Demonstration Strip Trials confirm InVigor yield advantage of 5 to 6 bu/ac
CALGARY, AB – November 14, 2008 – At each of 36 different locations across Western Canada, farmer-managed yield trials showed InVigor® canola hybrids outperformed Roundup Ready competitors.
The recently tabulated 2008 Demonstration Strip Trial (DST) results for Western Canada showed top InVigor hybrids produced yields that were on average 5.6 to 6.2 bu/ac more than Roundup Ready hybrids. The Top InVigor hybrid yield averaged 51.6 bu/ac while Dekalb’s 71-45 and Pioneer’s 45H26 came in at 45.4 bu/ac and 46 bu/ac respectively.
“This year’s strip trials show once again why we say ‘Nothing Outperforms InVigor,’” said Rod Merryweather, North American Oilseeds Business Operations Manager with Bayer CropScience in Calgary. “In locations all across Western Canada and under a range of agronomic and environmental conditions, InVigor hybrids did noticeably better than other hybrids.”
Pioneer’s 45H26 and DeKalb’s 71-45, both Roundup Ready hybrids, fell short coming in at 96% and 94% of the InVigor 5020 check respectively in the Western Canada results.
Regional results were even more dramatic. Alberta’s eleven locations showed a superior yield performance by the top InVigor hybrid of 8 percent ahead of the Roundup Ready hybrids. Southern Saskatchewan’s seven locations showed the top InVigor outyielding Roundup Ready hybrids 8 to 15 percent while in Northern Saskatchewan the top InVigor hybrid performed 10 to 11 percent better than Roundup Ready hybrids in seven locations. Manitoba’s eleven locations rounded out the DST program with a top InVigor performance that was 8 to 12 percent ahead of the same Roundup Ready hybrids there. (For details, please refer to the attached backgrounder with charts depicting Western Canada-wide and regional results.)
Demonstration Strip Trials (DSTs) have taken place at various locations across the canola growing regions of the Prairies since 1997, when Bayer CropScience first developed the concept. Each plot has eight to ten strips of at least 35 feet wide x 500 feet long, replicated twice. Strips are seeded and grown side-by-side under identical soil, moisture, climatic conditions and agronomic practices to provide meaningful results. More information is available at invigorresults.ca
“There are three key parts in the design of the DSTs that make them a fair and credible performance comparison,” said Merryweather. “First, they’re all farmer-managed; secondly, they measure net yields after dockage and once standardized for moisture; and finally they are replicated to ensure scientific accuracy. That’s a more accurate measure of what the canola crop is worth to the grower and so we believe it’s a better comparison.”
InVigor hybrids have dominated the top yield positions in the independent Prairie Canola Variety Trials (PCVT), run by the Canola Council of Canada, since the program’s inception in 2003. In fact, last year InVigor claimed all five of the top five yield positions. Starting last year, InVigor 5020 become one of the new checks of the PCVT trials, recognition that InVigor canola hybrids set the standard for yield performance in Western Canada.
Aside from their yield advantages, InVigor hybrids have the unique advantage of the LibertyLink® system – which is based on the only Group 10 herbicide registered in canola. This provides fast weed control while helping manage herbicide resistance on the Prairies. Convenient two-pass programs and tank-mixes allow for excellent control of grass and broadleaf weed competition in canola crops.
InVigor hybrids are the most popular canola seeded on the Prairies, accounting for the majority of hybrids seeded this past season.
About Bayer CropScience
Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, nutrition and high-tech materials. Bayer CropScience AG, a subsidiary of Bayer AG with annual sales of about EUR 5.8 billion (2007), is one of the world’s leading innovative crop science companies in the areas of crop protection, non-agricultural pest control, seeds and plant biotechnology. The company offers an outstanding range of products and extensive service backup for modern, sustainable agriculture and for non-agricultural applications. Bayer Crop¬Science has a global workforce of about 17,800 and is represented in more than 120 countries. Further information on Bayer CropScience Canada is available at: www.bayercropscience.ca
CALGARY, AB – November 14, 2008 – At each of 36 different locations across Western Canada, farmer-managed yield trials showed InVigor® canola hybrids outperformed Roundup Ready competitors.
