Kentucky Extension Corn Production Contest Summary of Winners and Cultural Practices

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1 2010 Kentucky Extension Corn Production Contest Summary of Winners and Cultural Practices Sponsored by University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service and Kentucky Corn Growers Association with Cooperating Commercial Hybrid Corn Companies Available online at: Presented: January 21, 2011 Kentucky Commodity Conference Awards Banquet Traveling Trophy, Overall High Yield: Jack Crowner Traveling Trophy, White Corn: Pioneer Hi-Bred, A DuPont Business SUMMARY OF ENTRIES, 2010 CONTEST Number of Entries Completed 102 Number of Counties 24 Number of Different Hybrids 47 Number of Different Brands 10 Number of Conventional/Min. Tillage 45 Number of No-Tillage 34 Number of White Corn 11 Number of Irrigated 12

2 2010 WINNERS, KENTUCKY ETENSION CORN PRODUCTION CONTEST I. STATE AWARDS State Champions (1st, 2nd and 3rd for No-Tillage & Conventional Tillage Combined) Grower Brand Hybrid County Yield, Bu/A Champion Schwenke Brothers Pioneer 33D49 Boone nd Place Donald Poore Becks 7916 HX1CL Clinton rd Place Castlen Brothers Farms Pioneer 32D79 Daviess Division III, White Corn Grower Brand Hybrid County Yield, Bu/A Champion, White Corn PPJ Thompson Farms Pioneer 33F12 Daviess nd Place, White Corn Tim Horn/Horn Farms Pioneer 33F12 Daviess rd Place, White Corn Seven Springs Farms Pioneer P1431W Trigg Division IV, Irrigated Corn Grower Brand Hybrid County Yield, Bu/A Champion, Irrigated Corn John Griffith DeKalb DKC66-96 Graves nd Place, Irrigated Corn Patty Griffith DeKalb DKC61-35 Graves rd Place, Irrigated Corn Brandon Hunt Pioneer 33D49 Christian II. DISTRICT AWARDS Division I, Conventional Tillage District Grower Brand Hybrid County Yield, Bu/A 1 Jeremy Hopper Pioneer P1615R Fulton Rose T. Oatts Crows VT3 Christian Mark Sparks Farms Pioneer 32D79 Daviess Peterson Farms Pioneer 32D78 Marion no entry 6 Mark Woodrum DeKalb DKC63-45 Casey Division II, No-Tillage District Grower Brand Hybrid County Yield, Bu/A 1 Lucas Goodman DeKalb DKC63-14 Fulton no entry 3 Gene Glenn Pioneer 33D49 Daviess Marcus Huffman DeKalb DKC63-42 Logan Dale Appelman Garst 83C55 Bracken Woodrum Brothers DeKalb DKC66-96 Casey Denotes no tillage. Entry was a state winner. Other entries from the same contestant are not eligible for District Awards COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT AWARDS Division County Agent Average of Top 3 Yields, bu/a Conventional/Minimum Tillage Union Rankin Powell No-Tillage Daviess Clint Hardy White Corn Daviess Clint Hardy Irrigated Logan Chris Milam PAST KENTUCKY CHAMPIONS, Non-Irrigated Year Grower Bu/A Year Grower Bu/A Year Grower Bu/A 1981 Barton Brothers James C. Bickett David W. Hatton Marion Howard Schwenke Brothers Peterson Dairy Farms Ollis Popplewell James C. Bickett Schwenke Brothers Steve Carraway Schwenke Brothers Schwenke Brothers Fall Creek Farms Tom Howard Martin Farms David Robinson Sexton Bros. & Cooley Schwenke Brothers Gary and Mike Smith David Weatherly PPJ Thompson Farms Leon and Steven Terry David W. Hatton Joe Nichols/7 Springs Farms Eddie Voils Bickett Farms Marcus Huffman Steve Carraway David Peterson Schwenke Brothers

