By DAVE BLOWER JR.
Farm World Editor

CARLISLE, Ind. — Proving that if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again, a corn hybrid test plot in Southwestern Indiana had to be replanted in multiple attempts due to wet weather conditions.
Farmer’s Independent Research of Seed Technologies (F.I.R.S.T.) conducted the hybrid trial. F.I.R.S.T. regional manager Rich Schleuning said that many test sites in Southern Indiana required replanting.

“After three attempts, we finally got this location planted,” Schleuning explained. “The field around the plot was replanted three times.”

The test site was on the rural Sullivan County farm of Jeff Mann. The field had a silty clay loam with a .5 percent slope, and it was well drained. The previous crop on this site was soybeans treated with Roundup.

AgriGold hybrid A6489VT3 produced the best yield in the early-season test at 151.5 bushels per acre.

This AgriGold product had an estimated gross income per acre of $707.80, and its moisture level was 21.6 percent.
Great Lakes hybrid 6354G3VT3 generated 150.3 bu./acre with an estimated gross income per acre of $700.50 and a moisture level of 21.8 percent.

Schleuning planted the test plot at a rate of 32,000 seeds per acre on May 22. He harvested an estimated 30,400 plants per acre on Oct. 14.

“Plant health was good for the wet May and June,” Schleuning reported. “The dry July and August reduced the yield potential of this location.”

Other top-producing hybrids in the early-season test were: Trisler T-7A14CB, 144.4 bu./acre; LG Seeds LG2552VT3, 141.7 bu./acre; and DeKalb DKC63-42, 141.2 bu./acre.

Late-season test results

Fielders Choice hybrid EXP89B took top honors during the late-season test at the Carlisle location. This hybrid brought in 151.1 bu./acre – more than five bushels than its nearest competitor. This Fielders Choice product had an estimated gross income of $663.80 per acre, and its moisture level was at 27.1 percent.

Finishing second and third in this trial were Wyffels hybrid W9121 and LG Seeds hybrid LG2620VT3. The Wyffels seed produced 145.9 bu./acre with a moisture level of 23.5 percent and an estimated gross income per acre of $667.30. The LG Seeds hybrid earned 145.1 bu./acre with a moisture level of 25.4 percent and a $649.60 estimated gross income per acre.

Other top-finishing hybrids include Stine 9806VT3, 142.4 bu./acre; AgriGold A6632VT3, 141.6 bu./acre; Brown Enterprises 616VT3, 140.6 bu./acre; and Beck’s Hybrids 6733HXTRR, 140.3 bu./acre.
A list of all the hybrids in this test is available at www.firstseedtests.com