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Welcome to the PhytoGen Best Yielder Club, where you can share how your PhytoGen® cottonseed varieties outperformed the competition.

Sweepstakes Winner: Gerald Woods  THIS YEAR'S WINNER
Congratulations to the winner of our 2011 Best Yielder Club sweepstakes: Gerald Woods of Stanton, Tenn. He won $12,000 toward a lease on a pickup truck – just for joining the club and telling his story. Woods has been farming cotton for almost 25 years and started growing PhytoGen 3 seasons ago.
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West
  • “We have used PHY 72 and PHY 725 RF for many years and have had nothing but great results. It averages about 3 to 3.5 bales. We plan on growing PhytoGen cottonseed in this upcoming season.” Luke Hicks, Firebaugh, Calif.
  • “PHY 805 RF, PHY 72 and PHY 725 RF produced outstanding yields and had high fiber quality.” Geoff Toledo, Visalia, Calif.
  • “I planted 90% of my acres with PhytoGen varieties in 2010, and for the third consecutive year, PHY 805 RF has been the best in yield and quality. In 2011, 100% of my acres will be PhytoGen.” Anthony Azevedo, Lemoore, Calif.
  • “PHY 805 RF is a pretty plant with lots of fruit. It has a high yield and strong staple strength.” Justin Ayerza, Tranquility, Calif.
Southwest Plains
  • “PHY 375 WRF performed very well in dryland soil. It made 1,100 pounds.” Cole Hamilton, Lubbock, Texas
  • “This year, I decided to plant almost 100% PhytoGen because the competition was not
    performing as well.” Keith Deputy, El Paso, Texas
  • “Two years in a row, PHY 375 WRF has outyielded all our other varieties and was easy to defoliate and strip in one spraying. It came up uniformly and seems to grow faster or will catch up to other varieties that were planted sooner.” Tommy Wegner, Big Spring, Texas
  • “I was very impressed by the seedling vigor of PHY 375 WRF. We had a very cool, wet start, and my PHY 375 WRF had no problem coming up and growing. I will definitely plant more acres of PHY 375 WRF along with other PhytoGen varieties in the future.” Bryan Fullingim, Petersburg, Texas
  • “PHY 375 WRF did extremely well in our area this year.” Stacy Gill, Tahoka, Texas
  • “PHY 375 WRF is a good seed. It had good yield and picked excellent.” Tyson Knight, Abernathy, Texas
  • “PHY 375 WRF had great seedling vigor and is a great yielder.” Al Duesterhaus, Whitharral, Texas
  • “PHY 375 WRF came up good and looked good all season long. It had a good stalk to harvest and it had good turnout.” Charles Doskocil, Burlington, Texas
  • “I planted cotton for the first time in 31 years to help out the local co-op gin. PHY 375 WRF looked good all summer long and yielded 3.25 bales per acre. I plan to plant more in 2011.” Ronald Norris, Hagerman, N.M.
  • “I am very pleased with the PhytoGen varieties and plan to increase my planted acres of PhytoGen
    in 2011.” Kent Rogers, Artesia, N.M.
Southwest Coastal Bend
  • “I am really impressed by the seedling vigor of PhytoGen over the competition. The WideStrike Insect Protection trait is also more effective in my area than the Bollgard II trait.” A.J. Kresta, El Campo, Texas
  • “I like the PhytoGen lineup. The PHY 375 WRF and PHY 565 WRF varieties perform well under the Gulf coast weather adversity. I have been real impressed with them to still deliver high yield under stressful conditions.” John Pierce, El Campo, Texas
  • “I planted PHY 375 WRF on May 19 under center pivot, and it produced over 3 bales per acre.” Johnnie Osbourne, Navasota, Texas
  • “PHY 375 WRF works very well in my operation.” Steven Koudela, Louise, Texas
  • “PHY 375 WRF consistently produces good yield and grades.” Albert Andel, Edna, Texas
  • “I’ve planted PHY 375 WRF for 3 years. And 2 out of those 3 times, it has been the top-yielding variety. I am very pleased and will plant more next year.” Jay Dominick, Mira, La.
