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FIRST Newsletter | January 2021
USB-sponsored protein and oil quality data additions have begun on 2020 Region Summary Reports, Klint Tucker joins FIRST as Field Manager
January 20, 2021
Wrapping up 2020 Harvest - Season Stats and Top Performances
We want to keep you up to date with FIRST testing plans and progress in our Newsletter: Sign up for the once-a-month email update FIRST's 2020 harvest season wrapped up in mid-December. We’ve compiled the year-end statistics for the program below. Overall it was a good year for soybeans, with almost 3%…
December 23, 2020
FIRST Newsletter | December 2020
Top 30 performances in major testing areas, call for 2021 Plot Hosts, and 2021 Testing Preview
December 17, 2020
2020 Performance Summary Reports Available
The Performance Summary reports for 2020 FIRST yield trials are available now! They highlight the top performances of corn and soybean products available from the distinguished seed industry partners who entered FIRST tests this year.
November 24, 2020
FIRST Newsletter | November 2020
Harvest is nearly complete, and 2020 Performance Summaries are available now from our Field Managers, plus an outlook for 2021 testing.
November 14, 2020
The FIRST Step to Higher Yields
Evaluate your seed decisions with the best information possible! Check out 2020 yield performance as it’s reported at @FirstSeedTests. Let data support your seed choices going into 2021. Read more here: https://www.roosterstrategy.com/the-first-step-to-higher-yields/
October 12, 2020
FIRST Newsletter | October 2020
FIRST has an update on harvest progress and analysis of yields thus far, plus more information about customized email notifications
October 9, 2020
Introducing Customization for Harvest Emails
FIRST Introduces Harvest Notification Customization. Whether you’ve been receiving FIRST’s harvest emails for days or years, you can now customize preferences for which reports you hear about by email.
October 5, 2020
FIRST Newsletter | September 2020
Harvest 2020 is underway plus late season plot reports, profile of an Iowa producer, and email notification preferences coming soon
September 13, 2020
FIRST Newsletter | August 2020
FIRST Managers share 2020 mid-season plot reports, see Product Search in action, help us improve, and learn more about FIRST founder, Kevin Coey
August 6, 2020