Wishing everyone a happy and healthy Holiday Season! We share year-end statistics and summaries of the top performances in our 2020 testing season. Thanks for visiting with us at FIRST Seed Tests!
News and Updates from FIRST
FIRST Newsletter | December 2020
Top 30 performances in major testing areas, call for 2021 Plot Hosts and profile of 2 host farmers, and 2021 Testing Preview
AgUpdate — FIRST results for northern Red River Valley available online
The wet conditions last fall drug out harvest and made it somewhat difficult to find locations for the 2020 FIRST plots, according to Luke Brendemuhl, manager of the Red River Valley Northland FIRST region. But thanks to completely different conditions this fall allowing harvesting operations to be completed, all of the FIRST (Farmers Independent Research of Seed Technologies) plot information is now available on the website for the region.
Bill Schelp harvesting at Novelty, MO.
AgUpdate - FIRST corn shows consistent yields outside extreme weather zones
Although there were challenges on Midwest farms in 2020, the corn crop stood tall for many farmers this harvest season, allowing for a good range of data in yield tests.
2020 Performance Summary Reports Available
The Performance Summary reports for 2020 FIRST yield trials are available now! They highlight the top performances of corn and soybean products available from the distinguished seed industry partners who entered FIRST tests in 2020.
AgUpdate - FIRST soybean plots withstand dry conditions
But despite strong winds and drought in many portions of the Midwest, this year’s Farmers’ Independent Research of Seed Technologies (FIRST) 2020 field tests found the right spots and had a successful testing season.
2020 corn harvest at Novelty, MO. Photo courtesy of Bill Schelp.
FIRST Newsletter | November 2020
Harvest is nearly complete, and 2020 Performance Summaries are available now from our Field Managers, plus an outlook for 2021 testing.