FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is AcreShield?
AcreShield is a farmer-focused company founded to help farmers mitigate their financial risks by increasing farm yields with the Yield Optimizer. With strong agriculture backgrounds, the AcreShield team understands the challenges farmers face. AcreShield is always exploring farmer needs to develop seed selection solutions. AcreShield provides revolutionary seed selection with seed performance guarantees, driving customer satisfaction with increased yield confidence. We do not sell, distribute for or represent any seed companies.
What is the Yield Gap?
Farm profitability depends on attaining crop yields of 100% or more when compared to historical yields. While crop insurance covers up to 85%, profits are at risk when yields fall between 85% and 100%. This 15% range is the Yield Gap. Each year, farmers buy corn and soybean seeds from trusted brands, but the risk of falling into this Yield Gap remains with no protection to safeguard those decisions.
What is the Yield Optimizer?
AcreShield’s Yield Optimizer aggregates seed brand and hybrid yield data collected from the industry’s most respected, independent research trials. Using this information, the Yield Optimizer creates a comprehensive, highly specific ranking of the top-performing brands and hybrids by yield. These revolutionary, unique insights provide the most detailed hybrid yield performance information available to help make the best seed selections possible. There is no marketing bias, just raw, verified data.
Why was Yield Optimizer created?
Key factors that influence seed decisions include hybrid performance, cost, inventory, financing and relationships. AcreShield’s Yield Optimizer arms farmers with seed intelligence allowing them to choose the best hybrids for their farm by ranking each hybrid’s yield performance. Knowing that weather, crop rotation and commodity markets can be unpredictable, the Yield Optimizer with performance guarantee allows farmers to change their seed selection up until planting. AcreShield is so confident the powerful Yield Optimizer will help farmers make better decisions and mitigate the Yield Gap risk, that AcreShield is proud to offer the industry’s first yield-based performance protection.
Is it required to purchase a Yield Optimizer’s Seed Selector selected brands?
It is highly recommend. However, price, inventory, reputation, relationships and financing, along with performance affect hybrids purchased and planted. Farmers know their fields the best, AcreShield trusts that farmers want to and can now select the best hybrids with Yield Optimizer for their farm.