Corn: Harvest is winding down and the rush is on to finish. Just saying the chance of snow has everyone on the move!! The corn is coming in real dry at this point, 12-14% moisture. Test weights are ranging from 59-62 lbs. DRY CORN OF EXCELLENT QUALITY. Overall the corn yields are off some compared to a year ago because of the heat in July and August. With the heat late in the summer, yields will vary from field to field and hybrid to hybrid. Since we had a cool wet planting season followed by heat in July and August, stalk rots are showing up in fields. Overall the corn is harvestable but there is some breakage occurring at this time. It has been overall a good fall for harvest.
LG2620 is again leading the way winning plots and whole field yields. It is a proven performer no matter what kind of year one has…….wet, dry, cool or hot. Dryland or irrigated = LG2549, LG2544 and LG2529 have proven to be the top hybrids in the 108 to 110 day range. LG2641 and LG2642 shore up the 114-115 day range. The new products, LG2602 and LG2636 are a pair of First Class hybrids added to the stable of LG hybrids that finished this fall very strong.
Soybeans: Soybean harvest is essentially finished. Yields in the test plots generally fell into the 50-60 bu range. Some plots and fields did venture into the 60 bu range. In the Plains East Region, we generally tend to see the fuller season soybeans capitalize on the later rains and heat in the growing season to perform better. This year however, the earlier varieties in a given area seem to yield better in much of the Plains East Region. Soybeans finished dry, real dry! Some were harvested in the 6-7% moisture range. Combine and field fires were becoming too common of an occurrence before it finally rained.
Lighting up the yield monitors and top performers in the test plots this year were the C2175R2’s and C2465R2’s in the early group II maturity. C2500R2’s, a new 2.5 RM yielded right along with the C2465R2’s and won its share of the test plots. In the Late Group II and Early Group III maturity, C2835R2’s and C3044R2’s, both new varieties, added a lot of excitement to this maturity. Growers can’t wait to get their hands on them for next year. In the Mid to Late III maturity, C3266R2’s and C3616R2’s performed strong again! The C3766’s proved tough to beat in the tough environments. C3766’s really follow through with the saying “When the going gets tough, the tough get going”. For the new soybeans, C3466R2’s, C3770R2’s and C3890R2’s really turned the heads of the cooperators with test plots. They all won their share of test plots showing the higher yields and potential of the new R2 soybean genetics.
