Seed Piracy Prevention

New Seed Outperforms Saved Seed

Great Lakes® Hybrids advise all its customers and dealers that saving seed from any Roundup Ready® or Genuity™ Roundup Ready 2 Yield® soybean is in direct violation of United States patent law and may bring legal action by Monsanto Technology LLC, which can result in crop destruction and/or monetary penalties if found guilty in a court of law.

Seeds containing the Roundup Ready® trait or the Genuity™ Roundup Ready 2 Yield™ trait are protected under one or more United States patents, including but not limited to patent numbers 5,352,605 and RE39,247. It is unlawful to save Roundup Ready® soybeans or Genuity™ Roundup Ready 2 Yield™ soybeans for planting or transfer to others for use as a planting seed.

Roundup® Agricultural Non-Selective Over-the-top Herbicide Products

  • Roundup WeatherMax™
  • Roundup UltraMax®
  • Roundup Original®
  • Roundup Custom®

You may use another glyphosate herbicide, but only if it has been approved for use over Roundup Ready® crops, and have been labeled for this use by all required governmental agencies.

MONSANTO DOES NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR RECOMMENDATIONS COVERING THE USE OF GLYPHOSATE PRODUCTS FROM OTHER COMPANIES WHICH ARE LABELED FOR USE OVER ROUNDUP READY CROPS. MONSANTO SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE USE OF THESE PRODUCTS IN ROUNDUP READY CROPS.

ALWAYS READ AND FOLLOW PESTICIDE LABEL DIRECTIONS: Roundup Ready® crops contain genes that confer tolerance to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup® agricultural herbicides. Roundup® agricultural herbicides will kill crops that are not tolerant to glyphosate.
Please note: To qualify for Roundup Rewards™ benefits, labeled Roundup® agricultural herbicides are the only systemic, nonselective herbicides that may be used for burndown or in-crop applications on any Monsanto trait crop on your farm. See Roundup Rewards™ brochure for full details.