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Employee-Owned & Operated

February 1, 2022 - Amy Marlatt, Secretary/Treasurer In 2017 as Mark and Joyce Denzler were planning for their retirement, discussions began for an employee-owned 1st Choice Seeds.  Mark and Joyce Denzler saw the value in creating a pathway to ownership for their employees to continue the work of 1st…

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Giving Back with 1st Fruits

December 13, 2021 - 1st Fruits is a tradition that we’ve had at 1st Choice Seeds for several years now. It’s our way of giving back!

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Volunteer Cover Crops

November 12, 2021 - Dale Longwell, Seed Specialist & CCA I have noticed a lot of “cover crop” corn and soybeans in the harvested fields this year. I think the opportunity to get an early start on harvest and the warm wet period in October germinated the field loose…

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Reports From The Field: Fall 2021

October 7, 2021 - Kristin Lawson, Communications Coordinator Harvest time is here! Let’s see what’s happening in the fields… “Last week, a fair portion of farmers in my area got into soybeans while it was sunny. Between rainy spells, I’ve seen some trying to shell corn. I’ve ran some…

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Fall Armyworm at 50-Year Record Levels

September 16, 2021 - Mark Borden, Seed Specialist With recent events of extreme high moth catches all the way into Michigan and Northwestern Ohio, (300-600 moths per catch) and the devastation of many alfalfa fields in the last month, lets dive into this subject… The current outbreak appears to…

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Made To Order

August 31, 2021 - Brian Marlatt, President Made To Order – it’s the title of our catalog for the upcoming season, but also how the business is ran. Seed is our specialty, it’s what we do. Providing a wide menu of seed is our top priority at 1st Choice…

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1st Fun at 1st Choice Seeds

August 3, 2021 - Kristin Lawson, Communications Coordinator At 1st Choice Seeds, we are focused on serving our customers and providing them with seed that is 1st in Seed Quality. We sell hybrid seed corn, soybean seed, private label seed wheat, and cover crop seed. We are a business…

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Knee High by the Fourth of July?

June 29, 2021 - "Knee high by the fourth of July" is a popular phrase you might here with the holiday weekend ahead, but what does that phrase mean and where did it come from?

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Reports From The Field: Spring 2021

May 28, 2021 - Kristin Lawson, Communications Coordinator As we end the month of May, it’s rainy going into Memorial Day weekend. We’ve had warmer weather in Indiana for the last few weeks. Planting is well underway and many in our area are finished, besides the farms that started…

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Planting It Right, The First Time

April 13, 2021 - Dale Longwell, Certified Crop Advisor & Seed Specialist   With the early warm up the first week of April, I saw a few planters rolling… mostly soybeans, but some corn. South of the Ohio River, I feel it was appropriate to get started. I will…

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