First Delivery of Soybeans with Roundup Ready 2 Yield Trait

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First Delivery of Soybeans with Roundup Ready 2 Yield Trait

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Facts about soybeans
in Illinois:

Did You Know?

  • The value of Illinois soybeans in 2007 was $3,854,950,000
  • That’s equal to about 12,850 combines.
  • In 2008, Illinois planted the second highest amount of soybean acres in the United States.
  • In 2008, Illinois had the highest average yield of any state.
    Average yield was 47 bushels per acre – about 7 bushels per acre higher than the national average.

Asgrow Seed Customer Receives First Shipment of Soybeans with the New Monsanto Roundup Ready 2 Yield® Trait

Farmers across the United States have been awaiting higher-yielding soybeans. For some soybean farmers, the wait is over. Monsanto’s Roundup Ready 2 Yield® soybean technology not only has higher yield potential, but also the same dependable and flexible weed control farmers have depended on for more than a decade.

An Illinois grower made history during the first week of February when he received the first delivery of Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans from his Asgrow® dealer.

Monsanto's Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans will be introduced on 1 million to 2 million U.S. acres for the 2009 season as part of a controlled commercial release, followed by a large-scale product launch of 5 million to 6 million U.S. acres scheduled for 2010. But the introduction of Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans doesn’t stop in 2010. This second-generation soybean technology will be Monsanto’s preferred platform for the introduction of both current and future agronomic and quality soybean traits.

See the complete press release.

Why are farmers excited to get this technology on 1 to 2 million acres in 2009 as part of a controlled commercial release?

  • Roundup Ready 2 Yield offers farmers the same flexible, dependable weed control and crop safety as first-generation Roundup Ready soybeans, but with higher-yield potential resulting from advanced gene mapping and insertion technology.
  • Roundup Ready 2 Yield® was developed through extensive gene mapping that allowed Monsanto to identify specific DNA regions in soybeans that have a positive impact on yield. Thanks to advanced insertion and selection technologies, the Roundup Ready 2 Yield® gene is situated in one of these high-yield DNA regions.
  • Observations show higher yield is driven by more beans per pod with Roundup Ready 2 Yield® compared to the first-generation technology.
    • More beans per pod, leads to more bushels in the bin, which leads to more profit potential per acre!