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| Wet planting, cool harvest hurts Indiana soybean test |
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OTTERBEIN, Ind. — A wet planting season and cold harvest period complicated the results of a soybean hybrid test in central Indiana this year.
Nevertheless, the 35 hybrids in this trial averaged 64 bushels per acre. However, the moisture content of these varieties was 18.7 percent.
The test was conducted by Farmers’ Independent Research of Farm Technologies (F.I.R.S.T.) on the Benton County, Ind. farm of Steve Gick. The soil type was a Darroch-Foresman silt loam, and the no-till field was well drained.
F.I.R.S.T. manager Rich Schleuning planted the field on May 29 at a rate of 175,000 seeds per acre. He harvested approximately 151,000 plants per acre on Oct. 19.
“The late planting and early frost and damp conditions caused the later maturity beans to hold moisture,” Schleuning reported.
Ebberts Seeds varieties scored four of the top six results in the trial, including the top two positions. Finishing first was Ebberts RR2350 at 71.7 bu. per acre. Ebberts 1390RR was second at 69.4 bu. per acre.
Ebberts 1378RR produced 67.5 bu. per acre, which was good enough for fourth, and Ebberts 1365RR finished sixth at 66.6 bu. per acre. Diener 4001CR2 broke up the string of Ebberts’ varieties by coming in third at 68.6 bu. per acre. Stewart Seed 4077R2 was fifth place at 67.2 bu. per acre.
Visit www.firstseedtests.com for a complete list of the 35 hybrids in this trial. |
| 2/4/2010 |
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