Agron Quotes

Yield is what you get paid on. The hybrid must have good agronomic traits. - Dave Sass

The lifestyle up here is different. But Matt is having a good time. He's been able to be around a diverse group of people and that's been good for him. At first I was like the tour guide for everybody, showing them around. But now everybody is settling in. Mike is just a freshmen and Matt is going to Nevada next year so we plan on being here for a while. - Carl LaGrone

She hits the three and the momentum is turned right around for us. - Bill Agronin

Our agronomy and grain branch managers, bookkeepers and office staff were very involved in the final decision. Having the right software is critical to our business. If the field doesn't like the software, they don't use it right. Or if the software has a limitation, those limitations constrain our people and the information we capture. If the information going in isn't correct, you are limiting the quality of the financial information. - John Graham

Nobody expected us to win. The kids believed and I believed and maybe St. Peter's took us lightly. You just go out and play. What do you have to lose? You lose, you're 3-25 and what's the difference? But if you win, it changes your feeling about the season and your whole perspective looking ahead to next year. - Bill Agronin

My father was the editor of an agricultural magazine called 'The Southern Planter'. He didn't think of himself as a writer. He was a scientist, an agronomist, but I thought of him as a writer because I'd seen him working at his desk. - Tom Wolfe

Kosovo is a myth in Serbian politics, and he exploited it. His words (in 1987) remain with us even today. He knew the people would get hooked on such speeches. - Agron Bajrami

It did not have agronomic value but was attractive. He entered the plant in the AAS trials, and it was selected as a gold-medal winner. He was a breeder, not a seed producer or marketer, so we helped get it to market through Pan American Seed Company, one of our subsidiaries. - Jim Nau

In some cases the same optimized gene can be used in multiple crops, and in other cases, part of the optimization process includes crop-specific aspects. Gene shuffling technology should help Pioneer identify and develop a number of next-generation traits to help plants survive and perform better against agronomic and environmental stresses, including numerous diseases, plant pests and drought. - Linda Castle

In essence, the science of agronomy is inseparable from biology. - Trofim Lysenko