Yost/Sorenson Corn Plot

This plot is north and west of Wheaton. Early frost hit this field pretty hard and obviously affected the 100 day corn hybrids. Planted at 34,500/acre.

Pioneer P8906am1        131.9 bu/a     16.7%     52.7#
Pioneer P9188amx        144.0 bu/a     17.2%     52.2#
Pioneer P9305am          126.9 bu/a     19.8%     52.5#
Pioneer P9366amx        130.6 bu/a     18.4%     52.3#
DeKalb DKC43-48       146.4 bu/a     18.4%     52.9#
Pioneer P9675amx        149.2 bu/a     19.7%     53.6#
Pioneer P9526amxt       149.4 bu/a     19.6%     53.5#
Pioneer P9538amxt       144.7 bu/a     18.9%     51.6#
Pioneer P9644amx        128.4 bu/a     21.2%     53.5#
DeKalb DKC46-20       131.9 bu/a     18.6%     53.3#
Pioneer P9703amx        152.9 bu/a     21.2%     52.1#
Pioneer P9917amx        148.2 bu/a     20.6%     54.6#
Pioneer P9834amx        144.4 bu/a     21.9%     50.1#
Pioneer 9834/9917mix  148.6 bu/a    20.0%      51.8#
DeKalb DKC48-12        134.9 bu/a    19.9%     51.6#
Pioneer P0193amx         112.9 bu/a    24.3%     49.2#
Pioneer P0157amx         130.1 bu/a    24.4%     52.7#
DeKalb DKC50-84        127.2 bu/a    21.0%     52.0#
Inotech 97 day                135.6 bu/a    18.6%     50.1#

The highest yielder was a new Pioneer 97 day hybrid P9703amx at 152.9 bu/a. By the yields you can tell this field had a rough go of it with either early season rain or late season frost. The Pioneer P9188amx in red above is a new 91 day that clearly is better than our old 90 day hybrids. It stands well with god drydown. The other thing that stuck out in the plot was the test weight on the P9917amx along with a pretty dry moisture for a 99 day corn. This year P9917amx is acting more like a 95-96 day corn. We also mixed P9917 with P9834, a low test weight and wet hybrid from Pioneer and you'll notice that in this plot, the P9917's test weight and moisture tended to drag the whole mix towards a better result.

Corn In-Furrow Treatment Plot

Every year we check out some of the various in-furrow treatments for corn that are offered. This year is no different. P9917amx was the hybrid used. The results:

HYBRID     TREATMENT        YIELD       Moist    Tst Wt
P9917amx    Sabrex                    157.3 bu/a  19.3%   54.6#
P9917amx    Quickstart              162.0 bu/a   18.4%   54.5#
P9917amx    Conklin/Amplify   149.4 bu/a   18.8%   54.9#
P9917amx    Check                    140.4 bu/a   18.8%   53.9#
P9917amx    WC205                  143.4 bu/a   18.4%   52.9#
P9917amx     Rizer                     154.8 bu/a   18.4%   54.7#
P9917amx     Starter Fert Only   132.2 bu/a   18.6%   52.3#
P9917amx     Starter/Generate    No Yield     18.2%   54.9#

The Quickstart yield is pretty good. The last check was obviously a water-injured strip and the starter-only probably has some effect from the water also. Not sure what to make of it.

Warehouse SB Plot

The Boehmlehner warehouse plot is the plot just across the highway from South Valley Seed. It is our show plot and gets planted relatively early since it's easily accessible. The results:

Pioneer P07T50r  -  48.9 bu/a
Pioneer 90Y81     -  43.3 bu/a
AsGrow AG0732 -  35.1 bu/a
Pioneer 90M80     -  42.2 bu/a
Pioneer P10T02r  -  45.9 bu/a
Pioneer P10T91r  -  49.0 bu/a
Pioneer 91Y10     -  42.2 bu/a
AsGrow AG1230 -  46.9 bu/a
Pioneer P13T99r  -  39.1 bu/a
Pioneer P15T83r  -  43.6 bu/a
AsGrow AG1431 -  50.4 bu/a
Pioneer P16T04r  -  39.7 bu/a
Pioneer P19T60r  -  51.1 bu/a
Pioneer P22T61r  -  42.9 bu/a

