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AgUpdate | Soybean results show bounce back from wet start
For top soybean honors in the three-state area, a Winterset, Iowa, plot hit 85.6 bu./acre, FIRST reports showed.
November 30T06:00:00, 2024
AgUpdate | Corn yields consistent despite precip roller coaster
Overall, corn results were quite comparable to 2023 numbers and impressed FIRST field managers. In its 28th year, FIRST provides objective comparisons of seed genetics for U.S. corn and soybean farmers.
November 23T12:00:00, 2024
Best of the Farm Progress Show 2024 | FIRST Seed Tests
FIRST Seed Tests provides farmers with unbiased corn and soybean seed performance data to boost yield and profitability. Discover trusted results from extensive field trials across 15 states. Check FIRST for next season's corn and soybean seed.
October 15T06:00:00, 2024
2024 Digital Yield Tour - Missouri Missouri Overcomes Drought Conditions to Raise Big Corn, Soybean Crops
Springtime moisture pulled Missouri out of some long-term deficits and, while conditions have been widely beneficial, the state has dealt with the most severe weather of any in the DTN Digital Yield Tour. Unlike other areas, Missouri growers report a crop that's more advanced and closer to harvest. But after a "Goldilocks" summer, did it grow too fast to max out?
August 16T18:00:00, 2024
2024 Digital Yield Tour - Iowa Could Set Statewide Corn Yield Record of 205 BPA in 2024
Iowa pulled itself out of drought and into a record corn crop, if the DTN Digital Yield Tour estimates hold true. An active rainy pattern settled over the state this spring, and while it slowed planting season down, most areas benefitted from the replenishing rainfall. Parts of the state's northwest received too much rain and suffered from flooding and ponding issues.
August 14T18:00:00, 2024
2024 Digital Yield Tour - Illinois Favorable Rains Feed Record Yield Expectations in Illinois Despite Derecho
Illinois' growing season got off to a wet start. Planting got done in windows here and there, sometimes late or in less-than-ideal conditions. June turned hot and dry, raising alarms of a 2023 repeat, only to be assuaged by generous rainfall from several strong weather events that came with a side of hail and a blast of wind. Supportive August weather could give soybeans the boost they need to set new records.
August 13T18:00:00, 2024
Iowa Farmer Today | Crop genetics show off resiliency
There has been a common theme among growers and researchers at harvest time in recent years — resiliency.
May 8T12:00:00, 2024
First 2023 Michigan Corn Trials Report Released
Corn trial results from 10 different locations across Michigan have been compiled and released by Farmers Independent Research of Seed Technologies (FIRST), following completion of a later-than-normal corn harvest.
December 14T12:00:00, 2023
AgUpdate | Corn sets FIRST record in dry year
In a year dominated by headlines of drought, some fields were setting records.
November 23T06:00:00, 2023
AgUpdate | FIRST Soybean tests show strong yields
Yield reports are in from fields across the Midwest and impacts of the ongoing drought are proving to be less than expected.
November 15T06:00:00, 2023