Hoegemeyer, T.

Tom Hoegemeyer grew up in the seed industry in Nebraska, working at the family firm in breeding nurseries and production fields from his youth. He received a bachelor's degree in Ag Honors from the University of Nebraska in 1970 and a Ph.D. from Iowa State University in 1974. He joined Hoegemeyer Hybrids, Inc. as research director, but also carried responsibility for technical areas of production. In 1988 he became president as well as research director, and remains in those capacities. He has served in various state and national seed industry positions and currently is chairman of the Corn and Sorghum Division of the American Seed Trade Association.



These are a few representative publications selected by the organising committee

Hoegemeyer, T.C. and T.J. Gutormsen. 2000. Identifying maize inbreds with inherently better seed quality. In: Genetic Improvement of Seed Quality: proceedings of a symposium …Anaheim, California, 29 October 1997. pp.39-46. Crop Science Society of America, Madison, WI.

Hoegemeyer, T.C. 2000. Seed company expectations of genetic suppliers. Proceedings of the Annual Corn and Sorghum Research Conference 55:80-86. American Seed Trade Association, ASTA, Washington DC.

Johnson, B.E., J.S. Posch, C.O. Gardner, and T.C. Hoegemeyer. 1997. Registration of 42 maize parental lines: N501 to N521; N523 to N526; N528 to N530; and N532 to N545. Crop Science 37:1404-1405.

Hoegemeyer, T.C. and T.J. Gutormsen. 1996. Identifying females which have innately better seed quality. Proceedings of the Annual Corn and Sorghum Research Conference 51:220-226. American Seed Trade Association, ASTA, Washington DC.

Roth, L.D., T. Klopfenstein, T. Hoegemeyer, M.K. Nielsen, and S.J. Bartle. 1987. Relation of corn grain to forage quality. Journal of Animal Science 65(Suppl.1):143.

Bartle, S., M. McDonnell, T. Hoegemeyer, T. Klopfenstein, and B.Britton. 1984. Selecting corn for grain yield and feed value. Nebraska Beef Cattle Report MP 47:24.

Hoegemeyer, T.C. and A. R. Hallauer. 1976. Selection among and within full-sib families to develop single-crosses of maize. Crop Science 16:76-81.