Brunkow Competitive Plot

This plot is found south and west of Herman on the eastern edge of our sales area. It was 8 rows wide and a full 1/2 mile long for each hybrid. It has quite a few different products for you to look at. The results were given to me in the order they finished for yield so I will report it the same way.
1- Dekalb DKC52-61      - 232.03 bu/a - 19.2% - 57.4#  102 day
2- Pioneer P0533             - 229.05 bu/a - 21.3% - 57.9#  105 day
3- Dekalb DKC49-30      - 225.82 bu/a - 17.8% - 60.8#   99 day
4- Pioneer P9917am1      - 223.94 bu/a - 18.6% - 59.8#   99 day
5- Gold Country 96-20    - 221.32 bu/a - 18.3% - 57.6#  
6- Dekalb DKC50-66      - 220.80 bu/a - 17.7% - 59.3#  100 day
7- Dekalb DKC46-20      - 220.02 bu/a - 17.1% - 60.3#   96 day
8- Dekalb DKC50-77      - 219.90 bu/a - 19.5% - 58.5#  100 day
9- Dekalb DKC43-10      - 218.42 bu/a - 15.6% - 59.2#   93 day
10-Mycogen 2D503        - 216.55 bu/a - 22.6% - 56.0#   
11-Mycogen 2T386         - 216.05 bu/a - 15.5% - 58.6#
12-Pioneer P0062            - 215.48 bu/a - 19.4% - 56.3#   100 day
13-Wensman W7268       - 214.60 bu/a - 17.2% - 58.6#   96 day
14-Dekalb DKC43-48     - 213.70 bu/a - 15.0% - 58.6#    93 day
15-Dairyland 9395           - 211.57 bu/a - 18.0% - 57.4#   95 day
16-Dairyland 9399           - 209.36 bu/a - 19.1% - 58.7#   99 day
17-Dairyland 9303           - 201.93 bu/a - 21.5% - 56.7#   103 day
18-Pioneer P9675            - 200.44 bu/a - 17.6% - 59.1#    96 day
19-Dekalb DKC42-43     - 198.31 bu/a - 14.8% - 57.8#   92 day
20-Dairyland 9501           - 192.85 bu/a - 19.3% - 57.6#  101 day
21-Pioneer P9411hr         - 186.16 bu/a - 16.1% - 59.9#   94 day
22-Mycogen 2J339          - 183.37 bu/a - 17.5% - 58.7#  
23-Dairyland 9494           - 175.61 bu/a - 16.0% - 58.2#   94 day
Taking two of the top four spots for Pioneer was pretty good considering how many entries there were. Pioneer P0533 took some of our local plots as well. It is listed as a 105 day corn but it silks very early. At one time in our warehouse plot in August, there were only a handful of hybrids that were denting. Everything earlier than 94 day maturity was denting but only two hybrids later than 94 day were denting and they were P9917 and P0533! So it does act a lot earlier than a 105 day. We'll keep our eye on it to see if we can find areas to use as it's yield has been outstanding. P9917 continues to be outstanding everywhere we check it. We have seen it for three years now and we still haven't seen it be even mediocre, it's always near the top or at the top.

McClernon Test Plot

This plot is eleven miles north of Wheaton. It was a Mycogen plot that let us put some Pioneer hybrids in. The Mycogen part of the plot had quite a few experimental numbers in it which I don't know if will be advanced so we will only report the non-experimentals.
Mycogen 2R287     - 196.2 bu/a - 17.2% - 56#
Mycogen 2J339      - 180.4 bu/a - 15.1% - 59#
Mycogen 2D355     - 200.1 bu/a - 15.8% - 58#
Mycogen 2A399     - 183.0 bu/a - 17.9% - 57#
Mycogen 2T386      - 202.7 bu/a - 15.9% - 57#
Mycogen 2P486      - 192.4 bu/a - 15.9% - 58#
Mycogen 2H456     - 213.2 bu/a - 18.7% - 57#
Mycogen 2H490     - 193.2 bu/a - 20.4% - 58#
Mycogen 2T496     - 196.3 bu/a - 19.9% - 55#
Mycogen 2P497      - 179.5 bu/a - 20.4% - 56#
Mycogen 2G500     - 213.1 bu/a - 19.0% - 57#
Mycogen 2D503     - 206.0 bu/a - 19.7% - 56#
Pioneer P8906hr     - 181.5 bu/a - 16.5% - 57#
Pioneer 38H06        - 183.3 bu/a - 16.9% - 57#
Pioneer P9411hr     - 193.7 bu/a - 17.7% - 57#
Pioneer P9630hr     - 211.0 bu/a - 18.8% - 57#
Pioneer P9675am1  - 198.6 bu/a - 17.9% - 59#
Pioneer P9917am1  - 213.6 bu/a - 17.8% - 56#
- Four hybrids formed their own group at the top with P9630 and P9917 leading for Pioneer. The plot was planted on May 10th so we decided not to plant any hybrids over 99 day. If we'd have known what kind of summer we would end up having, we would've planted the later hybrids too.