3 SUMMARY OF CULTURAL PRACTICES FOR 2010 WINNERS 2010 State Awards, Non-Irrigated Champion 2nd Place 3rd Place 1st, White 2nd, White 3rd, White Grower Schwenke Bros. Farms Donald Poore Castlen Bros. Farms PPJ Thompson Farms Tim Horn / Horn Farms Seven Springs Farms Yield, bu/a Brand Pioneer Becks Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer Hybrid 33D HX1CL 32D79 33F12 33F12 P1431W County Boone Clinton Daviess Daviess Daviess Trigg District Field Acres Row Width, in Grain Moist., % 14.20% 17.40% 13.80% 13.43% 13.36% 14.40% Harvest Date 9/22 9/23 9/17 9/7 9/7 9/2 Date Planted 4/20 4/18 4/19 4/12 4/20 4/15 Target Seeds/A 34,200 35,000 36,000 32,000 30,000 34,000 Final Plants/A 32,000 32,000 34,000 30,000 27,500 33,000 Previous Crop soybeans soybeans soybeans soybeans soybeans wheat/ soybeans Soil Type Huntington Dewey / Mountview Uniontown Patton Belknap Pembroke Last Soil Test Soil ph N, lb/a P 2O 5, lb/a K 2O, lb/a Green Flag Other, lb/a Starter, 4 gal N Timing Split N All Preplant All Preplant Split N All Preplant Split N Seed Treatment Poncho 250 Poncho Poncho 250 Poncho 250 Cruiser 250 Poncho 250 Herbicide(s) Bicep II Magnum Simizat Lumax Lexar Guardsman AATrex Callisto Liberty AATrex Gramoxone AAtrex Guardsman Atrazine Gramoxone Atrazine Buccaneer Lumax Insecticide(s) Capture Warrior Capture Warrior Mustang Max Capture Fungicide(s) Headline Tillage Minimum Till Disc Ripper No-till No-till, 18 years Field Cultivator Minimum Till Planter Kinze 3650 Kinze 2300 JD 1770 JD 1760 Kinze 3600 JD DB 60 Harvester Case IH 5088 NH TR-98 JD 9770 JD 9560 STS Case IH 6088 JD

4 SUMMARY OF CULTURAL PRACTICES FOR 2010 WINNERS (CONTINUED) 2010 State Awards, Irrigated 1st, Irrigated 2nd, Irrigated 3rd, Irrigated Grower John Griffith Patty Griffith Brandon Hunt Yield, bu/a Brand DeKalb DeKalb Pioneer Hybrid DKC66-96 DKC D49 County Graves Graves Christian District Field Acres Row Width, in 30 twins 30 twins 30 Grain Moist., % 18.20% 16.10% 13.90% Harvest Date 9/1 9/1 9/7 Date Planted 4/11 4/5 4/5 Target Seeds/A 35,000 35,000 38,000 Final Plants/A 32,000 32,000 37,500 Previous Crop corn corn corn Soil Type Collins, Kurk Collins, Kurk Pembroke Last Soil Test Soil ph 6.4 N, lb/a P 2O 5, lb/a K 2O, lb/a Other, lb/a Zn, 10 lbs N Timing All Preplant All Preplant Split N Seed Treatment Poncho Amplify L Poncho Amplify L Poncho 250 Herbicide(s) Atrazine Atrazine Lexar Roundup Roundup Degree Xtra Degree Xtra Status, Valor Status, Valor Insecticide(s) Tombstone Tombstone Warrior II Fungicide(s) Headline Headline Quilt Quadris Tillage Ridge Till No-till Conventional Planter Kinze Twins Kinze Twins Case IH 1250 Harvester Lexion 570 R Lexion 570 R Case IH

