Western Region

The latest happening in Nebraska

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Welcome to Hoegemeyer's Crop Talk— bringing you the latest agronomy insights, plot results, and visibility into new varieties and top performers. Where our local experts can provide you insight to ensure you're placing The Right Seed on every acre. That way we can keep on growing, season after successful season.

Phillip Swantek, Agronomist
Phil Swantek
Craig Langemeier, Agronomist
Craig Langemeier

Craig Langemeier & Phil Swantek, Western Agronomists

Meet your local Hoegemeyer agronomists. Bringing local know-how to fields and soils in Nebraska, Colorado and Northern Kansas. Pinpointing the right varieties that perform, right here. 

Top Performing Corn Products

View some of our favorite hybrids and technologies from Hoegemeyer such as Vorceed® Enlist®  and more. All combined with our local expertise.

ProductRMDescription
7976 PCE / 7977 V109Good overall yield stability allows use from tough dryland to fully irrigated acres
8054 V110Yield potential and and strong diesease package that fit a broad area
8172 V111High yielding for corn-on-corn acres with heavy test weight and good ear flex
8206 AML / 8207 V112New genetics bred for yield stability in both dryland and irrigated fields
8685 V116Broad adaptation with strong overall disease package and drought tolerance

Top Performing Soybean Products

We offer strong varieties that perform right, including game-changing technologies like Enlist™ E3 Soybeans—the most elite herbicide system available in soybeans.

ProductRMEnlimited™Description
2395 E2.3YesTop performance over a wide geography on most soil types
2553 E2.5 High yield specialist with solid agronomics
2855 E2.8YesLate group 2 yield leader with very good tolerance to IDS
3185 E3.1YesEarly group 3 with strong agronomics and top yield
3605 E3.6YesMid group 3 that excels in high yield environment

Regional Product Advantage: Hoegemeyer brand 7858 AM™ and 7976 PCE™

Hear from Nebraska Product Agronomist, Craig Langemeier, on where you can best place these outstanding products.

Regional Product Advantage: Hoegemeyer brand 8054 V™

There is a lot to like about this 110-day hybrid, hear what product agronomist Phil Swantek likes about it!

Regional Product Advantage: Hoegemeyer brand 8207 V™

Hear from product agronomist Phil Swantek as he shares what to expect from this 112-day hybrid in Nebraska.

Regional Product Advantage: 2763 E

Learn about how 2763 E fits for the western region.

Regional Advantage: Japanese Beetles

Agronomist, Craig Langemeier, talks about the Japanese beetles that he is seeming more of in this area.

Regional Update: Fungicide Application and Grey Leaf Spot

Craig Langemeier shares what to look out for this time of year in the fields and what steps to take.

Regional Product Advantage: Hoegemeyer brand 7322 AML

Phil Swantek, Western Product Agronomist, shows damage from western bean cutworm and Hoegemeyer product, 7322 AML, that is meant to save your yields.

Regional Product Advantage: Hoegemeyer 8106 Q™

A Qrome brand product with overall good agronomics and yield stability. Medium stature plant with excellent test weight.

Regional Product Advantage: Hoegemeyer brand 7322 AML

Ryan Siefken, Hoegemeyer Corn Product Leader, shares Hoegemeyer brand 7322 AML and its performance compared to experimental corn in western Nebraska.  

Regional Product Advantage: Hoegemeyer 8417 Q™

New Qrome® brand product with outstanding tolerance against Goss’s Wilt, Gray Leaf Spot, and Northern Leaf Blight. Brings excellent late season stalk strength.

Regional Product Advantage: Hoegemeyer 2660 E™

A new Enlist E3 soybean with outstanding yield potential, solid defense against SDS.

Regional Product Advantage: Hoegemeyer 7990 Q™

One of the highest yielding triple-stack hybrids in our line-up. This Silage MAX hybrid also features tonnage and quality you'd expect from a silage product.

Regional Product Advantage: Hoegemeyer 3030 E™

A Hoegemeyer brand Enlist E3® soybean with great performance across Iowa and eastern Nebraska acres. A soybean with very good tolerance to SDS and good white mold tolerance.

Protect Your Roots & Harvest Your True Yield Potential

Qrome® brand products have unlocked industry-leading genetics and now you don’t have to sacrifice yield for agronomics on your rootworm acres.

Regional Product Advantage: Hoegemeyer 8188 Q™

Qrome® brand product with excellent top-end yield, great disease package for those corn rootworm acres.

Optimum AcreMAX Leptra - The Right Seed For Clean Ear

Optimum® AcreMAX® Leptra® products defend against the key pests you face in field - western bean cut worm, corn earworm and other lepidopteran pests. The right seed for clean ears.

Radio Interview Discussing The Enlist™ System

Knock out hard to control weeds with the Enlist™ system. Learn more with Craig Langemeier, product agronomist with Hoegemeyer.

How Planting Populations Affect Yield

By testing population planting extremes, we are able to pinpoint ideal population rates to ensure correct product placement, maximize standability and deliver strong yield performance.

Raised Local. Raised Right.

Born and raised here, Hoegemeyer Hybrids® knows what thrives in the Western Corn Belt. We’ve spent 80 years walking, growing and living these fields to give you agronomic expertise as genuine as our service and delivering higher yield results to prove it.

Regional Product Advantage: Hoegemeyer brand 8541 AM™

See what makes 8541 AM™ stick out in eastern Nebraska.

The Dirt

Read the latest on news and insights you can apply to your field, from planning, to planting to harvest and much more.

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