For more than 88 years, Great Lakes Hybrids has been a seed-only company focused on supplying the genetic and service needs of our customers.

Today, with AgReliant Genetics’ breeding program and a revolutionary new doubled-haploid breeding process, Great Lakes stands ready to meet the emerging needs of farmers in a way that no other seed company can.

Championship Performance

• The highest winning percentage in the prestigious National Corn Growers Yield Contest for the last 20 years
• 68 National Corn Growers Yield Contest Champions in the past four years
• 225 F.I.R.S.T. Trial wins, including the overall #1 hybrid in 2003 – 5961Bt
• 1,801 Top-10 finishes in the F.I.R.S.T. Trials
• Eight wins and 35 Top-10 finishes in the past two years of Soy Capital Corn Trials
• 19 test champions and 87 Top-10 finishes in the Michigan State University Corn Trials in the past three years.
• View all our Test Plot Data here

Technological Innovatoin

• First doubled-haploid hybrids hit the market in 2006
• Fast-track technology produces traited versions of top hybrids up to 70 percent faster than previously available

Unrivaled Genetic Variability

• More than 60,000 new genetic combinations are being tested in 2008
• More than 100 new corn hybrids released in past four years
• 23 NEW Corn Hybrids for spring 2008 showcasing HOT NEW genetics and stacked traits – including 19 G3 VT3 hybrids
• New, high-yielding hybrids released with high demand biotech traits faster than competitive companies
• Our 2007 G3VT3 new releases, topped all competitive triple-stacks by 7.5 bushels per acre in 7,413 comparions.

Personal Service

• District Sales Manager and agronomist support
• The only major seed company owned by farmers and seedsmen

The Next Generation

The year 2007 marks a turning point not only for Great Lakes but for the entire seed industry. With the introduction of the world’s most advanced doubled-haploid breeding program, AgReliant and Great Lakes now have the ability to produce genetically pure strains in 70 percent less time than ever before. For the farmer, this means hybrids will be brought to market at a dramatically faster pace, with accelerated gains in yield and profitability. This process has allowed GLH to add in G3 and G3 VT3 hybrids into the marketplace in a year’s time.

A New Generation of Breeding

Even more important than our breeding technologies, Great Lakes offers its own proprietary germplasm, the product of decades of aggressive development. Last year alone, AgReliant Genetics developed more than 60,000 new genetic combinations which yielded 22 new hybrids from 14 unique, new genetic lines.

Today, AgReliant is the fourth-largest corn breeding company in the world, and the largest that is wholly-owned by farmers and seedsmen. We can access proprietary germplasm from a worldwide network of more than 145 breeding stations, research locations, and gene technology labs. And because Great Lakes is independent from any trait supplier, we have the flexibility to combine our best germplasm with the best value-added traits.

In terms of genetics, performance and technological innovation, Great Lakes Hybrids is GENERATIONS AHEAD.