5 SUMMARY OF CULTURAL PRACTICES FOR 2010 WINNERS (CONTINUED) 2010 Division 1, Conventional Tillage/Minimum Tillage District Awards Div 1, Dist 1 Div 1, Dist 2 Div 1, Dist 3 Div 1, Dist 4 Div 1, Dist 5 Div 1, Dist 6 Grower Jeremy Hopper Rose T. Oatts Mark Sparks Farms Peterson Farms no entry Mark Woodrum Yield, bu/a Brand Pioneer Crows Pioneer Pioneer DeKalb Hybrid P1615R VT3 32D79 32D78 DKC63-45 County Fulton Christian Daviess Marion Casey District Conventional Conventional Conventional Conventional Conventional Field Acres Row Width, in Grain Moist., % 16.90% 18.70% 14.10% 15.10% 16.30% Harvest Date 8/31 8/18 9/14 10/8 10/1 Date Planted 4/16 4/2 4/13 5/13 5/13 Target Seeds/A 37,600 32,200 34,000 34,000 33,500 Final Plants/A 35,000 31,000 30,500 32,500 32,000 Previous Crop soybean wheat/ soybeans soybeans soybeans wheat/ soybeans Soil Type Ware, Phillipy, Bowdre Pembroke Waverly/Belnap Huntington Nolin/Newark Last Soil Test Soil ph N, lb/a P 2O 5, lb/a K 2O, lb/a Other, lb/a Zn, B:.1,.6 lbs B, Z, S: 1 lb 0 N Timing Split N All Preplant All Preplant Split N Split N Seed Treatment Cruiser Extreme Poncho 250 Poncho 250 Cruiser 250 Herbicide(s) Lexar Touchdown Lumax Lumax Glyphosate Gramoxone Lexar Lexar AATrex Latigo Atrazine Princep Primero RU Ultra-Max AAtrex Insecticide(s) Mustang Max Warrior Warrior Fungicide(s) Headline Headline Quilt Tillage Minimum Till Ripper, Flex Hare Shallow Till, 1x Minimum Till Minimum Till Planter Kinze 3700 Kinze 2000 Kinze 3600 JD 1770NT JD 1760 NT Harvester Case IH 8120 JD 9670 JD 9870 JD 9770STS JD

6 SUMMARY OF CULTURAL PRACTICES FOR 2010 WINNERS (CONTINUED) 2010 Division 2, No-Tillage District Awards Div 2, Dist 1 Div 2, Dist 2 Div 2, Dist 3 Div 2, Dist 4 Div 2, Dist 5 Div 2, Dist 6 Grower Lucas Goodman no entry Gene Glenn Marcus Huffman Dale Appelman Woodrum Brothers Yield, bu/a Brand DeKalb Pioneer DeKalb Garst DeKalb Hybrid DKC D49 DKC C55 DKC66-96 County Fulton Daviess Logan Bracken Casey District No-Till No-Till No-Till No-Till No-Till Field Acres Row Width, in Grain Moist., % 17.80% 13.80% 17.60% 17.47% 18.70% Harvest Date 9/21 9/15 9/13 9/14 9/21 Date Planted 4/22 4/15 4/16 4/15 4/26 Target Seeds/A 34,000 30,000 38,000 35,000 33,500 Final Plants/A 31,000 29,500 35,000 34,277 32,000 Previous Crop soybeans soybeans wheat/ soybeans soybeans soybeans Soil Type Commerce Belknap Nolin Nolin Newark Last Soil Test Soil ph N, lb/a P 2O 5, lb/a K 2O, lb/a S, Mg, Zn: Other, lb/a 40,11, 3.4 N Timing Split N All Preplant All Sidedress Split N Split N Seed Treatment Poncho 250 Poncho 250 Cruiser 250 AC 250 Herbicide(s) PowerMax Gramoxone Integrity Gramoxone Glyphosate Status Resolve SG Glyphosate Lexar Halex GT Lexar AATrex Dry Touchdown Guardsman Insecticide(s) Capture Mustang Max Capture Hero Hero Fungicide(s) Quilt Headline Quadris Tillage No-Till No-till No-till No-till, 3 years No-till, 6 years Planter Case IH 1240 Kinze 3600 Kinze 3600 JD 1790 JD 1760 NT Harvester Lexion 570 R JD 9750 JD 9670 JD 9670 STS JD

