Attachment 2 - Specifications and Bid Sheet.pdf

To: Seed Provider

USMARC is requesting your recommendations in selecting corn hybrids and soybean varieties for the 2024 cropping season. All hybrids/varieties recommended should be yield proven (no experimental hybrids) in area test plots, supporting test plot data can be provided to danny.trausch@usda.gov . All hybrids or varieties recommended should be currently offered and described in your 2024 seed guide. Individual hybrid/variety characteristics ratings, not provided in seed guide, should be described in each field’s comment section.

Field descriptions include a minimum request for insect resistance via GMO’s. Additional or amplified events may be bid. Additional benefits of recommended hybrid will be considered when accepting or determining winning hybrid.

You may offer a recommendation for all fields described or only for fields you select. The same corn hybrid may be offered as the recommended hybrid on more than 1 field(s) description. To help manage environmental risks, genetic diversity of hybrids should be considered. Individual plantings of a single hybrid or variety will be limited to a maximum of 3 fields.

Hybrids/varieties selected by USMARC will be the best value for USMARC; decisions will be based on past performance at USMARC, yield data, genetic diversity, GMO events, plant characteristics and price.

USMARC feed needs are significantly impacted by climate. Rotations, seed hybrid/variety and quantities are subject to pre-plant adjustments.

Small allotments of seed may be delivered in bags. Large allotments of seed should be packaged in center flow bulk seed Pro-boxes. We would prefer to be able to return any unopened/undamaged bags for refund. Please state your position regarding this in the quote.

Seed deliveries can be made as soon as you have been notified of selections. Deliveries should be made by March 15th, 2024.

Payment process will be initiated when seed is delivered.

Please email completed documents with recommendations and price by November 15, 2023 to:

Questions concerning seed recommendations may be directed to Danny Trausch Phone: 402-762-4120 Email: danny.trausch@usda.gov mailto:danny.trausch@usda.gov Joseph.Covarrubio Highlight

CORN

Desirable Hybrid characteristics

Yield- Yield consistency.

Early Season vigor – Strip till and no till seedbeds, in furrow pop-up fertilizer will be applied.

Plant health- Hybrids recommended for corn on corn acres must have above average GLS tolerance. Goss’s bacterial wilt ratings will also be used in selections.

Greensnap- All recommended hybrids should have above average to superior ratings for greensnap.

Ear shank integrity- Hybrids submitted for consideration should not have known weakness’s associated with ear shank strength which compromise ear attachment or dry matter accumulation of the ear.

Late Season Intactness – All hybrids should have excellent staygreen and harvest appearance. Frequently post harvest corn residues are used for grazing research projects. It is imperative that selected hybrids have superior harvest intactness.

Corn Seed weight- 80,000 count equivalent seed corn shall weigh over 42 pounds.

SOYBEAN

All Soybean Varieties submitted for consideration should have the following characteristics:

- High yield potential

- Medium bush plant structure with good to excellent standability.

- Good to Excellent ratings for SDS

- SCN resistance

- Good to Excellent ratings for phytophthora

- Shattering resistance

- Pre inoculated & treated seed, both fungicide and insecticide.

Soils –

Primary soil type of the individual fields is a Crete silt loam with 0 to 1% slopes; this soil is moderately well drained. Several fields include a percentage of a Hastings silt loam variant.

Hastings silt loam areas tend to have 3 to 6% slopes and are well drained.

Most fields also have pockets of Butler and/or Fillmore silt loams. These soils are poor to very poorly drained. Individual field descriptions will note if there is a significant portion of poorly drained soils in the field.

For more detailed soil descriptions, the legal description and latitude-longitude for each field have been provided and fields may be viewed on the internet at:

http://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov http://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov/

Nutrient management-

UNL recommendations are used for determining nutrient applications.

Phosphorus is applied at maintenance levels as required. Most phosphorus is supplied by periodical applications of manure.

GMO’s-

Events not approved for export should not be bid.

Planter –

John Deere Max Emerge vacuum planter, 30” rows, equipped with ProMax 40 flat metering discs. Central commodity system (CCS).

Unless otherwise specified, most seedbeds are prepared with striptill unit.

