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hether the 2012 harvest was disappointing or abundant, I’m sure most growers will agree that this growing season was no picnic. It definitely had its share of stressors – drought, disease and insect pres-sure, hail and marketing challenges.

So, now that harvest is wrapped up it’s time to take a

breather and rest, right? Wrong! Although a period of rest would be nice, for the sake of your 2013 yields, the next few weeks are a critical time.

Now is the time to secure your seed needs.

The 2013 seed crop was affect-ed by Mother Nature as much or more than the commercial crops. Although most seed companies will have quality seed available, the sooner you get your name on the hybrids and packages you want, the better off you’ll be.

It has never been more important to have a team working with you – people like the Legend dealers, Legend Agronomist – the Legend team. A team who cares more about your success than stock prices. It will be more important than ever to put the right seed on the right acre and we are here to help ensure that seed availability is not a limiting factor.

To safeguard supply, many seed companies will rely heavily on South America seed production for their 2013 seed supply. Legend Seeds also relies on South America but only for 10 percent of our seed needs. In 2012 we planned for growth. Today, we have the seed to meet all our customers’ needs and the anticipated growth we planned. Again, the earlier you work with your Legend Seeds Dealer to secure seed that will yield in your fields in 2013, the more the Legend team can help.

Planning ahead for tomorrow.

The Legend Seeds team is currently planning for the 2013 year by compiling plot results, evaluating seed and working with our dealers and distribution network to ensure that we have the best seed available to our growers when they need it. The Legend selection team is reviewing results, looking over the new products and starting to plan for the 2014 crop year.

Remember, as you plan for 2013, you are not alone. Legend Seeds has the dealers, agronomists, sales staff and support team available to answer ques-tions and address concerns regarding management, seed needs and the other areas that can affect next year. Our goal is to help make 2013 your best year yet!

By Glen Davis, President, Legend Seeds

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Around the

Legend Seeds Region

Western South Dakota

By Toby Kirsch, Legend Account Manager

It was a tough year for plots due to the extreme drought. There were a couple of items that stood out to me. First of all, our planting depth studies in corn showed a significant difference in plant health and yield. We did

studies from 1 inch to 2.5 inches. We saw healthier plants with greater yields in planting depths 2-inches and greater. Also in the soybeans we saw a yield increase with soybeans when inoculants and Fungicide were added.

As you look ahead to 2013, I encourage everyone to soil sample their fields so we can better manage our fertilizer costs and ensure we have the proper nutrients in the field to maximize yields. Also, I would encourage the growers to get into the field and complete any field work they can this fall so when spring arrives and the conditions are optimum they can hit the fields hard.

To order seed or learn about management techniques to improve yields in 2013, contact your local Legend Dealer or Account Manager.

Central Minnesota

By Nate Firle, Legend Account Manager

What a Year! Each year of farming brings forth chal-lenges and hurdles that hold us back from achieving our top yields. This year the majority of them were weather related. Whether it was receiving 6 inches of rain on May

24 in some areas or tennis ball-size hail in others or the fact that some areas only saw 5 inches of total rainfall throughout the growing season.

For most of the area I serve, it was drought stress that limited our highest yield potential. What do we do moving forward? This year, as all years, we conducted our planting depth trial. Each year we see more rea-sons to plant at a target depth of 2 inches. By planting at a depth that allows our brace roots to penetrate the ground, we have that many more tips tak-ing up both nutrients and moisture. This year havtak-ing all of our brace roots in the ground made a 10 bushel per acre difference!

A 2-inch planting depth may not be the real ticket to outwitting drought, but it is the easiest management practice you can implement on your oper-ation to increase yield potential.

When applied at the appropriate time, fall applied anhydrous can save time and be a large benefit to your operation, but be sure that your soil has adequate moisture, and is 50 degrees or less. Dry soils are not always an ideal environment for anhydrous ammonia. Nitrogen loss from leaching is a

Now that harvest is complete, Legend Seeds staff share what they learned from Knowledge Plot™ and Legend test plots in their region that growers can use to maximize yields in 2013.

Legend Advantage Gold Plus Package

By Mike Luethmers, Assistant Product Manager

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e’ve been researching the impact seed treatments have on plant health and yields for a number of years. What we know is that seed treatments make a positive yield difference, by apply-ing a combination of treatments; we see the best results and max-imum yield advantage.

In 2013 we’re making it easy on growers to maximize your profit per acre potential by packaging the best combination of treatments in what we’re calling the Legend Advantage Gold Plus Package. This treatment package includes CruiserMaxx® Plus, QuickRoots™, N-Hibit® Cue and PRIMOCL. Legend Seeds has done the work on

the testing to make it easier for you to be successful!!

