Profit Plot Results
Jim Fettkether – Dunkerton, IA – 10/11/2011
Planted:
05/04/2011
Crop Type:
Corn
County:
Black Hawk
Harvested:
10/11/2011
Planting Pop:
35,000
Prev. Crop:
Soybeans
Row Widths:
Soil Type:
Insecticide:
Fungicide:
Weather:
see notes
Tillage:
Conventional
Fertilizer:
210#N - 77#P - 21.4# K, 16# sulfur, Starter
Pre-herbicides:
Glyphosate
Post-herbicides:
Headline
Weighed by:
Cornelius Seed
Comments:
Late season direct-wind 9/3/2011. Challenged most of the entries with standability and harvestibility.
Harvest Details
Company
Hybrid
Yield
Mst.
TWt.
Gross Income
Comments
CORNELIUS SEED
C339VT3
193.4
15.0
61.6
CORNELIUS SEED
C303SS
209.7
15.4
60.9
Shorter hybrid/very impressive plant
CORNELIUS SEED
C462-3000GT
202.1
17.0
58.7
Excellent stand
CORNELIUS SEED
C459SS
200.1
17.5
58.7
Excellent stand
CORNELIUS SEED
C339VT3
199.1
16.4
62.1
Excellent stand, unimpressive stalk
CORNELIUS SEED
C582VT3
214.0
16.1
60.7
Stalk issues
CORNELIUS SEED
C314-3111
184.5
15.6
61.1
Stand concerns
CORNELIUS SEED
C547VT3
198.6
16.9
60.5
Time to move on
CORNELIUS SEED
C310VT3
208.1
13.6
60.6
Very dry/Stalk concerns
CORNELIUS SEED
C447VT3
208.7
16.1
58.3
Typical C447
Pioneer
453HR
222.3
15.2
61.9
Excellent standing in plot, took wind hard in field.
Becks
5435HX
214.1
18.6
61.6
Excellent stand
Becks
5442VT3
223.3
18.4
59.9
Stand was good
Dekalb
61-69VT3
206.8
16.3
60.8
Stalk quality concerns
Mycogen
2J587SS
196.2
17.9
58.8
Severe wing damage/corn on corn
Pioneer
448XR
206.9
14.7
61.6
Excellent stand in plot, real field issues, corn on corn
Pioneer
448XR
206.9
14.7
61.6
Excellent stand in plot, real field issues, corn on corn
Took storm hard