7 SUMMARY OF CULTURAL PRACTICES, 2010 CORN PRODUCTION CONTEST (The summary is compiled from the agronomic forms completed with each entry.) Summary Description Yield Date Planted Date Harvested Seeding Rate Final Stand Last Soil Soil ph Total Fertilizer Applied, lbs/a bu/a seeds/a plants/a Test Soil ph N P 2O 5 K 2O AVERAGE /15 9/10 33,597 31, MODE 4/15 9/8 34,000 32, EARLIEST/MINIMUM /30 8/12 27,000 24, LATEST/MAXIMUM /30 10/28 41,000 38, Average is the sum of all values divided by the total number of entries. Mode is the most common value reported. PRODUCTS, MACHINERY AND TILLAGE PRACTICES USED Herbicide Seed Treatment Planter Harvester 2-4 D Acceleron 250 Case IH 1240 Case 2166 AATrex Cruiser 250 Case IH 1250 Case IH 1660 Atrazine Cruiser Extreme John Deere 1720 Case IH 1688 Atrazine 4L Poncho John Deere 1760 Case IH 2388 Atrazine 90 DF Poncho 250 John Deere 1760 NT Case IH 5088 Bicep II Magnum John Deere 1770 Case IH 6088 Buccaneer John Deere 1770NT Case IH 7120 Callisto John Deere 1780 Case IH 8120 Cornerstone Insecticide John Deere 1790 Case IH 9120 Degree Extra Capture John Deere 24 row Gleaner L2 Destiny Hero John Deere 7000 John Deere 7700 Durango Mustang Max John Deere 7200 John Deere 7720 Glyphosate Pacer John Deere DB 60 John Deere 7726 Glyphosate Plus Quadris Kinze 2100 John Deere 9400 GlyStar Supreme Quilt Kinze 2200 John Deere 9500 Gramoxone Warrior Kinze 2300 John Deere 9560 STS Guardsman Kinze 2600 John Deere 9600 Halex GT Kinze 3500 John Deere 9660 STS Integrity Foliar Fungicide Kinze 3600 John Deere 9670 Keystone Headline Kinze 3650 John Deere 9670 STS Latigo Quilt Kinze 3700 John Deere 9750 Laudis Kinze 3700 John Deere 9760 Lexar New Idea 9000 John Deere 9770 Liberty Tillage White 6100 John Deere 9770 STS Lumax Turbo Till White 6800 John Deere 9860 Mad Dog Plus Turbo Till / Philips Harrow John Deere 9870 PowerMax Conventional Lexion 570R Primero Disc Ripper Massey Ferg XP Princep Minimum Till New Holland CR9060 Resolve Q No-till New Holland TR97 Resolve SG No-till: cover crop New Holland TR98 Roundup Shallow Tillage, 1x Simizine Status Surestart Touchdown 7

8 SUMMARY OF CULTURAL PRACTICES, 2010 CORN PRODUCTION CONTEST (CONTINUED) HYBRIDS USED. Brand Hybrid Brand Hybrid Brand Hybrid 1 Agrigold DeKalb DKC Pioneer P Agrigold 6479 VT3 18 Dyna-Gro Pioneer P Agrigold 6489 VT3 19 Garst 83C GT 35 Pioneer P1189HR 4 Beck's 6733HXR 20 Mycogen 2V Pioneer P1253HR 5 Becks 7916 HXICL 21 NK Seeds N73N 37 Pioneer P1375HR 6 Crows VT3 22 NK Seeds N78N 38 Pioneer P1395HR 7 DeKalb DKC Pioneer 31P42 39 Pioneer P1431W 8 DeKalb DKC Pioneer 31P44 40 Pioneer P1480HR 9 DeKalb DKC Pioneer 32B10 41 Pioneer P1615HR 10 DeKalb DKC Pioneer 32D78 