Harvest brings more than just bushels and waiting for the grain cart—it brings data. In this episode, Max Renk is joined by familiar voices Karl Bobholz and Alex Renk, as well as Renk Seed’s corn breeder, Bruce Nagel, to explore how we use plot results and breeding trials to shape the products that make it into your fields.

The Renk team breaks down the reasons why a single plot isn’t enough, how regional and stress-year data drive smarter long-term decisions for your acres, and how attributes like soil type, fungicide response, and tillage practices factor into the selection process. Bruce shares an inside look at our in-house breeding program with thousands of hybrids evaluated each year and the winter nurseries in Mexico that speed up our testing and product development.

Finally, the conversation turns to silage: how we evaluate tonnage, digestibility, and starch to build the Solid Choice lineup, and why consistency across environments and stressors matters more than one-year wonders.