  • “PHY 375 WRF was the top-yielding variety of all cotton planted on our soil.” Douglas Dominick, Mira, La.
  • “PHY 375 WRF is excellent!” Leon Cash, Bryan, Texas
  • “PHY 440 W, PHY 375 WRF and PHY 367 WRF all have good emergence, produce high yield and hold up against severe conditions.” Dean Hansen, El Campo, Texas
  • “PHY 375 WRF has excellent vigor.” Robby Strnadel, Louise, Texas
South MidSouth
  • “We put PhytoGen up against the competition 3 years in a row. The PhytoGen yields were exceptionally better; PhytoGen is all I will ever put in my fields.” Adrian Dickson, Auburn, Ala.
  • “PHY 565 WRF is a superior variety. It outyielded all other varieties I planted by 130 pounds.” Derek Dauzat, Marksville, La.
  • “I planted one-quarter of my cotton acres to PHY 485 WRF. It was by far my highest-yielding cotton, averaging about 925 pounds and the grades were excellent. The Stoneville varieties were a distant second and third, and I wish I had never planted my Delta Pine variety. I will try more PhytoGen varieties next year.” Walter Tortorich, St. Landry, La.
  • “I have continually had PhytoGen varieties outperform all other varieties on my farm and will grow 100% of my acres in 2011 to PHY 375 WRF and PHY 565 WRF.” James Mason, Eclectic, Ala.
  • “We put it up against Stoneville and Deltapine, but PhytoGen seemed to have way better yields. When I start farming alone, PhytoGen will be my first pick in cotton.” Brett Poe, Opelika, Ala.
  • “PHY 375 WRF came out of the ground and never looked back. It took a bit of plant growth regulator to slow it down but, boy, did it load up. The yield was similar to other varieties that I planted but the premium was about 3 cents a pound more.” Joseph Palmer, Eupora, Miss.
  • “The summer was hot and dry, and I asked my scout if I should mow the dryland PHY 375 WRF down, and he said to wait three more days. I’m glad he said wait because after some rain, PHY 375 WRF yielded a few pounds over 1,000.” Ron Gearig, Macon, Ga.
  • “PHY 375 WRF was an exceptionally vigorous seedling that allowed for early square retention and, therefore, early harvest, which allowed for clean picking and excellent grades.” Steven Clement, Parkdale, Ark.
  • “I have been a PhytoGen grower since it first came to market. I’ve known my PhytoGen rep for
    35 years, and he is a pleasure to work with.” Brooks Aycock III, Madison, Miss.
  • “PhytoGen has good seed varieties and has high yield.” Bruce Bond, Lake Village, Ark.
North MidSouth
  • “I’ve planted PhytoGen varieties side by side with others every year since 2005. And year after year, PHY 375 WRF outyielded the competition.” Jared King, Medon, Tenn.
  • “Best test I had was the last field I planted. I filled up with DP 1028 B2RF, and when a couple hoppers ran out, I poured in the PHY 375 WRF I had left. The PHY 375 WRF beat DP 1028 B2RF hands down, and you could see the difference from the road. I’ll definitely plant more PHY 375 WRF this year.” Brent Porter, Humboldt, Tenn.
  • “PHY 375 WRF looked great all year. It picked cleaner and outyielded DP 0912 B2RF.” Ricky Long, Atwood, Tenn.
  • “PHY 375 WRF outyielded my next-highest variety, FM 1740B2F, by 316 pounds per acre. PHY 375 WRF picked clean and graded well.” Harris Armour, Somerville, Tenn.
  • “PHY 375 WRF outperformed my Stoneville varieties. I like its grades, and it is consistent.” Ronald Vernon, Friendship, Tenn.
  • “PHY 375 WRF was a great medium-height plant that performed just as well on our nonirrigated ground as it did on our irrigated ground. With a summer like last year’s, that is saying something about the genes of the plant. I would recommend this variety to anyone in the Midsouth from loamy to variably heavy dirt.” Wren Felts, Joiner, Ark.