This treatment package was tested in our Knowledge Plot™ program this growing season. Even with all the challenges

Mother Nature sent our way, the seeds treated with this package produced healthier, higher yielding plants.

If you have any questions or want to see the results on the Legend Advantage Gold Plus Package, contact your Legend Account Manager or your local Legend Seed Dealer.

Putting My Natural Talent to Good Use

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lmost 20 years ago Ross Martin looked at the internal workings of a computer and it made sense to him.

“I was working for a retailer at the time and someone brought in a computer. I opened it up and it just made sense to me. I spent the next 10 years teaching myself to troubleshoot computer issues,” says Ross, who is the Information Technology Support Specialist at Legend Seeds.

Growing up, he always had a knack for understanding math and developed an unconventional set of skills for answering equations. In 2001, he followed his growing interest in technology trou-bleshooting and pursued a degree in information technology at

Lake Area Technical Institute in Watertown, S.D. “I enjoy problem solving and logic,” Ross says.

Prior to joining the Legend Seeds team a year ago, he spent three years teaching at his almamater. Today he provides technical sup-port and troubleshooting advice to the Legend Seeds team. He says he enjoys his role.

“It seems like every job I ever had prior to this prepared me for this opportunity at Legend Seeds.”

Along with his work at Legend Seeds, Ross enjoys the family-ori-entated culture of the company. Ross and his wife, Sheri have three sons, Andrew, 20, Alexander, 17 and Abraham, 15.

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waste of money and will impact your yield potential next spring.

To order seed or learn about management techniques to improve yields in 2013, contact your local Legend Dealer or Account Manager.

Northern Minnesota

By Kelly Kliner, Legend Account Manager and Northern Minnesota Team Sales Lead

Start out with a high quality seed treatment and inoc-ulant for best results in 2013. A fungicide and insecticide combination treatment on soybean and corn seed will result in your greatest yield potential.

Selecting the right planting date has shown a significant advantage or disadvantage when it comes to corn yields according to university data. In our region, university data encourages planting corn the last week of April or the first week of May. Seed depth has shown and continues to show its importance. Keep your seed depth at 1.5-inches to take advantage of signif-icant yield advantages.

One of the best decisions growers can make to give them a head start in 2013 is to order corn seed now if they haven’t already. Corn seed sup-plies are tight right now. Rely on your Legend Team to help fulfill your 2013 seed needs.

Some other considerations to better prepare you for the 2013 planting season include; soil sampling of soybean stubble for soybean cyst nematode to better prepare your soybean seed selection for the future of your ground. Also, consider minimal tillage this fall to best prepare for adequate moisture next spring if we continue to remain dry.

To order seed or learn about management techniques to improve yields in 2013, contact your local Legend Dealer or Account Manager.

Southeast South Dakota

By Dave Anderson, Legend Sales Agronomist & Team Sales Lead Very few lessons are learned when fields are in the

severe drought category with corn and soybean yields at 40 to 80 percent below normal. However, a few best man-agement practices I encourage you to consider in 2013 include;

Soil sampling: drought stressed crops do not have the

nutrient uptake of a normal crop. You will have nutrient carry over and the only way to know what the soil’s

nutri-ent availability is, is to soil sample. I also recommend doing an 18 to 24-inch nitrate test. Also, with hay and grass prices up this fall and corn stalk bales selling at all time high prices, growers need to remember that with every corn stalk bale removed, they are also removing future soil nutrients.

Feeding the World is a Big Job . . .

Legend is Here to Help

By Alan Hojer, Sales Lead

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e understand that in order to feed the world, improvements need to continually be made to genetic and trait pack-ages. It can be difficult to keep up with the changes – after all, advancements in tech-nology aren’t limited to seed technology. Technology impacts every aspect of your farming operation.

With so much new information coming your way, it can be difficult to determine what technologies to embrace today, that will have a positive impact on yields and ultimately your bottom line tomorrow. That’s why you can rely on your Legend Seeds team to keep you informed and up-to-date on the best seed, treatments and man-agement practices to maximize yields on your farm.

RIB packages are a recent advancement designed to make your job easier and allow us to remain good stewards of the land. In 2013 you’ll notice an increase in the portfo-lio of RIB products offered on the newest genetics.

Because conditions change from one field to the next, Legend Seeds is committed to providing our growers with an extensive

portfolio of seed choices so that each field is planted with seed that will yield best.

