Protection From Corn Pests

Corn is used in many things-- from soda and ink, to packing peanuts and baby diapers, and even some automobile fuel filters. Corn captures more than half of the non-diet sweetener market, too, including all regular sodas and many powdered drinks such as lemonade. There are more than 3,500 different uses for corn products and more uses are being found each day.

Small above- and below-ground pests, such as the corn rootworm, black cutworm, western bean cutworm and European corn borer can destroy corn-- minimizing the yield that growers can produce on each acre of their farming operation.

The economic impact of these small pests can be devastating. The USDA estimates that corn rootworm causes $1 billion in lost revenue each year, which includes $800 million in yield loss and $200 million in treatment costs, making it the costliest pest in corn.

Dow AgroSciences is helping protect corn plants with HERCULEX^® XTRA Insect Protection. Nothing shields corn against a broader spectrum of destructive pests better than HERCULEX XTRA. That’s because HERCULEX XTRA combines high-yielding genetics with the only in-plant insect protection against corn rootworm, European corn borer, western bean cutworm and black cutworm.

This protection allows corn to grow and prosper, providing high yields that can meet the world’s food, industrial and energy needs-- and gives growers peace of mind knowing that their plants won’t be destroyed by pests. Leading seed companies carry hybrids protected with HERCULEX, ensuring growers will have a wide selection of high-yielding hybrid options for excellent insect and profit protection.

Dow AgroSciences and HERCULEX Insect Protection: Providing trait technology that farmers need to feed and fuel the nation by controlling yield-robbing corn pests from the ground up.

To learn more about HERCULEX Insect Protection, visit www.HERCULEX.net. To learn about the Dow AgroSciences U.S. portfolio of corn products, visit www.corncentral.com.

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HERCULEX Insect Protection technology by Dow AgroSciences and Pioneer Hi-Bred.