Performance - Generations Ahead

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 24 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 hybrid in zone 6 in 2009 with 6354G3VT3
2,084 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.
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Technological Innovation

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 2009
More than 100 new corn hybrids released in past four years
17 NEW Corn Hybrids for spring 2010 showcasing HOT NEW genetics and traits
New, high-yielding hybrids released with high demand biotech traits faster than competitive companies
Our 2009 G3VT3 new releases, topped all competitive triple-stacks by 5.32 bushels per acre in more than 11,000 comparisons.

Personal Service

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

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 17 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.