CORN ACRES

USMARC Field’s 35CD and 35D, 325 gravity irrigated acres. A 100-105 RM RIB Hybrid with above and below ground insect protection and with herbicide tolerance (glyphosate and/or glufosinate). Must have a superior rootworm package included as this has been corn for 5 years or more. Likely picked for grain in 2024. Preceding crop: Corn.

35CD – SW1/4+ Sec. 6-7N-7W 40.515, -98.16 decimal degrees 35D – NW 100 Sec. 6-7N-7W 98 º 9’36.926”W 40 º31’20.441” N º

35CD- pH-7 35D - pH- 6.73

Preplant N source will be Urea broadcast applied. Postemerge N (32%) will be applied via sidedress and/or high clearance liquid applicator.

Recommended hybrid: ____________________________________________________

#80K count bags: __ 139__ Seed treatment: ______ _____________

Price/80,000 CT: __________________ Total field seed cost: ___________________

Comments: ______________________________________________________________

USMARC Field #65B and 74D 290 pivot irrigated acres. A 108-116 RM RIB with above and below ground insect protection and herbicide tolerance (glyphosate and/or glufosinate). Will be picked for grain in 2024. Preceding crop: Corn

65B – SE ¼ Section 3-6N-8W 98º 12’29.623” W 40º 30’49.672” N 74D - NW1/4, Sec 34-7N-8W 40.536, -98.237 decimal degrees

65B - Ph- 6.48 74D- pH- 6.5

Preplant N source will be 32% applied via strip till. Postemerge N (32%) will be applied via sidedress and/or chemigation.

Recommended hybrid: ____________________________________________________

#80K count bags: _124_ Seed treatment: ____ _______________

Price/80,000 CT: __________________ Total field seed cost: __________________

USMARC Field # 32B, 23C & 33B 395 pivot irrigated acres. A 114-120 RM RIB dual purpose hybrid with above and below ground insect protection and herbicide tolerance (glyphosate and/or glufosinate). 2024 planned grain harvest. Preceding crop: Corn

33B - SE1/4, Section 30-7N-7W 98 º 9’ 4.73” W 40 º32’ 34.805” N 23C- SW1/4 Section 29-7N-7W 40.543, -98.142 decimal degrees 32B - SE1/4, Sec 19-7N-7W 98º 9’ 05.372” W 40º 26’ 0.810” N

33B- pH- 6.58 23C – pH-6.85 32B - pH- 6.43

Preplant N source will be 32% applied via strip till. Postemerge N (32%) will be applied via sidedress and/or chemigation.

Recommended hybrid: ____________________________________________________

#80K count bags: __168_ Seed treatment: ________________ ___

Price/80,000 CT: __________________ Total field seed cost: __________________

USMARC Field #’s 34A and 34B. 262 pivot irrigated acres. A 114-120 RM RIB hybrid with above ground insect protection and herbicide tolerance (glyphosate and/or glufosinate). Planned grain acres in 2024. Preceding crop: Soybeans with a rye cover crop.

34A – SE1/4, Section 31-7N-7W 40.536, -98.151 decimal degrees 34B - SE ¼ Sec. 31-7N-7W 40.499, -98.151 decimal degrees

34A- pH-6.75 34B- pH-6.7

Preplant N source will be 32% applied via strip till. Postemerge N (32%) will be applied via sidedress and/or chemigation.

Recommended hybrid: ____________________________________________________

#80K count bags: ___112____ Seed treatment: ___________________

USMARC Field #’s 22C and 13C. 292 pivot irrigated acres. A 114-120 RM RIB hybrid with above ground insect protection and herbicide tolerance (glyphosate and/or glufosinate). Planned grain acres in 2024. Preceding crop: Soybeans with a rye cover crop.

13C - SW ¼ of Section 28-7-7W 40.543, -98.123 decimal degrees 22C – SW1/4 Section 20-7N-7W 98 º 8’30.961” W 40 º33’27.311” N º

13C - pH- 6.53 22C- pH-6.85

Preplant N source will be 32% applied via strip till. Postemerge N (32%) will be applied via sidedress and/or chemigation.

Recommended hybrid: ____________________________________________________

#80K count bags: ___124____ Seed treatment: ___________________

USMARC Field #’s 44A and 44CD. 290 pivot irrigated acres. A 108-116 RM RIB hybrid with above ground insect protection and herbicide tolerance (glyphosate and/or glufosinate). This hybrid will need to have early season vigor with an emphasis placed on this rating. Likely harvested as grain in 2024. Preceding crop: Annual forage.