Your Legend Seeds team will help you decide which products to plant in each field depending on the field’s conditions and your yield goals.

At Legend Seeds, we’re focused to not only provide you with the best seed genetics and technology available, but a support team who understands how to maximize yield potential.

Feeding the world is a hefty task. We know you’re up to it and we’re here to help!

John Deere Financial Offers

0% Interest

Legend Seeds offers John Deere Financial 0% financing on seed orders through Jan. 15.

This financial package is unmatched in the industry and allows you to take advantage of early season seed purchasing decisions, while at the same time managing tax liability. Talk to your Legend Seeds Dealer for more details.

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GENSSRIB for rotation: I also encourage growers to give serious

con-sideration to those fields that have been in continuous corn for a number of years. I have seen many fields where a single root worm event had a nega-tive impact on yields. Corn on corn fields must either be rotated to a differ-ent crop, planted to a GENSSRIB corn, which has two modes of action against corn root worms; or growers should consider a soil applied insecti-cide.

To order seed or learn about management techniques to improve yields in 2013, contact your local Legend Dealer or Account Manager.

North Dakota

By Denis Tweed, Legend Account Manager

With the dry weather in some areas this year, some hybrids performed better than others. The root structure definitely makes a difference. Those with deeper roots had the ability to get more moisture. I noticed that although in typical years, if you push maturity, those hybrids do a

ter job yielding. This year however, in many cases, the earlier hybrids did bet-ter. It also seemed that earlier hybrids did better because they were able to beat some of the heat!

Moving forward, most growers in the area are sticking with their plans and rotations for 2013. If it does stay dry they are still going to plant corn

and soybeans, the prices are great and they have to take advantage of this. To order seed or learn about management techniques to improve yields in 2013, contact your local Legend Dealer or Account Manager.

Southwest Minnesota

By Bryan Fransen, Legend Account Manager

A key point coming from the Knowledge Plot™ pro-gram this year is that proper planting depth continues to benefit the crop in better standability and higher yields.

In planning for the 2013 planting season, growers

should take a close look at how they manage their corn on corn acres. Heavy populations of Western corn rootworm have created challenges in some fields of continuous corn. On those fields that had challenges, rotation is the first suggestion in order to break the cycle.

If you plan to continue with corn on corn, a Smartstax hybrid should be used to get dual modes of action. Also, I suggest applying an insecticide in those high population environments.

To order seed or learn about management techniques to improve yields in 2013, contact your local Legend Dealer or Account Manager.

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Getting to See Technology First

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hen a few neighbors quit selling seed, Todd Glasnapp decided to take over by selling Legend Seeds.

“Someone needed to fill in and selling seed is a natural fit with farm-ing,” says the Ringsted, Iowa corn, soybean farmer.

A fourth-generation farmer, Todd rented his first farm as a high school senior. Even though his dad offered to pay for college, he decided to continue to grow his operation instead. He’s been farm-ing ever since.

As a Legend Seeds Dealer, Todd enjoys the opportunity to see new technology and learn about future products.

“I get to see the technology first. It’s always exciting to learn about

what the industry is doing and future developments,” he says. When Todd began using Legend products, he started with soy-beans. He was impressed at their ability to thrive in spite of the soil’s high pH and iron chlorosis issues. “The soybeans performed even with these challenges,” he says. “It’s nice to help my neighbors out by providing them with good prod-ucts that yield.” ADVANTAGE

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Todd Glasnapp farms near Ringsted, Iowa with his wife, Kay and their son, Carson.

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ixteen years ago Mike Tuttle became the owner of Mike’s Corner. A feed and seed dealership complete with a fuel stop, convenience store and fulltime mechanic – Mike’s Corner is a one-stop shop for many area farmers.

“I grew up on a farm about 10 miles from here, so I understand agriculture and have always liked working with people,” Mike says. When Mike purchased the business, the previous owners didn’t sell seed. Located at the junction of two busy highways in the heart of South Dakota farm country, he says adding seed to his inventory several years ago just made sense.

He says he screened a few seed companies before he chose to carry Legend Seeds.

“Selling seed was something I had an interest in. I thought this was the place for it, but I never thought I found the right person to work with until I met Dave Olson,” he says. “When he walked in the door I knew he was the person I wanted to work with because he is knowledgeable and honest.”

Today, Mike considers Dave a friend and says his gut instinct was correct.

“Dave always steers me in the right direction. The number one thing I like about Legend Seeds is its people. They have a good prod-uct, but what I like most is the customer service they provide.” Growing up in the area, Mike says

most of his customers are long time friends. So being able to depend on a quality product and good customer service means a lot to him.