Anderson Corn Plot

This plot is located 6 miles north of Wheaton on the east side of US Hwy 75. Planted on May 8th and harvested on September 25th, 2012. Witnessed again by Mike Lockwood. 30" rows at 34,000/a planting rate. Very nice even plot. The results:
Pioneer P8906hr    - 208.7 bu/a - 14.3% - 57.4#
Pioneer 38H06       - 203.8 bu/a - 16.8% - 54.7#
Pioneer P9411hr    - 205.2 bu/a - 17.2% - 57.6#
Pioneer P9519hr    - 229.0 bu/a - 16.8% - 55.9#
Pioneer P9630am1 - 225.8 bu/a - 18.6% - 55.4#
Pioneer P9675amx - 211.3 bu/a - 19.1% - 56.1#
Dekalb DKC46-20 - 224.9 bu/a - 18.9% - 57.4#
Pioneer P9910am1 - 232.6 bu/a - 20.0% - 54.2#
Pioneer P9917am1 - 232.8 bu/a - 20.5% - 55.2#
Pioneer P0062xr     - 245.8 bu/a - 22.4% - 53.7#
Pioneer 36V51        - 240.6 bu/a - 21.6% - 53.2#
Pioneer P0533xr     - 237.1 bu/a - 23.8% - 55.0#
Pioneer P0115am1  - 224.4 bu/a - 20.7% - 56.0#
- Later-maturing hybrids dominated this plot even planted on May 8th. If you were at our plot day we showed you some of the benefits of the new drought tolerant corn, P0062. It's the first AquaMax corn for our area which means it is one of the coming drought-toerant corns. We're finding that it can also yield big even when there isn't much for drought.

Yost/Sorenson Corn Hybrid Plot

Plot was located 3 miles north and 2 miles west of Wheaton. Planted on May 9 and harvested on September 24, 2012. Harvest was witnessed again by an independent source, Mike Lockwood. The results:
Pioneer P8906hr     - 217.9 bu/a - 18.2% - 56.8#
Pioneer 38H06        - 204.4 bu/a - 19.8% - 54.4#
Pioneer P9411hr     - 204.2 bu/a - 22.0% - 56.0#
Pioneer P9519hr     - 210.5 bu/a - 17.4% - 55.4#
Dekalb DKC43-48  - 209.8 bu/a - 19.5% - 54.6#
Pioneer P9630am1  - 233.0 bu/a - 20.8% - 55.0#
Dekalb DKC46-20  - 220.2 bu/a - 20.9% - 55.9#
Pioneer P9675amx  - 217.4 bu/a - 19.1% - 55.9#
Pioneer P9675r        - 215.3 bu/a - 19.3% - 56.4#
Pioneer P9910am1   - 216.1 bu/a - 22.4% - 53.7#
Pioneer P9910amx   - 218.8 bu/a - 22.5% - 54.4#
Pioneer P9917am1   - 226.6 bu/a - 22.4% - 55.9#
Pioneer P0062xr       - 221.9 bu/a - 24.0% - 53.8#
Pioneer 36V51          - 207.4 bu/a - 23.1% - 54.7#
Hyland 8377              - 188.2 bu/a - 24.5% - 53.6#
Hyland 8395               - 223.7 bu/a - 18.5% - 54.4#
Pioneer P0533am1     - 205.6 bu/a - 20.6% - 54.3#
- By the results you can see that the May 9th planting date did not treat the later-maturing hybrids very well. Also in the plot are comparisons of the versions of P9910 and P9675 to the new versions for next year which is the "Refuge-in-a-Bag" versions labelled "amx". As you can see, the new versions and the old versions yielded the same so we should be able to sell the new versions with confidence that the yield will be the same. Some of our competitors are struggling with their "Refuge-in-a-Bag" versions not yielding as high as their lesser-technology versions. We also tested some starter fertilizers and such in this plot and we will present those results after we've looked at the data more.

Soybean Seed Treatment Comparisons

We have been doing sidexside comparisons of seed treatments in soybeans for the past five years. The previous four years showed a yield increase in 45 of 55 comparisons, 81.8% percent of the time! This year was a little more up and down in results. We fully expected not to see much yield response this year as the soybeans really did not experience much early stress this year as the bean yields are showing. One variety, 91Y41, did not show any yield benefits. The other variety, 90M80's did. The results:
- Anderson Plot
Treated 91Y41 - 56.6 bu/a
Untreated 91Y41 - 57.8 bu/a