42 Pioneer P1615R 11 DeKalb DKC Pioneer 32D79 43 Pioneer P1745HR 12 DeKalb DKC Pioneer 33D49 44 Wyffels DeKalb DKC Pioneer 33F12 45 Wyffels DeKalb DKC Pioneer 33M67 46 Wyffels DeKalb DKC Pioneer 33N58 47 Wyffels DeKalb DKC Pioneer 34F BUSHEL CLUB (2010) Grower County Division District Brand Hybrid Yield, bu/a Schwenke Brothers Boone Conventional 5 Pioneer 33D Schwenke Brothers Boone No-Till 5 Pioneer 33D Donald Poore Clinton Conventional 6 Becks 7916 HXICL Castlen Brothers Daviess No-Till 3 Pioneer 32D Castlen Brothers Daviess No-Till 3 Pioneer P1615HR Mark Sparks Farms Daviess Conventional 3 Pioneer 32D Darrell Hagan Farms Ohio Conventional 3 Pioneer 32D Larry F Parrish Henderson Conventional 3 Pioneer P1480HR S & S Farms Union Conventional 3 Pioneer P1375HR S & S Farms Union Conventional 3 Pioneer P1395HR OTHER CONTESTANTS (2010) Grower County Division District Brand Hybrid Yield, bu/a John Griffith Graves Irrigated 1 DeKalb DKC PPJ Thompson Farms Daviess White Corn 3 Pioneer 33F Woodrum Brothers Casey No-Till 6 DeKalb DKC Patty Griffith Graves Irrigated 1 DeKalb DKC Schwenke Brothers Boone No-Till 5 Pioneer 34F Dale Appelman Bracken No-Till 5 Garst 83C Peterson Farms Marion Conventional 4 Pioneer 32D Horn Family Farms Daviess Conventional 3 Pioneer 33F Peterson Farms Marion Conventional 4 Pioneer 32D S & S Farms Union Conventional 3 Beck XR Mark Woodrum Casey Conventional 6 DeKalb DKC Marcus Huffman Logan No-Till 4 DeKalb DKC Monty Parrish Henderson Conventional 3 Pioneer P1615XR Mark Litzinger Mason No-Till 6 DeKalb DKC Darrell Hagan Farms Daviess Conventional 3 Pioneer 31P Peterson Farms Marion Conventional 4 Pioneer 32D Darrell Hagan Farms Ohio Conventional 3 Beck's 6733HXR Philip L. Castlen Daviess No-Till 3 Pioneer 33D Wells Brothers Union Conventional 3 Agrigold S & S Farms Union Conventional 3 Pioneer P1395HR Brandon Hunt Christian Irrigated 2 Pioneer 33D Marcus Huffman Logan No-Till 4 DeKalb DKC James Sexton Wayne No-Till 6 Pioneer P1615HR Kevin Smith Shelby No-Till 5 Wyffels Dale Appelman Bracken No-Till 5 Pioneer P1615HR Mark Sparks Farms Daviess Conventional 3 Beck's 6733HXR PPJ Thompson Farms Daviess White Corn 3 Pioneer 32B Steve Hunt Christian Irrigated 2 Pioneer P1253HR Armistead Farms Logan Irrigated 4 DeKalb DKC Douglas and John Burton Wayne No-Till 6 Pioneer 33N Douglas and John Burton Wayne No-Till 6 Pioneer P1615HR

9 OTHER CONTESTANTS (2010) Wayne Hunt Christian Irrigated 2 DeKalb DKC Darrin Hunt Christian Irrigated 2 DeKalb DKC Lucas Goodman Fulton No-Till 1 DeKalb DKC Jack Griffith Graves No-Till 1 DeKalb DKC John D Mathis Graves Irrigated 1 Pioneer 33D Jeremy Hopper Fulton Conventional 1 Pioneer P1615R Armistead Farms Logan Irrigated 4 DeKalb DKC Jerry Griffith Graves Conventional 1 DeKalb DKC Darrell Hagan Farms Daviess Conventional 3 Pioneer P1615HR Rose T. Outts Christian Conventional 2 Crows VT Darrell Hagan Farms Ohio