“My friends make a living from the seed I sell them. I can’t afford to work with a company who will give them poor advice or has a product that doesn’t perform. That would not only be hard on my business relationships, it would be hard on my friendships.”

Mike Tuttle is the owner of Mike’s Corner.

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Wisconsin

By Steve Nielsen, Legend Account Manager

The seed treatments, CruiserMaxx®, QuickRoots™ and PRIMOCLoutperformed the untreated soybeans in my

area - both in the plots and in on-farm trials.

Due to the unique challenges fields faced this grow-ing season, it became clear that planter calibration was

especially important. In 2013, I encourage growers to invest in soybean seed treatments and make sure your planter is calibrated correctly.

This fall, I encourage growers to address fertility issues. Soil sampling will improve cropping decisions for next year. The weather has been favor-able, so fall application of both lime and potash can easily get done before frost sets in.

To order seed or learn about management techniques to improve yields in 2013, contact your local Legend Dealer or Account Manager.

Iowa

By Dan Studer, Legend Sales Agronomist

Seed treatments showed very good results this year. There were some questions as to whether they were needed or not with such a dry year, but once again, as the combines rolled through, there was a significant yield dif-ference in the treated acres versus untreated.

A fungicide at tasseling was another management practice that brought good stalk health and improved yields at harvest.

This fall it is very important that growers look at the fertility in their fields.

To order seed or learn about management techniques to improve yields in 2013, contact your local Legend Dealer or Account Manager.

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Three Step Approach to Managing Phytophthora Root Rot

By Matt Hubsch, Senior Agronomist

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n my mind, the number one threat to soybean yields is phytoph-thora root rot. Although the drought reduced the threat of this moisture loving fungus this growing season, we don’t know what 2013 will hold.

Just because this fungus needs moisture to infect your soybean fields - it actually needs to swim in order to infect its host – does not mean it needs moisture to survive. Its spores can live in soil, waiting for just the right conditions for years and years. Once phy-tophthora root rot infects a soybean plant, it begins to kill the plant and its potential yields, so the only way growers can protect their crop from phytophthora root rot is to take a preventative, three-step approach when purchasing seed for 2013.

As the first line of defense, I encourage growers to protect their yields with the CruiserMaxx Vibrance™ seed treatment.

The next step I suggest growers take is to select a soybean variety with a high “natural field tolerance” to fend off phytophthora.

Varieties with natural field tolerance are bred to fight off all races of phytophthora root rot.

And last, I encourage growers to select a seed that carries the new gene, Rps 3a. This gene has been developed to increase the plant’s phytophthora resistance, by

pick-ing up race 25 phytophthora root rot, along with races 3 and 4. In the past, this was the job of the Rps 1k gene. However due to an increase of other races of phytophthora, this new gene was developed to increase resistance to encompass more races than Rps 1k.

To buy seed that protects your fields against phytophthora root rot with all three methods, contact your local Legend Seeds Dealer.

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Increasing On-Farm Technology One Step at a Time

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hen it comes to utilizing new technology on his corn and soybean farm, Roger Vavra has to make an effort. “I’m not a computer geek by any means, however, I can see that variable rate technology is an amazing tool that can save me money. And, it’s really the bottomline that drives most farming decisions,” Roger says.

Roger began implementing variable rate tech-nology (VRT) on his farm this growing season. He sees VRT as a good way to better manage his inputs.

“Management of inputs is a big part of what we do as farmers. As the cost of inputs con-tinues to rise, I can see that if I don’t better manage inputs, I’ll miss out on valuable yields or waste valuable products,” says the Cambridge, MN farmer.

This spring Roger installed GPS and auto steer as well as a monitor on his planter. He says this helped him conserve seed when he plant-ed his irrigatplant-ed acres.

“The corners don’t get watered, so to plant a

high population in the corners isn’t a good use of product.” This harvest he began creating yield maps and plans to do grid sampling so he can begin using VRT to better manage side dress-ing and fertilizer application.

Another way Roger manages his inputs is by working with his Legend Seeds team to help him select seed that will perform on his farm.

“There are so many technologies and pack-ages available, so I depend on Dan Matzek and Steve Nielsen to help me select the right products,” says Roger, who plants a diverse mixture of products on his farm each year. He says it’s the people at Legend Seeds that make it a company he comes back to year after year for product.

“They are knowledgeable and help me with more than my seed needs. Steve Nielsen actually has a background in variable rate technology, so as I was doing my research he and I visited about it quite a bit,” Roger says.

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