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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Competitive Corn Plot SW of Wheaton

This plot was on ground that received almost no rain in August or September. Was harvested on 10/10/13. The corn definitely died early. The results:

Dekalb 50-66 -              156.1 bu/a     17.6%     51.9#
Dekalb 43-48 -              165.6 bu/a     16.6%     54.0#
Pioneer P9366xr -         139.7 bu/a     16.6%     53.7#
Channel 195-58stxrib - 163.5 bu/a     17.3%     51.2#
Dekalb 50-66 -              148.8 bu/a     17.9%     52.0#
Pioneer P9526amx -      161.3 bu/a     18.1%     54.2#
Channel 196-77stxrib -  150.2 bu/a     17.7%     54.3#
Dekalb 46-20rib -          156.8 bu/a     18.4%     54.2#
Channel 196-06stxrib -  149.5 bu/a     17.9%     53.5#
Channel 197-68stxrib -  160.8 bu/a     19.4%     52.5#
Dekalb 50-66vt3 -          158.1 bu/a     15.3%     53.3#
Dekalb 48-12rib -           166.3 bu/a     18.5%     52.6#
Pioneer P9917amx -       167.1 bu/a     18.5%     55.0# **********
Dekalb 49-29rib -           153.4 bu/a     19.0%     53.6#
Dekalb 50-83rib -           165.3 bu/a     19.0%     54.3#
Dekalb 50-66vt3 -          150.1 bu/a     17.6%     53.3#
Pioneer P0062amx -       132.6 bu/a     20.4%     51.1#
Pioneer P0193am1 -       134.2 bu/a     20.3%     50.9#

Pioneer P9917 (in blue) was the top yielder in the plot but there were 6 others (in red) that made over 160 bu/a. As in the other plots, the 100 day hybrids and higher showed a lot more negative effects from the drought as compared to the earlier hybrids.

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