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| Winter seed production is always tight on getting it back. We want to get it shipped out as load restrictions are on just adding to the cost. Port strikes are always an issue, last year there was issues with the Panama Canal. We had to truck seed across Panama to put back on a boat. Shipping by barge takes a month from chile or Argentina. if the growing season is slow or cool your seed isn't ready and gets push backed, of course it works harder against the longer day corns. Just the nature of the beast. Seed companies don't like winter production as it costs a lot more, but on varieties that are new or possibly had poor production like drought or hail storms you don't really have a viable alternative. Air freight is a huge loser (hundred dollars a bag) but sometimes a company will do it to introduce a limited amount of a hybrid that otherwise would miss out entirely.
Seed that gets cut at this time of year is likely lost production from what was budgeted to come in based on yield guesstimates | |
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Seed corn
