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2018 Proven Performance Trials The Nutrien Ag Solutions Field Performance Check (FPC) and Fieldscale Retail Demonstration (FRD) programs have been featuring varieties and collecting data since 2009 to give producers and Nutrien Ag Solutions agronomists local results under local conditions in a field scale format. of excess moisture, which impacted yield significantly. Several large wind events were recorded, making the value of a pod shatter resistant variety apparent in those trials. Yield % of PV 540 G All sites were producer-managed using field scale equipment. All hybrids within the field were seeded on the same date and treated with the same fertilizer, herbicides and fungicides. Harvest timing was based on variety maturity. Yields were measured by weigh wagon or by yield monitors, which were calibrated prior to harvest. 123 napus field trials and demos were seeded, in 2017. Yield 2017 was a mixed bag across the Prairies. Precipitation was extremely variable with areas of drought and areas 2018 Proven Performance Trials by location TRIAL Alberta Balzac Bentley Fort Sask Leduc Magrath St Paul Stony Plain FRD FPC FPC FPC FPC FPC FPC PV 540 G PV 560 GM PV 540 G 28 trials PV 591 GCS 1 trial PV 581 GC 26 trials PV 560 GM 19 trials 85% 90% 33.50 100% Nutrien Ag Solutions would like to thank all the producers who cooperated in the 2017 Proven Performance Trials program. Comparison of yield on 28 FPC trials using PV 540 G as the check PV 581 GC PV 585 GC 47.72 51.98 65.50 32.40 67.60 48.20 39.83 48.41 64.00 PV 591 GCS 40.00 34.70 95% 75-42 CR 75-65 RR 30.10 45.48 52.20 25.30 64.50 34.60 66.30 50.20 70.00 51.70 FPC = Field Performance Check FRD = Fieldscale Retail Demonstrations Manitoba Basswood Cypress River Fork River Ninga Souris TRIAL PV 540 G PV 560 GM PV 581 GC PV 585 GC FRD FPC FRD FRD FPC 61.00 39.69 39.80 59.00 58.10 60.40 54.60 34.93 46.80 59.50 58.64 53.60 44.40 60.40 PV 591 GCS 75-42 CR 75-65 RR 36.52 38.80 56.82 FPC = Field Performance Check FRD = Fieldscale Retail Demonstrations 5