By DAVE BLOWER JR.
Farm World Editor

ROSSVILLE, Ill. — A pair of Kruger Seed Company products won both of the corn hybrid tests at an east-central Illinois site this season.

Kruger K-6010VT3 won the early-season test at Rossville, Ill. with an average yield of 250.1 bushels per acre. This performance was three bushels more per acre than any other hybrid in this test. This variety had a moisture content of 20.1 percent, and its estimated gross income was $949.70 per acre.

In the full-season test, Kruger K-6214VT3 won by nearly eight bushels per acre with an average yield of 245.7. This product had a moisture content of 20.3 percent, and its estimated gross income per acre was $930.70.

Farmer’s Independent Research of Seed Technologies conducted the test on the Vermillion County, Ill. farm of Kevin Weinard.
The soil for this trial was a Milford silty clay loam.

Minimum fall tillage was used in the fall on this field, which was moderately drained and non-irrigated.

F.I.R.S.T. manager Eric Beyers planted the field at a rate of 36,600 seeds per acre on May 24. He harvested an estimated 33,100 plants per acre on Nov. 24.

“The harvested grain quality was excellent,” Beyers reported.
The pest management plan at this site included Degree Xtra and atrazine. The previous crop was soybeans treated with Roundup.
Among the top-producing hybrids in the early-season test were: Campbell 682-76VT3, 247.1 bu. per acre; Lewis 910VT3, 246.7 bu. per acre; Channel 210-57VT3, 245.5 bu. per acre; and Great Heart HT-194VT3, 243.4 bu. per acre.

In the full-season trial, other top finishers included: Great Lakes 6354G3VT3, 237.9 bu. per acre; Heritage 4676VT3, 237 bu. per acre; Stone 8T468, 236.9 bu. per acre; Fielders Choice NG6818, 236.7 bu. per acre; and Stine 9806VT3, 236.4 bu. per acre.
For a listing of the 81 hybrids tested at this site, visit www.firstseedtests.com