All posts by Ryan Blair, County Variety Trial Coordinator

28 Nov 2022

Soybean Yield Data-’22 County Standardized Trials

28 Nov 2022
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As harvest comes to a close for the season, it’s time to make variety selections for the 2023 crop.  In 2022, the CST program tested 65 varieties at 39 locations across Tennessee.  Our soybean trials are split up by maturity group and herbicide tolerance.  For Xtend Flex varieties, we have a late group 3, early group 4, late group 4, and an early group 5.  For our Enlist varieties, we have a early group 4 and a late group 4 test.

These tables should be used to assist you in selecting high yielding varieties.  UT recommendations are based on non-bias, statistically backed data collected from our on-farm variety trials (CST’s) along with our  Official Varity Trials (OVT’s) conducted on our Research and Education Centers across the state.  Varieties in the ‘A’ group are recommended by UT.   If a variety has an * or multiple *’s, that variety has been in the ‘A’ group for consecutive years.  An orange cell indicates that variety is at or above the location’s average yield.

All of this data will be published on https://search.utcrops.com/ as well as covered in county productions meetings this winter.  If you need a hard copy of this data, please contact your local County Extension Office.

Thanks to all the Agents, growers, and industry for your support and cooperation in making this program possible.

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11 Nov 2022

CST Corn Data-Full Season Data

11 Nov 2022
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Some how or another I didn’t get the Full Corn Table attached in yesterday’s post.  Here are the 3 corn maturity group test for the 2022 County Standardized Trials.

 

All corn results will be online shortly at search.utcrops.com


09 Nov 2022

County Standardized Trials Corn Data

09 Nov 2022
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Yield data from our County Standardized Corn Trials are in.  With extended drought and heat, much of our corn was stressed and decreased yields were common. While we did experienced areas of low yields, having a high number of locations serving as replications allows for a high confidence level statistically.

These CST plots are large strip trials located ‘on-farm’ with a minimum of 300 feet in length.  Inputs and management decisions are on a by location basis and determined by the cooperating producers.  Three relative maturity groups divide the trials, Early Corn will be 113 day and earlier, Medium Corn will be 114-116 day, and Full Corn is 117 day plus.

Below are the results for our 3 RM groups.  Click on the table to open a PDF of these tables.  These results can also be accessed on https://search.utcrops.com/

Thank you to everyone involved in making this program happen.  It wouldn’t be possible without all the County Agents, Cooperating Producers, Seed Industry Representatives, and others involved.


19 Jul 2022

2022 County Standardized Trials-Wheat Data

19 Jul 2022
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This year’s County Standardized Trials (CST) Wheat data are in.  In fall of 2021, we had 7 successful wheat variety test plots planted, with 13 varieties coming from 5 industry leading seed providers.  Summer 2022 harvest resulted in: locations averaged from 38 bu/ac to 120 bu/ac with an overall average across locations and varieties of 88.4 bu/ac.  A full report including OVT data is available at search.utcrops.com.

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The CST program utilizes County Agents and local producers to evaluate variety performance in on-farm, large strip trials.  Each trial is a minimum length of 300 feet and trials are managed using the producers’ chosen practices in accordance with UT recommendations.  A special thanks to all Agents and producers involved, along with our seed industry partners!!

For more information on UT’s variety testing programs, please contact your County Extension Office.

 


13 Jul 2022

Thoughts on irrigating corn and soybean during 2022

13 Jul 2022
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As many of you know, Dr. Angela McClure, our Extension Corn and Soybean Specialist, retired at the end of June after 20 years of service.  Dr. McClure will be greatly missed.  We are actively searching for a replacement and hope to have the position filled quickly.  In the meantime, my colleagues and I will do our best to cover these commodities until the position is filled.

Rainfall (or lack thereof) has been the main topic of conversation in double crop soybean, full season soybean and corn.  Several specific questions have arisen lately on irrigation management and how to maximize returns during 2022.  With help from several of my colleagues, I’ve worked to update a previous post of Dr. McClure’s with information from 2022. Continue reading →


26 Jan 2022

Management Practices to Optimize Nitrogen Fertilizer Use with High Fertilizer Prices

26 Jan 2022
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Nitrogen (N) fertilizers may be a limiting factor for corn production based on rising N fertilizer prices and other production input. There are a few things to consider with high N fertilizer prices: (a) apply N fertilizer at the right time, (2) add or treat urea-based fertilizers with a proven N stabilizer, and (3) apply the N fertilizer at the appropriate N rate.

Apply N fertilizer at the right time

Preplant N application in corn is not recommended in Tennessee because of the length of time from application to when the corn plant will begin significant N uptake. One exception is the application of anhydrous ammonia with properly calibrated equipment. Corn plants take up little N (<12% of N uptake during the growing season) until V6 growth stage, with the most active period of N uptake occurring between V8 to V14. Hence, there is a greater risk for N loss via ammonia volatilization or nitrate leaching from preplant N. Split application is recommended when N rates are greater than 120 lb N/A. A typical split management practice is to apply a third of the total intended N per acre at planting and sidedress the remaining N fertilizer between V4 to V6. Split application also provides flexibility to adjusting N rate during growing season as compared to just a single application at planting. Split-application of a third of the recommended N at planting and sidedress the remaining N fertilizer provides greater yield than single application at planting (Figure Below-average across six trials). Continue reading →


19 Jan 2022

2021 TN Cotton Variety Trial Results now available online

19 Jan 2022
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The 2021 Tennessee Cotton Variety Trial Results Publication (PB 1742) is now available online.  Included within these results are ten large strip trials (CSTs) testing 15 XtendFlex commercial varieties, three large strip trials (CSTs) testing 5 Enlist commercial varieties, and six small plot trials (OVTs) testing 41 experimental and commercial varieties. Special thanks to all of the agents and producers who helped generate this data.  Additionally, thanks to the USDA Classing Office in Memphis for assisting with this effort.  If you have any questions on location response or variety placement, please do not hesitate to reach out directly to your county agent.


16 Dec 2021

Preliminary 2021 Cotton CST Data

16 Dec 2021
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Preliminary data from the 2021 TN Cotton CSTs is now available.  We are releasing an average table for the XtendFlex trials and the Enlist trials today and hope to release the quality and individual location results in the near future.  Keep in mind the XtendFlex and Enlist trials are conducted separately, so direct comparisons between tables cannot be made from this dataset.  Also, stay tuned for the OVT small plot trial data average table which includes 41 commercial and pre-commercial varieties.  Continue reading →