Results from the 2024 Tennessee OVT and CST trials are now available in pdf or excel format. Tests were grouped by maturity into early (<114 DAP), medium (114 – 116 DAP), and full (> 116 DAP). Data were collected on yield, moisture, test weight, lodging, height, protein, oil, starch, and disease.

AgResearch and Education Center (REC): Forty corn hybrids were evaluated at nine sites in small plot replicated trials . There were 10 hybrids in the early- (Tables 4-5), 21 hybrids in the medium- (Tables 9-10), and 9 hybrids in the full-season (Tables 14-15) tests.

County Standard Tests (CST): Twenty-seven corn hybrids were evaluated in unreplicated strip trials. Trials consisted of an early- (11 hybrids at 9 locations, Table 6), a medium- (8 hybrids at 15 locations, Table 11), and full-season test (8 hybrids at 14 locations, Table 16).

Common to both the REC and CS tests were 5 early-season, 7 medium-season, and 3 full-season hybrids (Tables 8, 13, 18). Hybrids in the “A Group” (not statistically different from the highest yielding hybrid) are listed below for each trial and test (click the image to view larger size).

We have been busy getting corn harvested and cover crops ready for planting over here! As you start thinking about which cover crop species/varieties you’d like to try this year, take a look at the latest data from our Southern Cover Crop Variety Trial. This trial covers a broad region of the Southeast, with sites in TN, KY,  AR, NC, SC, VA, AL, GA, FL, and TX.

This year we evaluated 20 varieties, including 1 brassica, 9 cereals, and 10 legumes.  These included the following species, with number of varieties evaluate indicated in parentheses:  daikon radish (1 ), cereal rye (2 ), oat (6 ), triticale (1), balansa clover (1), berseem clover (1), crimson clover (3), Persian clover (1), red clover (1), common vetch (1), and hairy vetch (1).

Establishment, cover crop cover and weed suppression during the growing season, and biomass, height, nitrogen release, and forage nutritive value at an early spring (pre-corn) and late spring (pre-soybean) evaluation date were evaluated for each entry. Methods used to evaluate and analyze these data and graphs of environmental conditions at each site during the cover crop growing season can be found in the 2024 Southern Cover Crop Variety Trial Report Final pdf version of the report. Result tables are listed in the pdf or as a separate download in excel.

We hope you find this data useful in your search for the best cover crop species/varieties to fit your location and your growing system!

The final version of the TN Corn Grain Hybrid Tests in TN publication is available as a pdf and excel files on search.utcrops.com. This report includes both the OVT and CST data.

Prelim results from the 2023 TN soybean OVT are now available as pdf (2023 Soybean Tables, 2023 Soybean Tables Appendix) and excel files (2023 Soybean Tables, 2023 Soybean Tables Appendix). Seventy-one varieties were evaluated in small plot replicated trials (REC) at 8 sites. In addition to yield, moisture, lodging, maturity, oil, and protein, data were collected on diseases, including frogeye and SDS, at locations where these diseases were present. The final CST data and disease trials are not in the prelim report but will be included in the final version to be posted here and on search.utcrops.com. Varieties that were in the A group in the OVT are listed below.

Results from the 2022 TN corn grain hybrid trials are now available as both pdf and excel files. Sixty hybrids were evaluated in small plot replicated trials (REC) at eight locations and fifty-one hybrids were evaluated as non-replicated large strip plots (CST) in thirteen to seventeen locations.  A summary of hybrids that were in the “A group” (not statistically different from the top yield within each test) in either the REC or CST trial can be found here – 2022 corn A table.