Why Dahlman Seed!

 As an independent seed company, Dahlman has complete control over all phases of genetic selection, seed production and seed processing. Our emphasis in all these areas is on quality. That means you can count on Dahlman products year-after-year for excellent seed quality and outstanding performance. 

 Dahlman corn and soybean genetics are developed by the best plant breeders in the industry. How well a crop withstands drought, resists disease and insects, stands, uses nutrients, dry’s down, and yields are built into the genes over years of plant breeding and trait development. We then find superior genetics and upgrade our corn and soybean portfolio so we can build you a mix of products designed to excel on each of your fields. Next we educate our sales managers and dealers about each product so each recommendation delivers the highest yield potential possible. 

 Dahlman tests and selects traits from industry-leading sources for corn and soybean technologies. The traits we market have been proven to be beneficial before we recommend them for your fields. Looking ahead the trait pipeline is packed full of opportunity for the seed industry. The drought gene for corn will be one important feature for many growers who irrigate or farm in more arid regions. For soybeans great strides have been made recently in increasing yield.

 Dahlman’s conditioning plant is among the best in the industry. Built in 2004, it has precise cleaning and grading equipment, including an infrared color sorter. Extra steps during conditioning provide the seed selection and grading that assure healthy seed in every bag.

• STEP 1: Conventional cleaning, grading and sorting on the gravity tables removes cracked or damaged seed.
• STEP 2: Dahlman’s Scanmaster Color Sorter removes an additional 1-3% of kernels that may be lighter, have microscopic cracks, or may be slightly discolored. This impure seed is rejected from the seed line.
• STEP 3: Accepted seed that moves to the treating facility is cleaner, more uniform and has an extremely high germination rate….often 99%.

In this process, Dahlman customers are the winners. Better quality seed in the bag means better quality seed in the ground. There’s potential for better germination and more plants producing a healthy ear.

• After bagging, a sample of every lot of every seed size from every hybrid is taken for quality control and genetic purity testing.
• A warm germ test verifies the percentage of bagged seed that will
  germinate under ideal field growing conditions.
• Cold germ and super cold germ testing verify seedling vigor and the percentage of seed that will grow under cool and wet spring planting conditions.
• Bioassays confirm trait purity for Roundup Ready® herbicide-tolerant hybrids. These tests make sure the hybrids pass the strict quality guidelines set for these products.
• Growout Testing verifies that all of our hybrids meet strict quality standards