Two of the new "T" Series beans showed up on top as well as a competitor. P19T60r is a 1.9 maturity bean that did not act like it. It was way earlier in all plots and I would classify it this year as a 1.6 maturity bean. It had a very heavy canopy to hold down late-season waterhemp and if it hadn't gotten frozen a little too early in our other plots, you'd have seen some outstanding yields in those plots as well. This field was planted early enough that frost didn't affect it much at all. If you want a good late season soybean, P19T60r is definitely worth looking at. Just make sure you plant it early!

Anderson Soybean Test Plot

This plot is located 5-6 miles north of Wheaton along Hwy 75. Like the other bean plots, it received frost before it really wanted it.  The results:

Pioneer P07T50r  -  46.3 bu/a
Pioneer 90Y81     -  54.9 bu/a
AsGrow AG0732 -  53.7 bu/a
Pioneer 90M80     -  58.9 bu/a
Pioneer P10T02r  -  59.9 bu/a
Pioneer P10T91r  -  58.3 bu/a
Pioneer 91Y10     -  53.7 bu/a
AsGrow AG1431 -  52.5 bu/a
Pioneer P13T99r  -  48.6 bu/a
Pioneer P15T83r  -  47.5 bu/a
AsGrow AG1230 -  47.5 bu/a
Pioneer P16T04r  -  48.9 bu/a
Pioneer P19T60r  -  52.4 bu/a
Pioneer P10T02r  -  57.1 bu/a

P10T02r was top in plot with P19T91r  and 90M80 right behind. Again the late-maturing varieties didn't make it, and again the mid-group 1.0 maturity beans were at the top.

Jorschumb SB Plot

Jorschumb's soybean plot is right next to Wheaton on the NE side along the Wheaton/Norcross tar. It was a real nice plot but was planted late and had some frost. The results:

Pioneer P07T50r  -  59.9 bu/a
Pioneer 90M80    -  60.8 bu/a
AsGrow AG0732 -  56.0 bu/a
Pioneer P10T02r  -  62.4 bu/a  -  #1
Pioneer P10T91r  -  57.4 bu/a
Pioneer 91Y10     -  57.7 bu/a
AsGrow AG1431 -  55.3 bu/a
Pioneer P13T99r  -  54.1 bu/a
Pioneer P15T83r  -  55.3 bu/a
Pioneer P19T60r  -  51.3 bu/a
Pioneer P16T04r  -  58.2 bu/a
Pioneer P22T61r  -  47.2 bu/a

P10T02r was top yielder at 62.4 bu/a with a good showing by 90M80 also. This is the first plot or field info where P10T91r wasn't at or near the top. Just shows that one plot location is not enough to get good info. You need multiple locations and multiple fields to get a good read on some of these varieties. Note also that the worst yield was a 2.2 maturity bean that obviously took a big hit from frost. We always like to see how far we can push things here in Traverse County and obviously a 2.2 maturity bean is too far!

This plot also had a comparison of different seed treatments applied to 91Y10. The results:

2030/PPST Treated - 57.7 bu/a
WC150 Treated       - 55.0 bu/a
WECO Treated       -  54.3 bu/a
Marauder Treated   -  54.4 bu/a
MegaPack Treated  - 52.9 bu/a

As you can see, the 2030/PPST Treatment which we use here at South Valley Seed was the highest yielder and along with our other treatment plot, confirms that we are recommending and using the right seed treatment.

