Mid-County Messenger Page 2 www. midcountycoop. com Fall 2008 Mid-County Agronomy
All About
SEED
Doug Kraska Agronomy Production Specialist( 952) 466-3730 dougk @ midcountycoop. com
STINE
Prescription Seed Placement is the hot phrase in the seed industry today.
What does this mean? Placing a seed genetics on a field to maximize yield for the intended use whether it is for silage, high moisture, or grain.
How do we accomplish this? By working with a seed dealer that has an understanding of the soil composition on your farm and the knowledge of which seed genetic is going to maximize the yield for the intended use.
Today seed varieties are being bred for more specific field conditions, like high or low populations, heavy soils, light soils, corn on corn, or corn following beans. Mid- County will again be carrying Dekalb along with NK, Producers, Croplan, and Stine. Within these 5 seed companies we have the soybean or corn variety to fit all agronomic field conditions to help make our customers maximize their yields.
Mid-County Agronomy: Plot Data Corn on Corn The following are the production results from Mid-County Agronomy’ s 2008 seed plot.
Entry Brand Hybrid Seed Treatment # Rows Row Len( ft)
( lbs) Yield WetLen( ft)
1 Producers Hybrids 6464 VT3 Poncho 250 4 281 860 30.1 54.0 195.8 1 2 NK Brand 48 G Cruiser 4 311 730 28.0 51.0 154.7 17
3 Producers Hybrids 6377 YPPLS Poncho 250 4 311 940 29.4 55.0 195.3 2 4 Croplan 491 VT3 Poncho 250 4 311 940 29.4 55.0 195.3 2 5 Producers Hybrids 6114 VT3 Poncho 250 4 311 920 30.2 52.5 189.0 6 6 Croplan 388 VT3 Cruiser 4 311 840 29.0 53.0 175.5 13
7 Producers Hybrids 6054VT3 Poncho 250 4 311 860 28.2 54.5 181.7 10 8 NK Brand N40T Cruiser 4 311 895 29.9 53.0 184.6 9 9 Stine 9418 VT3 Poncho 250 4 311 850 28.8 54.0 178.1 12
10 Croplan 3824 VT3 Cruiser 4 311 920 28.5 54.0 193.6 4 11 Stine 9417 VT3 Poncho 250 4 311 860 26.7 52.0 185.5 7
12 Producers Hybrids 5734 VT3 Poncho 250 4 311 860 24.1 53.0 192.1 5 13 Croplan 364 VT3 Cruiser 4 311 840 25.2 53.0 184.9 8 14 NK Brand N34-L9 Cruiser 4 311 510 19.6 53.5 120.7 18 15 Producers Hybrids 5684 VT3 Poncho 250 4 311 730 24.2 53.0 162.8 15 16 Croplan 3724 VT3 Cruiser 4 311 850 27.5 53.0 181.3 11 17 Producers Hybrids 5624 VT3 Poncho 250 4 311 690 23.0 54.0 156.3 16 18 Stine 9204 VT3 Poncho 250 4 311 740 21.7 54.0 170.5 14
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Yield @ 15 %
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