2021 Results and Top Performances, 2022 Program Introduction, plus the conclusion of FIRST's 25th Celebration
News and Updates from FIRST
Seed Today | FIRST Adds Weather Info in 25th Year of Seed Trials
New in the 2021 Top 30 Harvest Reports, FIRST provides the location weather profile, including precipitation, temperatures, and GDUs compared to 10-year averages and estimated pollination and maturity dates for corn.
MN Farm Guide | FIRST southern and central MN trials test drought resilience
The 2021 FIRST – Farmers’ Independent Research of Seed Technologies – tests are complete and show how seed products performed in dry or drought conditions.
Farm & Ranch Guide | FIRST Red River Valley trials document high quality corn and soybean seed
The 2021 drought was a stressor to crops. Fortunately, the very best seed, seed treatments, crop protection products and agronomic practices helped corn and soybeans survive until rain arrived.
FIRST plot harvest at Novelty, MO, courtesy of Bill Schelp.
AgUpdate | Disease, drought challenge FIRST corn field trials
Too much or too little rain affected Farmers’ Independent Research of Seed Technologies (FIRST) field test plots across the Midwest.
Harvest at Novelty, MO. Photo courtesy of Bill Schelp, FIRST MSR.
AgUpdate | FIRST field tests show resilient soybeans
While weather factors were vastly different across Midwest fields, one common theme for 2021 persisted: Yield results were often better than expected.
Photo by Courtney Love
Mid-Atlantic Grain Harvest Sees Wet Weather, Good Yields
Rob Kauffman, field manager for Farmers’ Independent Research of Seed Technologies, was about halfway through the harvest on corn seed research plots throughout Pennsylvania, and he said the yields are unlike anything he’s ever seen before.