- Jorschumb Plot
Untreated 91Y41 - 60.2 bu/a
Treated 91Y41     - 60.1 bu/a

- Berger Plot
Untreated 90M80 - 43.6 bu/a
Treated 90M80     - 46.7 bu/a

-Yost/Sorenson Plot
Untreated 90M80 - 58,6 bu/a
Treated 90M80     - 59.8 bu/a

_ Yost/Sorenson Treatment Plot
Untreated 90M80                               - 53.7 bu/a
Apronmax/Bioboost Treated 90M80 - 62.7 bu/a
Untreated 90M80                                - 60.0 bu/a
Apronmax/Bioboost Treated 90M80  - 61.0 bu/a

There were 6 other sidexside comparisons of untreated vs treated seed in this plot using different treatment products and in five of those six comparisons, the treatment out yielded the untreated. Stop in the office and you can see the data from those tests. We used different companies products on those treatments and we don't have permission to publish them yet. So in a total of 10 sidexside comparisons, we experienced a yield increase in nine of the twelve comparisons. The five year total would be that in 54 of 67 sidexside comparisons (80.6% of the time), we experienced a yield increase from seed treatments.

Corn Test Plot by Herman

This plot is found by Herman. It was planted on April 20th, and harvested on September 17th. The plot was harvested with both Pioneer reps and Dekalb sales people as well. I thought I'd bring this to you as it has more competitive hybrids in it as well as being witnessed by 2 different companies. It also has tremendous yields so it shows just how high some of these hybrids can go. The results were given to us already ranked by yield so that is the way we'll report it:
1 - Pioneer P0533am1   - 256.97 bu/a - 21.0% - 58.3#
2 - Pioneer P0062xr       - 254.47 bu/a - 19.5% - 56.1#
3 - Wensman W7268     - 253.94 bu/a - 17.9% - 58.5#
4 - Pioneer P9917am1   - 251.54 bu/a - 19.9% - 59.2#
5 - Pioneer P9910am1   - 251.38 bu/a - 20.7% - 56.5#
6 - Dekalb DKC48-12   - 250.13 bu/a - 18.9% - 57.4#
7 - Dekalb DKC43-48   - 247.89 bu/a - 16.0% - 58.3#
8 - Dekalb DKC46-20   - 241.52 bu/a - 17.5% - 60.3#
9 - Dekalb DKC43-10   - 240.61 bu/a - 16.2% - 59.4#
10-Dekalb DKC50-77   - 238.39 bu/a - 19.3% - 59.1#
11-Dekalb DKC50-66   - 238.32 bu/a - 19.0% - 57.7#
12-Dekalb DKC49-30   - 237.10 bu/a - 19.9% - 54.9#
13-Wensman W7140     - 233.12 bu/a - 16.4% - 60.6#
14-Pioneer P9630am1   - 232.94 bu/a - 17.6% - 60.1#
15-Wensman W7110     - 232.46 bu/a - 16.9% - 57.4#
16-Pioneer P9675amx   - 227.24 bu/a - 17.9% - 60.1#
17-Pioneer P9411xr       - 221.46 bu/a - 17.7% - 58.5#
- The main thing I take away from this plot is there were no losers. When 221 bu/a is the lowest yielder of 17 hybrids, that's pretty good! The same Pioneer hybrids moved to the top again though. P0533 was on the top of our other 2 plots so far. P9917, P9910, and P0062 are at the top too. 

Jorschumb Corn Test Plot

This plot is located 1/2 mile east of Wheaton on the angle road. Planted at 34,000/acres on May 3rd. Harvested on September 18th, 2012. Harvest independently witnessed again by Mike Lockwood. The results are:
Pioneer P8906hr    - 187.3 bu/a - 17.2% - 56.6#
Pioneer 38H06       - 178.9 bu/a - 19.1% - 54.0#
Pioneer P9411hr    - 190.6 bu/a - 19.1% - 56.7#
Dekalb DKC 43-48- 217.3 bu/a - 19.1% - 56.1#
Pioneer P9519hr    - 197.8 bu/a - 19.8% - 55.4#
Pioneer P9630am1 - 203.5 bu/a - 21.0% - 55.0#
Pioneer P9675r      - 197.7 bu/a - 20.9% - 56.0#
Dekalb DKC 46-20- 201.3 bu/a - 22.1% - 56.0#
Pioneer P9917am1 - 218.8 bu/a - 21.5% - 54.2#
Pioneer P9910am1 - 199.7 bu/a - 23.0% - 52.9#
Pioneer P0062xr    - 202.7 bu/a - 23.1% - 52.7#
Pioneer P0115am1 - 198.2 bu/a - 22.2% - 54.0#
Pioneer 36V51       - 198.2 bu/a - 23.8% - 53.8#
Pioneer P0533        - 215.7 bu/a - 23.1% - 54.8#

- 3 hybrids stuck out in this plot, the competitor DKC 43-48, P9917am1, and P0533. Both the P9917am1 and the P0533 were at the top of the Warehouse plot also. Again, the first 2 hybrids suffered heavy root lodging.