  • “I’ve planted PHY 375 WRF the past three years. It has been my top yielder every year on all
    types of soil.” Lawrence Harden, Alamo, Tenn.
  • “PHY 375 WRF is great with the WideStrike Insect Protection gene.” Will Robinson, Lavinia, Tenn.
  • I planted 60% of my acres in 2009 to PHY 375 WRF, and it performed so well that I planted my entire 2010 crop to PHY 375 WRF.” Tommy Butner, Halls, Tenn.
  • “Good seed. Good yield. Going 100% PHY 375 WRF in 2011.” Amos Huey, Kenton, Tenn.
Southeast
  • “PHY 565 WRF outperformed the competition by 128 pounds row to row … enough said.” Michael Williams, Cochran, Ga.
  • “PHY 440 W has good vigor and performs well even in drought conditions. I will plant again
    next year.” Randall Thomas, Hartford, Ala.
  • “PHY 565 WRF is the best we’ve grown. It has outyielded all the rest.” Coy Patterson, Kinston, Ala.
  • “PHY 565 WRF outyielded DP 555, DP 1050, DP 1048, DP 0949, DP 0935 and FM 1740.” Hulin Reeves Jr., Fitzgerald, Ga.
  • “I am so pleased with PHY 375 WRF, I’m going to plant 1,200 acres of it next year.” Matthew Driggers, Tifton, Ga.
  • “My PHY 565 WRF was partially dryland. We had extremely dry weather in August and September. We then got 1 inch of rain, and the cotton revived without shedding fruit.” John Meeks, Douglas, Ga.
  • “PHY 565 WRF is the best cottonseed we’ve ever planted.” Frank Tucker, Chula, Ga.
  • “Great cotton. Good color and easy to harvest.” Tony Harrison, Alma, Ga.
  • “Great seed. I plan on planting PHY 375 WRF again in 2011.” Casey Horton, Rhine, Ga.
  • “I have planted PhytoGen for 3 years, and it has good seedling vigor and yields good.” David Harper, Willacoochee, Ga.
Mid-Atlantic
  • “PhytoGen cottonseed outperformed everything this year! Had it planted on sand, medium and heavy land. Also planted the county test plot here in Sussex County. PHY 375 WRF beat everything. It produced over 1,600 pounds. Thank you.” Jared Webb, Yale, Va.
  • “In 2009, PHY 375 WRF was great. In 2010, PHY 375 WRF and PHY 367 WRF were both great. We were in a very dry area this year, and it had some effect on our cotton, but PHY 375 WRF outyielded the competition.” Trey Byrum, Ahoskie, N.C.
  • “We have planted PHY 375 WRF for 5 years, and it has performed well every year.” Michael Parrish, Edenton, N.C.
  • “River flooding put a portion of my farm under water, and it still averaged 925 pounds. That farm contained PHY 375 WRF, and I will be planting more of it in 2011. I have been very pleased with PhytoGen cottonseed.” Steven Foy, Kinston, N.C.
  • “I am very pleased with PHY 565 WRF. This cotton looked better than my other varieties throughout the growing season. I will plant more next year.” Wesley Wiles, Blackville, S.C.
  • “It was a long, hot and dry summer but the PHY 375 WRF held its ground and outperformed other varieties by 100 pounds or more.” Robert Woodard, Hertford, N.C.
  • “PHY 375 WRF stands up to stressful conditions and has been my best yielder 3 years in a row.” Gary Byrd, Deep Run, N.C.
  • “PHY 375 WRF performed well on all soil types in 2010.” Stuart Pierce, Ahoskie, N.C.
  • “PHY 375 WRF performed better than my other varieties and also graded well.” Willie Drake, Newsoms, Va.
  • “We tried a few bags of PHY 565 WRF in 2010 and were really impressed with the yield. Will plant a lot more in 2011.” Ray Crapse, Estill, S.C.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Sunbelt Ag Expo Field Day on July 12 in Moultrie, GA

Milan No-Till Field Day on July 26, 2012 at the AgResearch Center in Milan, TN

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