Conventional 3 Beck's 6733HXR Gene Glenn Daviess No-Till 3 Pioneer 33D PPJ Thompson Farms Daviess No-Till 3 Pioneer P1189HR Donnie Greenwell Union Conventional 3 DeKalb DKC Terry Hopper / Hopper Farms Fulton No-Till 1 NK Seeds NK N78N J+D Farms Logan No-Till 4 Mycogen 2V Dennis Clark Graves Conventional 1 DeKalb DKC Reba Griffith Graves Irrigated 1 DeKalb DKC Robbie Hunt Taylor No-Till 6 Pioneer 33M Joel Armistead Logan Irrigated 4 DeKalb DKC Verlinda A Smith Shelby No-Till 5 Wyffels Basham Farms Hopkins Conventional 2 Dyna-Gro Brad Reddick Carlisle Conventional 1 Pioneer 31P Kevin Smith Shelby No-Till 5 Wyffels Seven Springs Farms Trigg White Corn 2 Pioneer P1431W J+D Farms Logan No-Till 4 Mycogen 2V Phillip Meredith Farms Henderson Conventional 3 Pioneer P Phillip Meredith Farms Henderson Conventional 3 Pioneer P Larry McKinley Wayne No-Till 6 Pioneer 33N Phil, Pat, Joe Thompson Daviess No-Till 3 Pioneer 33D Running T Union White Corn 3 Pioneer 32B James Sexton Wayne No-Till 6 Garst 83C Joel Armistead Logan Irrigated 4 DeKalb DKC JasonThomas Union Conventional 3 Agrigold 6489 VT Sprague Brothers Farms Union Conventional 3 DeKalb DKC George A. Sprague Union Conventional 3 DeKalb DKC Frank Orndaft Logan No-Till 4 DeKalb DKC Donnie Greenwell Union Conventional 3 Dekalb DKC Carlos Tucker LaRue No-Till 4 Garst 83C GT Bertram Brothers Wayne No-Till 6 NK Seeds N73N Kathy Smith Shelby No-Till 5 Wyffels Running T Union White Corn 3 Pioneer 32B S+S Farms Wayne Conventional 6 Pioneer 33N Kenny Mims Clinton No-Till 6 DeKalb DKC Running T Union White Corn 3 Pioneer 33F Sprague Brothers Farms Union Conventional 3 Pioneer P1253HR William R. Sprague Union Conventional 3 Pioneer P1253HR Sprague Brothers Farms Union Conventional 3 Dekalb DKC Joseph W. Sprague Union Conventional 3 DeKalb DKC Triple E Farms Henderson Conventional 3 Agrigold 6479 VT Running T Union White Corn 3 Pioneer 32B Davis Bros. Farms Carlisle Conventional 1 Pioneer P1615R Seven Springs Farms Trigg White Corn 2 Pioneer P1431W Gilkison Farms Clark No-Till 6 Pioneer P1745HR Seven Springs Farms Trigg White Corn 2 Pioneer P1431W Shane Wells Butler Conventional 4 DeKalb DKC Seven Springs Farms Trigg White Corn 2 Pioneer P1431W Seven Springs Farms Trigg Conventional 2 Pioneer 31P Seven Springs Farms Trigg Conventional 2 Pioneer 31P Neal Mathis Graves Conventional 1 Pioneer 33D Shady Green Farms Daviess White Corn 3 Pioneer P1431W OTHER COUNTY EXTENSION AGENTS WITH AT LEAST THREE ENTRIES Division County Agent Yield, bu/a Division County Agent Yield, bu/a Conventional Daviess Clint Hardy No-Till Wayne Glen Roberts Conventional Marion George McCain No-Till Shelby Brett Reese Conventional Ohio Greg Comer Irrigated Graves Kenny Perry Conventional Henderson Mike Smith Irrigated Christian Jay Stone Conventional Graves Kenny Perry White Corn Union Rankin Powell No-Till Logan Chris Milan White Corn Trigg David Fourqurean