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Stine® short-stature corn: Innovative, industry-leading and now award-winning!

February 2024 

The results are in. Stine® short-stature corn has been named Agri Marketing magazine’s 2023 Product of the Year! Established in 2001, Agri Marketing’s Product of the Year award recognizes products and services that are making a significant impact on the production of food, fuel, feed, fiber and protein.

“When we started this journey, our goal was never to make corn shorter, but simply to increase yields,” says Myron Stine, company president. “Nonetheless, we are thrilled to be recognized for our decades of leadership in this rapidly emerging segment of short-stature corn.”

Judging criteria for the award included categories such as market environment, industry recognition, benefit and value added to the marketplace and strategic marketing/sales approach.

“Each year since 2001, Agri Marketing magazine has held its Product of the Year program,” says Lynn Henderson, the publication’s publisher/editorial director. “The program is held to recognize the outstanding technology that is being introduced to North American crop and livestock producers to help them become more efficient and profitable.

“This year, the program’s judges selected Stine’s short-stature corn to join the elite products which have included Roundup Ready technology, Bt-traited corn, John Deere’s autonomous tractor, plus many others. I’d like to be the first to congratulate the Stine team on receiving this high honor.”

A panel of distinguished agribusiness professionals judged this year’s awards. Henderson notes the judges were selected based on their independence, broad and deep knowledge of agricultural technology and leadership in the industry. Judges included:

  • Jim Borel, executive VP of DuPont (retired) who oversaw its DuPont Pioneer, Crop Protection and other ag/food divisions;
  • Clayton Becker, president/CEO of Farmers National Co., which is the nation’s largest professional farm management firm overseeing over 2 million acres of cropland. He is a former executive of Syngenta;
  • Bill Northey, CEO of the Agribusiness Association of Iowa and former Secretary of the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and Undersecretary of the USDA;
  • Scott Downey, director of Purdue University’s Center for Food and Agricultural Business and a professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics;
  • Ryan Hassebrook, CEO of Servitech, the nation's largest independent crop consulting firm; and
  • Lynn Henderson, publisher/editorial director of Agri Marketing magazine who has served on the Boards of Directors of the National 4-H Council, National Agri-Marketing Association, National Alliance of Independent Crop Consultants and several other organizations.

Stine’s short-stature corn will be featured in the Agri Marketing magazine edition published later this month. Be on the lookout for the article on their website, AgriMarketing.com.

To learn more about Stine short-stature corn, view our latest article on the advantages of short corn or listen to this episode of the Stine Seedcast. To speak to a Stine rep about finding short-corn options for your fields, find your local rep here. Remember, STINE HAS YIELD.