For over a decade, the NPE Program has played a significant role in bringing innovative varieties to market. When it comes to testing new variety candidates, NPEs lead the industry by planting on large-acre plots, testing under their own management conditions and collecting valuable data. It’s a commitment made by nearly 200 growers across the Cotton Belt — many of whom are program veterans — dedicated to bringing the next class of strong varieties to life.
The NPE Program is instrumental to our ability to continually deliver cotton varieties that meet or exceed growers’ expectations.
Feedback from our NPE growers helps determine which candidates to commercialize and how to position new varieties across different regions with varied management programs.
NPE feedback is also delivered to the breeding teams so they can make future selections of characteristics and traits based on local growers’ wants and needs.
NPE testing is the final phase before commercialization — and it’s what separates Deltapine from competitors. Since it began in 2008, the Deltapine NPE Program has been responsible for the commercialization of some of the top-planted varieties across the Cotton Belt.