices for the way they farm,” Harker said. “Now with easier to identify packaging and uniform seed sizes, they can manage their seed selections better with less worries and risk.”

NK Brand Seeds is a trusted hybrid corn, soybean and alfalfa seed supplier with more than 100 years of service in the marketplace.  The brand provides growers more yield and better choices for the way they farm through innovative products and solutions.  Located in Golden Valley, Minn., NK Brand Seeds is part of Syngenta. 

Syngenta is a world-leading agribusiness committed to sustainable agriculture through innovative research and technology.  The company is a leader in crop protection, and ranks third in the high-value commercial seeds market.  Sales in 2004 were approximately $7.3 billion.  Syngenta employs some 20,000 people in over 90 countries.  Syngenta is listed on the Swiss stock exchange (SYNN) and in New York (SYT). 

NK®, For The Way You Farm®, and AgrisureTM are trademarks of a Syngenta Group Company.
LibertyLink® and Liberty® are registered trademarks of Bayer CropScience.
CLEARFIELD® is a trademark of BASF.