NEWS FIRST STORIES
Read more about the FIRST program in these stories. There are 54 articles for FIRST STORIES.
FIRST Newsletter | June 2021
Plot conditions from frost damage to hot and dry, all 2021 plot locations, plus FIRST yields vs NASS yields | June 2021
June 18T15:41:20, 2021
FIRST Newsletter | May 2021
Highlights and photos of 2021 planting, soybean quality data update, and check out interactive maps of planting dates through FIRST history
May 17T14:59:18, 2021
FIRST Newsletter | April 2021
Planting kicks off for 2021 tests, Central City, IA's Jim Greif shares experiences with FIRST, plus history of gross income per acre.
May 17T14:53:58, 2021
FIRST Newsletter | March 2021
Check out the seed technologies we are testing this year and through our history, 2021 season updates and a NEW conventional feed- and food-grade soybean test, and more this month.
March 16T20:22:03, 2021
FIRST Newsletter | February 2021
Field Work podcast host Mitchell Hora visits with us, and big yield gains show up over FIRST program history
February 8T08:45:00, 2021
FIRST Newsletter | January 2021
USB-sponsored protein and oil quality data additions have begun on 2020 Region Summary Reports, Klint Tucker joins FIRST as Field Manager
January 20T09:45:04, 2021
Wrapping up 2020 Harvest - Season Stats and Top Performances
We want to keep you up to date with FIRST testing plans and progress in our Newsletter: Sign up for the once-a-month email update FIRST's 2020 harvest season wrapped up in mid-December. We’ve compiled the year-end statistics for the program below. Overall it was a good year for soybeans, with almost 3%…
December 23T09:02:11, 2020
FIRST Newsletter | December 2020
Top 30 performances in major testing areas, call for 2021 Plot Hosts, and 2021 Testing Preview
December 17T07:42:35, 2020
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 this year.
November 24T09:07:01, 2020
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.
November 14T10:00:00, 2020