sweet corn seed price

My wife bought some corn seed for my first planting so I did not know the price to get sticker shock then.

But I stopped by the feed store to pick up some more for the second planting and about fell out when the cashier told me the price.

1/4 lb of Merit sweet corn ..... $10.55

Now I know you pay a premium buying small quantities but let’s get real here because that is over $1600 for a 40 lb bag
So I asked her what a 40 lb bag was and she said it is well over $300 a bag

I could see it if this was RR and a big chunk was going to Monsanto but for old run of the mill sweet corn that is just outrages.

What are you paying for sweet corn seed????
 
I get mine free. Dealer gives two packages away for purchasing corn from him. He did tell me that a 40lb. bag of RR was $500. Wanted to now how many of those he could sell me. Told him I don't need that much! John
 
Sweet corn seed. I always save seed from the last years crop and I then plant that. I have always had a good crop of sweet corn. The seed only cost me my time.
Brian
 
A 40lb of round up ready, is around 300 bucks, from the Albert lea seed house, that's where we get it.
 
(quoted from post at 20:01:35 04/18/13) My wife bought some corn seed for my first planting so I did not know the price to get sticker shock then.

But I stopped by the feed store to pick up some more for the second planting and about fell out when the cashier told me the price.

1/4 lb of Merit sweet corn ..... $10.55

Now I know you pay a premium buying small quantities but let’s get real here because that is over $1600 for a 40 lb bag
So I asked her what a 40 lb bag was and she said it is well over $300 a bag

I could see it if this was RR and a big chunk was going to Monsanto but for old run of the mill sweet corn that is just outrages.

What are you paying for sweet corn seed????
I used to replant last years seed and sell it as Krazy Korn since it wasn't very predictable. That was a small portion of our crop meant for the cheap skates. I have since decided to just pay the price for the premium seed and now have a reputation as "the best sweet corn in the area" to uphold. When I look at the returns, the cost is a very small part....
 
Sweet corn seed sells for 10 to.12 bucks a pound.Just got a catalog offering 2 lb for 90 BUCKS.Berlin Seed has reasonable prices.When we started planting corn I got 5 lb bags from Eastern States for 4.50.Get a Berlin Seed catalog and order early.
 

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