Waynesville Corn Test Plot Results

Company	Hybrid	tons/acre	Avg DM	DM yield Tons/A	Yield at 65% moisture
NK	N91-J1	35	0.39	13.9	21.4
Mycogen	TMF2H918	34	0.42	14.3	22.1
Croplan	9009RH	33	0.39	12.6	19.3
Mycogen	TMF2H918	32	0.40	12.6	19.4
Mycogen	TMF2L844	30	0.43	12.9	19.8
Croplan	8221VT3ZNMF	29	0.45	13.3	20.4
Pioneer	31R87	29	0.43	12.7	19.5
So States	SS998HXLLRR2	29	0.39	11.3	17.5
DeKalb	DKC67-88	29	0.46	13.2	20.3
Croplan	6631VT3	28	0.43	12.0	18.5

This is the top 10 varieties tested in the Waynesville Test Station this season.  Those that are highlighted were also in the top ten last year. 
Interesting note from Croplan rep;

Well tonnage kinda matches up well. What I mean is that the Mycogen 918 and the 9009 are "Very similar" products.

Carland Trial Cont'd

Masters Choice 583 
The MC 583 had some good looking ears but had rust and blight issues.
Calculated bushels based on kernel count = 174.4753
Calculated bushels (wet) based on weight or shelled corn = 201.1364

Comparison of 583 (on left) and 550 (on right)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

583 rust and blight.... would be a problem if delayed harvest.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Masters Choice 550

Average ear length= 36.81kernels
Average diameter = 15.45 kernels
Calculated bushels based on kernel count = 186.1921
Calculated bushels (wet) based on weight or shelled corn = 233.1074

 
 
 
 
 
 

The entire plot was very clean.  Herbicides used include atrazine, trizmet and glyphosate. 
The whole plot was very uniform. 
30" row spacing
31,000 plant population with harvested population 29.5K
Fertilizer was 45 gallons of 32% UAN and cow manure

Chuck Carland Silage Variety Trial

Trial of Masters Choice 583, 550, 590 & Mycogen 727

Mycogen 727 on August 27th
Harvested 38 tons per acre as calculated by Steve Dillon, NCDA Agronomist.

The load that was weighed was collected from a 5 row strip that was 585 feet long.

5rows x 30” x 1 ft  = 12.5 ft

           Row   12 “

12.5 ‘ x 585 ‘ = 7312.5 square feet x     1 acre   = 0.16787 acres

                                                         43,560  sq ft

6.5 tons                =   38 tons per acre

0.17 acres

Calculated bushels based on kernels:  121.8
Calculated bushels (wet) based on weight of shelled corn = 228.9

 

Masters Choice 590

This was the best looking, largest ears, tallest and highest tonnage of the varieties Chuck planted.

Calculated bushels based on kenel count = 157.8
Calculated bushels (wet) based on shelled corn = 241.6

JB Ferguson

Called to tell me while he was chopping Croplan 9009 that he was pleasantly pleased with it. He thinks it did a better job than Croplan 8221 even though he was “sick that he had planted it early in the season.” He said that the end results are what matters and he will plant it again.

He was more pleased with this than Croplan 851 recommended by Cocke County.

Ralph Ross and Sons Dairy Silage Bethel

Ralph “not impressed with 851. 8221 good. 67-88 good. 9009 Best they have ever raised.
Weight of grain on 11 ears was 7.15#
Row width average 26 ¾” (17+30+30+30) measure plants per 19.2 feet

Average plants per row foot = 5.69
Harvested population = 36,400
Calculated bushels= 408 bushels (obviously wet weight)
This is superior in plant and ear size to Masters Choice, Dekalb, Mycogen and Pioneer varieties that I saw harvested this same week on other farms but the rain, fertilizer and weed control was almost perfect for this field.
Harvest Date: September 9th.
Tom Bible suggested waiting until May 15th to plant the 9009.
Look at nodes from the bottom. If it was planted early the nodes will be close together. Longer up top indicating warmer weather and faster growth.

Tommy Long Corn Silage in Bethel

Planted and Harvested by Jeremy Wilson and Frank Sorrells. Notes: Very Uniform stand. Row Width: 30” row

Plant Population 29,900
Harvested Population 29,000
Varieties planted: Croplan 8221
Harvested on September 9th
Estimated Bushels per acre was 173
Fertilizer: 300# 17-17-17 and manure (about 20 units of N from manure)

Triple R Silage in Bethel

This field is actually one he is having the adjuster look at for lack of rain.  Most would be proud to have it.

9009 Happy with this. First that was planted and received the least amount of water. Pictures from Bethel. Leslie Smathers is less than a mile away and has weather info. Has the insurance adjuster coming out next week to look at lack of water. Still looks good.

8221 Steve’s comment, “As good as I have ever grown.”


Row Width: 30” row

Plant Population 29,900
Harvested Population 29,000
Varieties planted: Croplan 8221
Harvested on September 9th
Estimated Bushels per acre was 173
Fertilizer: 300# 17-17-17 and manure (about 20 units of N from manure)
Herbicide Program: ¼-1/3 oz peak (old exceed) residual. Wait as long as you can. Need to get water on it.
½ oz steadfast Johnson grass $13.77/ac spray when corn is between 6-20” tall.. several weeks of control… Needs water to work
2 oz banvel $.53 or status 6 oz $7.33/ac
2 qts parallel plus $12.48/ac or trizmet $9.78/ac
4# force insecticide $17.08
Notes: Very Uniform stand