The recently tabulated 2008 Demonstration Strip Trial (DST) results for Western Canada showed top InVigor hybrids produced yields that were on average 5.6 to 6.2 bu/ac more than Roundup Ready hybrids. The Top InVigor hybrid yield averaged 51.6 bu/ac while Dekalb’s 71-45 and Pioneer’s 45H26 came in at 45.4 bu/ac and 46 bu/ac respectively.
“This year’s strip trials show once again why we say ‘Nothing Outperforms InVigor,’” said Rod Merryweather, North American Oilseeds Business Operations Manager with Bayer CropScience in Calgary. “In locations all across Western Canada and under a range of agronomic and environmental conditions, InVigor hybrids did noticeably better than other hybrids.”
Pioneer’s 45H26 and DeKalb’s 71-45, both Roundup Ready hybrids, fell short coming in at 96% and 94% of the InVigor 5020 check respectively in the Western Canada results.
Regional results were even more dramatic. Alberta’s eleven locations showed a superior yield performance by the top InVigor hybrid of 8 percent ahead of the Roundup Ready hybrids. Southern Saskatchewan’s seven locations showed the top InVigor outyielding Roundup Ready hybrids 8 to 15 percent while in Northern Saskatchewan the top InVigor hybrid performed 10 to 11 percent better than Roundup Ready hybrids in seven locations. Manitoba’s eleven locations rounded out the DST program with a top InVigor performance that was 8 to 12 percent ahead of the same Roundup Ready hybrids there. (For details, please refer to the attached backgrounder with charts depicting Western Canada-wide and regional results.)
Demonstration Strip Trials (DSTs) have taken place at various locations across the canola growing regions of the Prairies since 1997, when Bayer CropScience first developed the concept. Each plot has eight to ten strips of at least 35 feet wide x 500 feet long, replicated twice. Strips are seeded and grown side-by-side under identical soil, moisture, climatic conditions and agronomic practices to provide meaningful results. More information is available at invigorresults.ca
“There are three key parts in the design of the DSTs that make them a fair and credible performance comparison,” said Merryweather. “First, they’re all farmer-managed; secondly, they measure net yields after dockage and once standardized for moisture; and finally they are replicated to ensure scientific accuracy. That’s a more accurate measure of what the canola crop is worth to the grower and so we believe it’s a better comparison.”
InVigor hybrids have dominated the top yield positions in the independent Prairie Canola Variety Trials (PCVT), run by the Canola Council of Canada, since the program’s inception in 2003. In fact, last year InVigor claimed all five of the top five yield positions. Starting last year, InVigor 5020 become one of the new checks of the PCVT trials, recognition that InVigor canola hybrids set the standard for yield performance in Western Canada.
Aside from their yield advantages, InVigor hybrids have the unique advantage of the LibertyLink® system – which is based on the only Group 10 herbicide registered in canola. This provides fast weed control while helping manage herbicide resistance on the Prairies. Convenient two-pass programs and tank-mixes allow for excellent control of grass and broadleaf weed competition in canola crops.
InVigor hybrids are the most popular canola seeded on the Prairies, accounting for the majority of hybrids seeded this past season.
About Bayer CropScience
Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, nutrition and high-tech materials. Bayer CropScience AG, a subsidiary of Bayer AG with annual sales of about EUR 5.8 billion (2007), is one of the world’s leading innovative crop science companies in the areas of crop protection, non-agricultural pest control, seeds and plant biotechnology. The company offers an outstanding range of products and extensive service backup for modern, sustainable agriculture and for non-agricultural applications. Bayer Crop¬Science has a global workforce of about 17,800 and is represented in more than 120 countries. Further information on Bayer CropScience Canada is available at: www.bayercropscience.ca
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