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Reports from the 2007 season
The 2007 corn and soybean harvest is in the bin, and as growers
know, it is not too soon to be thinking about seed selections for next
year.
Kevin Coey, who coordinates the Farmers Independent Research of Seed
Technologies (F.I.R.S.T.) Harvest testing program, says 2007 was a good
harvest year. "Overall, the corn and soybean yields turned out very
well," says Coey.
He reports that the harvest season started early, but was extended in
October due to wet field conditions. "Corn yields were phenomenal in
eastern Indiana and Ohio. Nebraska, western Iowa and South Dakota did
have some difficult growing conditions," Coey summarizes. Iowa had a
great soybean year, according to Coey.
The F.I.R.S.T. Harvest Reports are designed to provide real-world,
independent data on corn and soybean yield performance. The F.I.R.S.T.
seed-testing program was established by Agronomic Seed Consulting, Inc.
(AgSCI) in 1997. Farmer members work with F.I.R.S.T. managers to
generate independent seed product data.
F.I.R.S.T. plots are grown with the same crop inputs and management
techniques the member uses. Each hybrid is tested three times in
four-row strips; only the center two rows are used to determine yield.
Tests are conducted on corn and soybean hybrids and varieties at plots
throughout Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, South Dakota and Nebraska.
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growers have seen great yields from those hybrids with the
LibertyLink® trait. In order to maximize the potential of
LibertyLink hybrids, growers utilize Liberty® herbicide
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Liberty controls over 120 grasses and broadleaf weeds, including tough
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The LibertyLink/Liberty system is the only non-selective alternative to
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to come and allows growers to continue to have the ease of a
non-selectivesystem.
LibertyLink hybrids are available in all Herculex® and
Agrisure® CB/LL hybrids.
For more information on the Liberty/LibertyLink system, visit www.BayerGrowingStrong.com.
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F.I.R.S.T. CORN PROGRESS REPORT
For 2007, the F.I.R.S.T. Report evaluated over 950 corn hybrids at
148 different sites, totaling more than 53,000 trials (strips or
experimental units). On the soybean side, the F.I.R.S.T. Report
evaluated over 11,052 yield measurements from 921 entries on 76 farms.
While the information collected is comprehensive, most importantly, it
is practical and applicable to other Midwestern corn and soybean growers
as they make their seed selections for 2008. All of this information is
made available to farmers by The Corn And Soybean Digest with
special sponsorship from Bayer CropScience. You can find all of the 2007
reports on the magazine's website at this link: cornandsoybeandigest.com/firstharverstreports/?cid=microsites.
Print copies of the 2007 F.I.R.S.T Report are also being mailed with
The Corn And Soybean Digest magazine. The corn hybrids are being
mailed with the November issue, while the soybean varieties will be
included in the December issue.
New features to the reports for 2007 include:
* Some tests on ultra-early hybrids and hybrids without genetic
resistance to corn rootworm from those with it.
* Data ranking the top hybrids by the gross revenue they generate rather
than by yield alone.
* Sorting top hybrids by yield to bring the most productive products to
the top of the list for easier evaluation of the reports.
For a complete list of all the products in the tests and for more
details about how each test was conducted go to www.firstseedtests.com.
Look for the F.I.R.S.T. Harvest Reports again in 2008. Coey reports that
there is interest in expanding the test locations, especially in
Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri.
"We know there is a need for more testing and information in some of
these areas, and we are looking at getting that done," Coey concludes.
He adds that survey information shows growers do use the data collected
for their seed selection decisions. Again, for archives of this season's
Harvest Report e-newsletters with yield results by region, visit cornandsoybeandigest.com/firstharverstreports/?cid=microsites
Once again, thank you to Bayer CropScience for sponsorship of this
year's reports.
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 The 2007 F.I.R.S.T.® yield
trials show Poncho® 250 and Poncho 1250 seed-applied
insecticide to be the right choice for your corn's first defense against
pests.
All F.I.R.S.T. tests had Poncho 250 or Poncho 1250 as the seed-applied
insecticide of choice in at least one of the top 10 yields.
Poncho 250 provides protection against black cutworms, wireworms, white
grubs, seed corn maggots, grape colaspis, flea beetles, chinch bugs, and
other corn seed and seedling insect pests.
For a broader spectrum, Poncho 1250 offers the additional full-on
protection against corn rootworms and billbugs.
Be sure to reserve Poncho 250 this fall for a winning season in
2008.
For more information, visit www.BayerGrowingStrong.com.
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