2012 was obviously an exceptional corn year. The highest strip of corn we weighed was 255 bu/a with strips rarely under 200 bu/a. Here is a run-down of our go-to hybrid, P9917:
- Consistanly at the top of every plot. We never weighed it even at a mediocre level. It was always near the top. It is a 99 day hybrid that is an early silker which silks like a 96 day hybrid. It has outstanding emergence and early growth. P9917 tends to be heavier than most hybrids. It also has extraordinary ability to handle drought as well as it seems to handle a corn-on-corn rotation well. We have seen it for three years now and it has performed in all three years. In 2010, it became the first hybrid that we had ever weighed to go over 235 bu/a. In 2011, a year for lots of brittle-stalk and wet cooler conditions, P9917 was still at the top of plots. In our warehouse test plot, it won it at 203 bu/a and it did not break from brittle-stalk in even the heaviest wind areas. The late-season stalk is better than or equal to comparative competitive hybrids.
- P9917 will be available in all forms of technologies including refuge-in-the-bag, acremax1, Roundup only, and conventional. Seed supply will be tight. This could be the next big thing in corn hybrids as it has been so consistantly excellent in a large geographic area. Contact us soon if you want to jump on this offering.
- Over the years, many growers have asked us for a dominant go-to hybrid like Pioneer 3751 was for many years in the late-80's and early 90's. We think we have that hybrid now. It's P9917 and you'll wnat to try it.
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