by BASS Hybrids | Feb 14, 2025 | Agronomy, Plant Breeding
Recently, BASS’s own Ed Baumgartner sat down with Elevate Ag for an episode of Soil Talk. Check out the episode here. Episode Description: Ed Baumgarter discusses seeds that are grown to be resilient, not reliant. His company, Bass Hybrids, offers non-treated...
by BASS Hybrids | Jan 27, 2025 | Agronomy, Plant Breeding
Raechel recently had the opportunity to write for Acres U.S.A. Magazine! In the Opinion piece “Hey, Guess What?!? Breeding Works!” she discusses plant breeding and that it does, well, work. A link to the article can be found here. If you prefer reading a...
by BASS Hybrids | Jan 20, 2025 | BASS News
The results are in! We’ve added 3 new hybrids to our lineup for 2025: Ruth Vera Esther These hybrids show solid multi-year performance in our yield trials, and with our growing sales in Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana, we figured we needed to add...
by BASS Hybrids | Oct 30, 2024 | Agronomy, Programs
Thinking about switching to untreated seed? Or seed without a neonicotinoid insecticide? American Bird Conservancy is launching a pilot program where they will pay you up to $13/acre for corn acres enrolled in this program. You can find out more information on their...
by BASS Hybrids | Aug 9, 2024 | Agronomy, BASS News
If you know us, we love being out in a field of corn! This week we had the wonderful opportunity to talk about corn at a field day with Green Cover Seed! Ed and Brian were there on Tuesday this week. Andrew and Kyle were there on Friday (err, are there today!) Back...
by BASS Hybrids | Aug 6, 2024 | Plant Breeding
From Jim Patrico, Progressive Farmer Senior Editor To hear Ed Baumgartner tell it, when he first started his work on non-GMO (genetically modified organism) corn hybrid improvement, it was merely something he puttered with, like golf or gardening. Even now, when he...
by BASS Hybrids | Mar 8, 2024 | Agronomy
We had a GREAT discussion on March 6 with Biodyne USA about their Environoc biological products. Thank you so much to Bodie Kitchel, Garth Farley, and Grant Farley for taking the time to talk with us and answer our questions. If you would like to watch the webinar (it...
by BASS Hybrids | Feb 28, 2024 | Agronomy
“When glyphosate-tolerant crops were first adopted, weed control was high in every environment; however, year after year glyphosate performance became less consistent,” said co-author Marty Williams, an ecologist with the USDA-ARS and affiliate professor of crop...