44CD – W ½ Sec 36-7N-8W 40.532, -98.18 decimal degrees 44A - NE1/4 Sec 36-7N-8W 40.536, -98.17 decimal degrees

44A- pH-6.9 44CD- pH-7.1

Preplant N source will be 32% applied via strip till. Postemerge N (32%) will be applied via sidedress and/or chemigation.

Recommended hybrid: ____________________________________________________

#80K count bags: __124_____ Seed treatment: ___________________

USMARC Field #’s 33C and 36B. 313 pivot irrigated acres. A 108-116 RM RIB hybrid with above ground insect protection and herbicide tolerance (glyphosate and/or glufosinate). This hybrid will need to have early season vigor with an emphasis placed on this rating. Likely harvested as grain in 2024. Preceding crop: Annual forage.

33C – NW ¼ Sec 30-7N-7W 40.543, -98.161 decimal degrees 36B- SE1/4, Section 7-6N-7W 40.499, -98.151 decimal degrees

33C- pH-6.8 36B- pH- 6.5

Preplant N source will be 32% applied via strip till. Postemerge N (32%) will be applied via sidedress and/or chemigation.

Recommended hybrid: ____________________________________________________

#80K count bags: __134_____ Seed treatment: ___________________

USMARC Field #’s 35A and 27CE. 216 pivot irrigated acres. A 110-115 RM RIB silage specific hybrid with above and below ground insect protection and herbicide tolerance (glyphosate and/or glufosinate). Will be harvested for silage in 2024, planted in 15 inch spacing at a population rate of 36,000. Preceding crop: Corn.

35A - NE1/4, Sec 6-6N-7W 98 º 9’2.746”W 40 º31’15.775” N º 27CE – E1/2 of the SW1/4 of Sec.17-6N-7W 40.485, -98.141 decimal degrees

35A – pH- 7.1 27CE - pH-6.63

Preplant N source will be 32% applied via strip till. Postemerge N (32%) will be applied via sidedress and/or chemigation.

Recommended hybrid: ____________________________________________________

#80K count bags: __98_____ Seed treatment: ___________________

USMARC Field 33D, 137 pivot irrigated acres. A 115-120 RM RIB Silage specific Hybrid with above ground insect protection with herbicide tolerance (glyphosate and/or glufosinate).

This hybrid will be cut for silage in 2024, planted in 15 inch spacing at a population rate of 36,000. Preceding crop: soybean.

33D – SW ¼ Sec 30-7N-7W 98 º 9’38.183” W 40 º33’0.072” N º

33D - pH- 6.9

Preplant N source will be Urea broadcast applied. Postemerge N (32%) will be applied via sidedress and/or high clearance liquid applicator.

Recommended hybrid: ____________________________________________________

#80K count bags: __ 62 __ Seed treatment: ___________________

SOYBEANS

USMARC Field #’s 43AD 175 gravity irrigated acres. Soybean variety with Extend or Extend Flex weed control technology. 2.5 to 2.9 relative maturity. Soybeans will be planted in rows into grazed corn stubble and must be treated with an inoculant, fungicide, and insecticide.

Recommended Variety _____________ Seed treatment: ___________________

# 140K count units: __235___Price/140,000 CT: ________ Total field seed cost:____ ____

Comments: ______________________________________________________________

43D – NW 100 acres, Sec 25-7N-8W 40.551, -98.179 decimal degrees

43D- pH-6.88

USMARC Field #’s 18D, 24D, and 23D 432 pivot irrigated acres. Soybean variety with Extend or Extend Flex weed control technology. 3.0 to 3.5 relative maturity. Soybeans will be no tilled drilled into grazed corn stubble and must be treated with an inoculant, fungicide, and insecticide.

24D – NW1/4, Sec. 32-7N-7W 98º 08’ 30.33” W 40º 32’ 08.139” N º 18D – NW1/4 Section 21-6N-7W 40.478, -98.123 decimal degrees 23D –NW1/4 Section 29-7N-7W 98º 8’30.746” W 40º 33’ 0.143” N º

24D- pH- 6.83 18D- pH-6.75 23D- pH- 6.6

Recommended Variety _____________ Seed treatment: ___________________

# 140K count units: _600__ Price/140,000 CT: ________ Total field seed cost:__ ______