Western Region

The latest happening in Nebraska

Tune in for some homegrown insights.

Every year, we look forward to greeting our customers and new faces out in the fields through our Master Plot Tours. And while this year looks a little different, we are excited to announce a new virtual series—Crop Talk—to bring you the latest agronomy insights, plot results, and visibility into new varieties and top performers. At Hoegemeyer, relationships and commitment to our customers runs deep.

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.

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 in the Western region

View the latest products and technologies from Hoegemeyer such as Qrome® Corn and more. All combined with our local expertise.

Product RM Description
7955 AML 109 A "go anywhere" style of product with disease package, good top-end yield, and Leptra insect protection
7990 Q 109 109 day Qrome product for corn on corn acres or any high yield environment
8188 Q 111 Elite new Qrome product with high yield potential and corn on corn suitability
8233 AM/8235 Q 112 New 112 day AQUAmax product suited for dryland to full irrigation with good season-long standability
8490 AM/8491 Q 114 A strong 114 day AQUAmax product with consistent performance from low to high yield environments

Top performing soybean products in the Western region

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

Product RM Description
2540 E 2.5 Proven yield leader, easy harvest
2660 E 2.6 Yield leader across all of Nebraska
2820 E 2.8 Consistent performance, widely adapted
2970 E 2.9 Late group 2 yield leader, good disease package
3030 E 3.0 Great fit for high yield environments in Eastern Nebraska, good white mold tolerance
3120 E 3.1 Yield leader for irrigated acres across Nebraska

The Dirt

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