Optimum® AcreMax™ 1 Insect Protection

Optimum® AcreMax™ 1 system

• Industry's first insect control solution allowing growers to simplify and reduce their corn rootworm refuge by placing the refuge in the bag.
• An in-the-bag product that contains 90% of a Pioneer® brand hybrid with Herculex® XTRA (CRW/CB/LL/RR2) insect protection, and 10% of a Pioneer hybrid of the same genetic family with the Herculex I trait (CB/LL/RR2), which serves as the corn rootworm refuge.
• Allows growers the flexibility to plant corn borer refuge up to ½ mile away.

Simplified Refuge

Optimum AcreMax 1 insect protection products meet a grower's CRW refuge requirements with an in-the-bag solution, eliminating the challenges associated with planting an in-field or adjacent corn rootworm refuge.

Reduced Refuge, Maximum Yields

Optimum AcreMax 1 products or Optimum AcreMax 1 products plus Optimum® AcreMax™ RW products are designed to maximize field-by-field productivity and increase yields in fields with corn rootworm pressure by placing in-plant CRW protection where it is needed.

Technology Preservation

Optimum AcreMax 1 insect protection provides growers new productivity options while minimizing the risk of rootworm resistance and maximizing the sustainability of in-plant insect protection technology.