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Seed Today | FIRST Adds Weather Info in 25th Year of Seed Trials
New in the 2021 Top 30 Harvest Reports, FIRST provides the location weather profile, including precipitation, temperatures, and GDUs compared to 10-year averages and estimated pollination and maturity dates for corn.
December 21T06:00:00, 2021
MN Farm Guide | FIRST southern and central MN trials test drought resilience
The 2021 FIRST – Farmers’ Independent Research of Seed Technologies – tests are complete and show how seed products performed in dry or drought conditions.
December 20T06:18:36, 2021
Farm & Ranch Guide | FIRST Red River Valley trials document high quality corn and soybean seed
The 2021 drought was a stressor to crops. Fortunately, the very best seed, seed treatments, crop protection products and agronomic practices helped corn and soybeans survive until rain arrived.
December 20T06:00:49, 2021
AgUpdate | Disease, drought challenge FIRST corn field trials
Too much or too little rain affected Farmers’ Independent Research of Seed Technologies (FIRST) field test plots across the Midwest.
November 26T06:00:00, 2021
AgUpdate | FIRST field tests show resilient soybeans
While weather factors were vastly different across Midwest fields, one common theme for 2021 persisted: Yield results were often better than expected.
November 18T08:06:31, 2021
Mid-Atlantic Grain Harvest Sees Wet Weather, Good Yields
Rob Kauffman, field manager for Farmers’ Independent Research of Seed Technologies, was about halfway through the harvest on corn seed research plots throughout Pennsylvania, and he said the yields are unlike anything he’s ever seen before.
November 1T12:00:42, 2021
AgWeb - 5 Tips To Avoid Recency Bias In Your Seed Decisions
You’re not alone. The majority of your farming peers also suffer from one-year memories. It’s so easy to make big decisions based on your most recent experience. As you prepare to make your 2022 seed decisions, use these tips to overcome this management misstep.
September 25T10:25:27, 2021
Silage Yield Strong as Harvest Progresses
As Rob Kauffman bounced around southeastern and central Pennsylvania harvesting corn silage from research plots in early September, he noticed an uplifting trend. Even though the harvest is running a bit later than normal, he said yield and quality are surprisingly good.
September 20T17:10:48, 2021
McDonough County Voice — Selecting hybrids and varieties for 2021
As the harvest hustle and fall field work start to slow, it is time to reflect on the growing season to see what worked well and start making decisions for the next season. On farm yield data from the current season is a great way to evaluate hybrid and variety performance.
February 24T07:16:08, 2021
AgUpdate — FIRST results for northern Red River Valley available online
The wet conditions last fall drug out harvest and made it somewhat difficult to find locations for the 2020 FIRST plots, according to Luke Brendemuhl, manager of the Red River Valley Northland FIRST region. But thanks to completely different conditions this fall allowing harvesting operations to be completed, all of the FIRST (Farmers Independent Research of Seed Technologies) plot information is now available on the website for the region.
December 8T10:04:45, 2020