2014 Soybean Seed Treatment Plot

As we do every year, we planted a plot comparing seed treatments on beans to non-treated seed. Over the last 6 years we have compared non-treated to treated over 75 times with a yield advantage to the treated soybeans over 80% of the time. The first set of results is with no starter fertilizer applied in-furrow. The second set of results is with starter fertilizer and an in-furrow product from West Central Chemical.
Here are the results:

Pioneer 91Y10  -  Marauder treated  -  51.9 bu/a
Pioneer 91Y10  -  WECO treated      -  51.3 bu/a
Pioneer 91Y10  -  MegaPack treated -  53.3 bu/a
Pioneer 91Y10  -  2030/PPST treated-  54.0 bu/a  -  Best
Pioneer 91Y10  -  untreated check     -  49.7 bu/a  -  Worst
Pioneer 91Y10  -  WC150 treated      -  52.5 bu/a

Again this year, we have had a response to seed treatment. The lowest yield is the untreated check and the highest is the seed treatment that we use at South Valley Seed. It is consistent with our recommendations of using a seed treatment, put it on. The return won't change your lifestyle, but it can enhance it!

These set of results are the same treatments but with a starter fertilizer applied also. The results:

Pioneer 91Y10  -  Marauder treated  -  51.8 bu/a
Pioneer 91Y10  -  WECO treated      -  51.2 bu/a
Pioneer 91Y10  -  MegaPack treated -  45.3 bu/a
Pioneer 91Y10  -  2030/PPST treated-  54.2 bu/a  -  Best
Pioneer 91Y10  -  untreated check     -  51.1 bu/a
Pioneer 91Y10  -  WC150 treated      -  50.4 bu/a

The only thing that sticks out is that the fertilizer had no effect other than possibly a negative effect on yield for certain treatments. The treatment that we use, PPST, had no negative effect on it at all.

2014 Yost/Sorenson Soybean Plot

This soybean plot was planted about 4 miles northwest of Wheaton. Plot got a pretty stiff frost before harvest and all moistures were about the same at 12.5% - 12.7%.
The results are:

Pioneer P07T50r  -  51.8 bu/a
Pioneer 90Y81     -  52.6 bu/a
AsGrow AG0732 -  51.1 bu/a
Pioneer 90M80    -  48.4 bu/a
Pioneer P10T02r  -  52.5 bu/a
Pioneer P10T91r  -  54.1 bu/a  -  #1
Pioneer 91Y10     -  52.0 bu/a
AsGrow AG1230 -  51.0 bu/a
Pioneer P13T99r  -  51.4 bu/a
Pioneer P15T83r  -  52.5 bu/a
AsGrow AG1431 -  51.7 bu/a
Pioneer P16T04r  -  48.5 bu/a
Pioneer P19T60r  -  49.2 bu/a
Pioneer P22T61r  -  44.8 bu/a

The higher maturity beans at the end had obvious hail damaged beans in the sample. P10T91r was the highest yielder with 2 other "T" Series beans right behind.

Sorenson SB Test Plot North Weaton

Had a chance on Oct 2 to take our first soybean test plot off. This plot is northwest of Wheaton 4 miles. Nice ground but got nipped pretty hard by the frost earlier. The soybeans looked beautiful and we expected a little higher yields (believe it or not) for the plot but the frost took off the top end of yield we think.
The results are:
Pioneer 91Y10  -  52.5 bu/a - 12.6%
Pioneer P10T02 - 62.7 bu/a - 13.6% - #1
Pioneer P10T91 - 56.8 bu/a - 12.8%
AsGrow 1230    - 57.2 bu/a - 13.2%
Pioneer P15T83 - 53.5 bu/a - 13.4%
Pioneer P19T60 - 51.2 bu/a - 13.5%
AsGrow 1431    - 51.6 bu/a - 13.0%
Pioneer 90M80  - 51.6 bu/a - 13.0%

The high variety here is one of our new T-Series beans in the 1.0 maturity range. A reminder, the the two numbers after the P is the maturity. For example, Pioneer P15T83r has a 15 after the P which makes it a 1.5 maturity bean, Pioneer P10T02 has a 10 after the P so it is a 1.0 bean. The later maturing beans seem to have had their yield potential nipped by the frost here.