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Early, volume discounts can trim seed costs

Oct 16, 2019
Oct 16, 2019 Updated Oct 18, 2019

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Editor’s note: The following was written by Chad Fiechter and Jennifer Ifft with Cornell University for the University of Illinois Farmdoc Daily website Oct. 10.

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volume discount table — Table courtesy University of Illinois

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