When we first came out with 40 Series Corn, the only corn in the world recommended for planting in 40-degree soil temps, you probably thought we were crazy. Of course, other companies were trying to say this wasn’t real, and it was just a marketing gimmick. Well, it’s real. After two years of selling 40 Series Corn, we’ve had ZERO cold soil replant issues. Our stands are awesome. Yields are fantastic. All this may make you wonder, ‘How can Hefty’s have this while the “big” seed companies don’t?’

IT BOILS DOWN TO THREE THINGS.

I almost forgot perhaps the most important thing! 40 Series Corn gives you something no other corn can offer – MORE TIME.

THIS IS A REBATE PROGRAM UNLIKE WHAT ANYONE ELSE DOES. For your first hybrid (the one you purchase the most units of), there is no rebate. The second hybrid gets $5. The third gets $20, and the fourth and all subsequent hybrids qualify for a $25 per bag rebate.

THE REASON WE OFFER THIS PROGRAM IS WE WANT YOU TO SPREAD YOUR RISK. On our farm, we have about 2200 acres of corn. I want to plant 10 to 15 hybrids on our land. I often see farmers plant one or two hybrids on the whole farm. Please consider how risky that is. While seed companies will “stand behind” their seed, no company will pay you for lost yield. They will simply replace the seed. Especially going into 2025, you can’t afford a big loss. When I was a young agronomist, one of my ag chem customers called me out to look at his fields. He had silk-balling in just one hybrid. The problem was he had planted it on most of his acres. Sure, that number yielded the best the prior year, but in the year I looked at it, it was at least 50 bushels less than anything else due to silk-balling.

CRAZY STUFF HAPPENS. PLEASE PLANT MORE RATHER THAN FEWER HYBRIDS. What won this year’s plots will almost certainly not win next year’s. I know that may sound a little crazy, but I’ve been in the seed business my entire life. I bet I’ve looked at a million trials. Rarely – and I do mean rarely – does last year’s winner top the next year’s plots. Plant a mix of hybrids. The more varieties of Hefty Brand Corn you plant, the more money you save. Again, starting at the fourth hybrid, you get a $25 per bag rebate! That will put our cost WAY less than almost anyone else, and you will likely get something superior in yield and early plantability, especially if you pick one of our 40 Series hybrids.

NEW, HIGH-YIELDING, DEFENSIVE VARIETIES CONTINUE TO COME OUT IN EACH OF THESE TRAIT PACKAGES. Even if you can’t use dicamba on XtendFlex in 2025, Liberty is priced at an all-time low, and it’s a great post-emerge weed control option. Plus, Valor and metribuzin have hit all-time low prices, as well, so if you do the 3 Pre’s (yellow plus metribuzin plus Valor or Authority), you may spend as little as $10 and start the year with 95% control on weeds like waterhemp, Palmer, kochia, lambsquarters, and more.

The other reason I’m excited about XtendFlex and Enlist is if you compare our prices on Hefty XtendFlex or Zinesto Enlist to competitors, we should be able to save you some money. I just feel so blessed that Darren and our research team have done an amazing job picking the right genetics, and our seed production team and seed growers have done an incredible job raising the seed we need for next season, because I have 100% confidence that if you plant soybeans from us, you will earn more net profit than if you plant anyone else’s seed.

Most of what is in our seed treatment for 40 Series Corn is also in Hefty Complete Soybean Seed Treatment. Plus, we’ve got ROOTastic inoculant, which we believe is the best in the world at creating nitrogen for your soybean crop. We also offer free replants on our seed when you treat with Hefty Complete, because we find very few replants ever occur when our seed treatment is in your field. You can also get up to two insect resprays (with a pyrethroid) on insects, including soybean aphids, grasshoppers, cutworms, and bean leaf beetles, if economic thresholds are reached.