Corn hybrids have risen in price in the USA

Seed prices for high-yielding hybrids will continue to rise as they provide an important advantage, analysts say American farmers have noted a rise in the price of corn hybrids. When asked why this is happening, said Michael Langemeier, deputy director of the Center for Commercial Agriculture and professor of agricultural economics at Purdue University, writes portal farmprogress.com. According to Langemeier, there are two components to the cost of seeds. One of them is the cost of selection. “As breeding and technology improves, the price of seeds rises, sometimes with a significant increase. Another factor is the seeding rate while striving for higher yields. One way to increase the yield of new varieties is to increase the number of seeds per acre (ed. 1 acre - 0.4 ha), ”he says. Research has shown that breeding accounts for about 81.6% of the change in seed value, while the seeding rate accounts for about 17.7%. For example, corn planting rates increased by about 1 percent per ...