Local Selection
We pair trusted products with local knowledge to help you grow with confidence.
Every Field Has a Favorite
Not every product belongs in every field. We carefully select the genetics and technologies we offer based on local performance. Then, we combine them with knowledgeable recommendations to help you make the right choice for your acres and your goals.
We personally hand-select our seed based upon performance results in our area. True localization means that AgVenture products are tested numerous years, in multiple tiers, by Corteva Agriscience, AgVenture and McKillip Seeds. When you plant AgVenture products, you can be confident that you have the right products for your field.
Local Conditions
Product selection is based on local soil, weather and growing conditions.
Multi-Year Testing
Seed is tested for multiple years in varying environments before hitting your field.
Custom Cropping Plan
Your AgVenture Yield Specialist (AYS) visits your farm with a custom cropping plan to help your seed reach its maximum potential.
At AgVenture we believe there are always more bushels to produce
IMPACT™ Trials
We analyze new potential hybrids in real-world environments, including in fields and soil types similar to yours.
Small Plot Replicated Trials
We do national research trials on small plots to pinpoint how hybrids perform down to the county level, or even down to the field level.
Local Strip Trials
We go beyond testing for soil types by analyzing specific tillage practices and how seed performs with other products.
AgVenture Product Team Support
You are supported by a national team of experts who are working hard to help farmers like you maximize yield potential.
AgVenture Profit Plot Training and Demonstration
We provide on-farm training and demonstrations with products.
Local AgVenture Yield Specialists
Our local AgVenture Yield Specialists fine tune their product recommendations through local and technical expertise, seed treatments, trait technologies and management practices.
True genetic and technology choices
AgVenture’s true genetic and technology choices include:
- Inside access to one of the largest germplasm pools and pure-play agriculture companies, Corteva Agriscience
- Other well-known genetic and technology sources
Quality Standards
Only high-quality seed can produce a high-yielding harvest
The quality standards we set for our seed are unmatched in the industry. AgVenture seed undergoes an extensive range of quality testing, surpassing industry requirements, and is protected by one of the industry’s best seed treatments. This dedication delivers greater potential for uniform emergence, stronger stands and higher yields.
Extensive, multi-year testing that surpasses industry requirements
Industry-best seed treatments provide highest level of disease, insect and pathogen control
Seed investment protection
Planting flexibility
Uniform stand establishment
Our Quality Standards
The seed we select is tested well beyond what federal seed law requires. Before a hybrid or variety earns a place in our lineup, we review results from tests run at the local, regional and national level:
Warm germination
The only test required by Federal Seed Law, run in two labs under favorable conditions.
Cold test
Emergence under less-than-ideal, cold soil conditions. Below-average results trigger a second, saturated cold test.
Saturated cold test
Emergence under cold, wet soils, including imbibitional chilling of the seed.
Germination evaluation
Normal, abnormal and dead seed are studied to predict plant vigor and field emergence.
Genetic and trait purity
SNP testing checks for both wanted and unwanted genetic and trait markers.
Conventional hybrid testing
PCR testing screens conventional products for GMO presence.
Up the stress ladder
Every corn product climbs four vigor tests, each imposing more stress than the last.
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Cold Test
Seeds are planted in chilled media and exposed to cold stress, usually 50 °F for 7 days.
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Extended Cold Test
Similar to a regular cold test with a longer duration of cold stress exposure.
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Saturated Cold Test
Water-saturated media increases imbibitional chilling and oxygen deprivation.
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Precision Stress Test
Proprietary seed vigor test used on all corn products. Greater stress level than a normal saturated cold test. More consistent results that better correlate to field performance.
Every corn product is also screened with the Precision Stress Test, a proprietary vigor test that imposes more cold and wet stress than a saturated cold test and correlates more closely with field emergence. Precision Stress Test and field trial results are used to assign the stress emergence ratings you see on our product pages.
The Industry’s Best Seed Treatments
- Multi-component corn package with seven fungicides, two insecticides, two biologicals and one nematicide
- Several multi-component downstream soybean packages available for various environmental conditions
Produce More.
Earn More.
A different approach to help you produce more bushels. See McKillip Seeds, your local AgVenture independent seed company, for a full system of support.