Golden Harvest Seeds launches Gold Series soybeans

by | Jul 23, 2021 | 5 Ag Stories, News

To help farmers achieve the highest yield potential, Golden Harvest is launching its first-ever Gold Series, a line of soybeans that feature exclusive genetics in high-demand trait platforms. Available for the 2022 season, the new lineup includes Enlist E3 soybeans and XtendFlex soybeans. Stephanie Porter, soybean product manager for Golden Harvest Seeds, shared more about Gold Series soybeans.

?Gold Series is our first line of soybeans that features exclusive genetics from Syngenta Seeds combined with high-demand trait platforms, that include Enlist E3 soybeans and XtendFlex soybeans,? Porter said. ?Golden Harvest soybeans have undergone extensive testing for proven performance, and Gold Series soybeans are specifically bred and selected for the Golden Harvest soybean portfolio. Our exclusive soybean varieties offer farmers not only choice of trait platforms, but also choice of genetics. And more choices give farmers more ways to manage risk and diversify their operations.?

Golden Harvest is launching 34 Gold Series soybean products that will be available for the 2022 season.

?And these varieties range in relative maturity from 0.09 to 5.7. 12 varieties include the Enlist E3 soybean trait platform with tolerance to three herbicide modes of action, so that?s 2,4-D choline, glyphosate and glufosinate,? Porter said. ?And we?ll also be offering 22 varieties include the XtendFlex soybean trait platform, offering tolerance to dicamba, glyphosate and glufosinate. In addition to the 34 Gold Series proprietary soybean products, Golden Harvest will also offer an additional five new Enlist E3 soybean varieties, so that?s a total of 39 new soybean products for the 2022 season.?

Porter also explained what farmers can expect from Gold Series soybeans in terms of performance.

?Just like with other Golden Harvest products, farmers can expect strong performance from the Gold Series soybeans,? Porter said. ?Our goal with the Gold Series lineup is to deliver a portfolio of soybean solutions that puts our farmers? yield potential first. To achieve that, we invested in research and development to perfect our high-performing germplasm and combine it with in-demand traits. Syngenta Seeds? soybean breeding program is one of the longest running in the U.S. Our elite pool of exclusive genetics enables Golden Harvest to offer farmers many of the industry?s highest-yielding and defensive soybean varieties with flexibility in herbicide trait choice. The diversity of our genetics, traits and technology platforms allows us to stay focused on what farmers need and tailor solutions to solve their problems.?

To learn more about the Gold Series, visit www.goldenharvestseeds.com/gold-series.